"vacation" Articles & Blogs:
Take a Volunteer Vacation
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My husband has a BIG birthday coming up next year and I want to take him on an international trip. I’ve been debating what type of excursion to plan. After reading Nola Lee Kelsey’s new book The Voluntary Traveler, I knew I’d found my answer: a vol...[Read on] |
Remembering John Hughes, Bard of the American High School
| John Hughes directing Weird Science (1985). By Universal Pictures/Photofest.For Americans occupying a certain generational span—everyone from tail-end boomers to front-end Y’s with older siblings—there was no greater guide to the forbidd...[Read on] |
Hide Your Lady Parts from Airport Security
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I’m going on vacation next week and as much as I’m dreading the six hour flight and having to deal with airport security, I haven’t given much thoug...[Read on] |
Vacation Planning for Chicks on a Budget
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For most college students, the end of the school year comes early. Luckily, there is usually a pretty decent gap of time between the conclusion of final exams and the beginning of summer jobs or internships. So, Chicks, you know what this means: time to s...[Read on] |
Don’t Spend Your Vacation on the Side of the Road
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Brought to you by Car Care Council
A simple driveway inspection can give motorists peace of mind and save them from the inconvenience of a roadside breakdown, according to the Car Care Council.
“No one wants to experience car trouble while on vaca...[Read on] |
Summer vacation to-do list
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When the last beach towel was loaded, the family pulled out
of the driveway and headed on vacation. That’s when an unsettling
moaning noise caught their attention.
Chances are the moaning noise was a result of low transmission fluid.
But without a...[Read on] |
5 Places Guaranteed to Restore Your Soul
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An expert globetrotter shares the top destinations to revitalize the body and mindAdventure | Today 12:00 am
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After years of pursuing successful careers, which paid the bills but brought no joy, I was consumed with a spiritual emptiness that made...[Read on] |
Elizabeth Taylor: An Immortal Who Knew How to Live
| Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor playing gin while on vacation at La Fiorentina, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1967. Photo credit: Condé Nast Archive. When the stunning news reached New York that George Gershwin had died after undergoing surgery for a brain ...[Read on] |
Paid Sick Days are Good for Moms And Kids
| The Connecticut Paid Sick Days proposal has been a controversial and highly discussed proposal. It truly is a difficult time to place additional burdens on our business community, and the proponents of the legislation have worked very hard to address mo...[Read on] |
Planning the Ultimate Chicks-Only Getaway
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Summer is quickly approaching and chicks in colleges across the country are getting ready for the upcoming months of internships, jobs, and, in some cases, summer classes. However, just because a chick’s summer schedule may not be as flexible as it was ...[Read on] |
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Nicole Kidman
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Photo: Fame Pictures Inc.
While I’m sure that Lindsay Lohan getting out of jail will get more attention, Nicole Kidman went down to Haiti last week with UNIFEM to raise awareness about sexual violence against women in the wake of the earthquake ove...[Read on] |
Traveling on a budget? Try a hotel alternative
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As a newly minted college grad, I had one thing on my mind: buy a plane ticket to Europe and spend six week backpacking across the countries I had only ever dreamed of visiting. But after I started calculating the price tag of my European adventure - from...[Read on] |
A cyclist shifts to 40km running in the Coastal Experiences in Costa RIca
| Here's my first story about my week-long running adventure in Costa Rica with The Coastal Experiences. The article appeared in the sports section of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, on Friday, October 30, 2009. Click on the link or read my story, below. I got t...[Read on] |
A Chick’s Guide to Summer Movies
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When I’m at school, I’m stuck in the bubble. For my first few months of freshmen year, I even forgot that new movies came out - sad, I know. It’s gotten a little bit better, but I still never see new movies unless I’m on vacation - and I barely ...[Read on] |
Fresh Air Fund looking to book host families for Summer 2011
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Chances are you’re already looking forward to summer. You may be going to camp, taking a vacation with your family, or playing in a summer sports league. But not all kids are as lucky. Each summer, the Fresh Fund provides New York City kids a chance t...[Read on] |
Rental Car Insurance Coverage: Do You Need It?
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When you rent a car do you automatically buy rental car insurance? Did you know your rental car may already be covered through your car insurance policy?
Avoid Buying Duplicate Car Insurance CoverageWhen you are thinking about renting a car, say for y...[Read on] |
Remembering a 1980’s Icon: John Huges
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The 80s was a time of electronic pop music, horrific hairstyles and very questionable fashion. Another important part of the 80s was the movies and the name that ruled the movie world at the time was John Hughes. Hughes passed away on August 6 this year f...[Read on] |
Chicago, America’s Next Surf City?
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The Windy City is one of America’s sports meccas: home to the Bears and the Bulls, the Sox and the Cubs, and but can it become Surf City, U.S.A.? Technically no, since that name belongs to Huntington Beach, California but this week Chicago city offici...[Read on] |
What to Watch & What to Not: TV Shows Mid-Season Review
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If the end of summer vacation means the beginning of many new things (a new school year, new fashion trends, and, of course, brand-new TV shows), then the end of winter break gives just enough time for me to promptly forget everything that happened in T...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Knowing it when you see it
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The ferry at New Roads was closed, so I had to drive down to the bridge at Baton Rouge and then back up to St. Francisville, where I found an RV Park right next to the Audubon History Site and talked Bill the owner into letting me set up my hammock in t...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office This Weekend: June 5
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After a long drought there are a few choices this weekend especially for those folks in the NY area. The widest release this weekend is My Life in Ruins, Nia Vardalos’ return to Greece and the big screen after a long absence. Vardalos has been everywh...[Read on] |
Is Your Car Ready for a Holiday Road Trip?
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Deep down, you know your car should be checked out before hitting the road for the holidays, but with so many other things left to do, some folks put it off. Bad idea, says the Car Care Council, especially when motorists realize that in as little as 10 m...[Read on] |
Late Labor Day to reduce number of vacations, AAA says
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AAA projects the number of Americans traveling on vacation this Labor Day weekend will be impacted by when Labor Day falls on the calendar. Approximately 39.1 million travelers are expected to take a trip of 50 miles or more away from home, a decrease of...[Read on] |
How to beat the winter blues
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It’s the middle of the winter; the next vacation period is weeks away, and the monotonous, daily grind of school or work is draining the energy out of you. This can only mean one thing…the winter blues have kicked in.
While it may seem trivial to att...[Read on] |
Flying Somewhere? Tips for Healthy In-Flight Travel
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Taking a plane can mean a lot of things: the beginning of an exciting vacation, the means by which you travel home from college, the place where one might run over notes before an out-of-town business meeting.
Whatever flying means to you, it doesn’...[Read on] |
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