That Time We Rented Out a Famous Hollywood Hotel
The hotel, a grande dame of Hollywood glamour, beckoned to us from its perch near Sunset Boulevard. As our car pulled into the long driveway, the area was eerily deserted. […]
A Ticket to Ride? Disneyland’s “Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance”
Dreams shattered. Hopes dashed. Tears flowing. This was the scene at 8:01 AM on a recent Saturday at Disneyland, the happiest place on earth. Nine days earlier, Disneyland in Anaheim, […]
The Bells in France: They Are Ringing. And Ringing. And Ringing.
Picture a quaint French town filled with cobblestone streets and half-timbered architecture. We rented a cozy vacation apartment for two in the historic city center. As promised, an 800-year-old church […]
Ireland Day Trip: Bicycling on the Aran Islands (Or: How I Almost Killed My Sister)
The Aran Islands are known for their rugged beauty. They are isolated, primarily undeveloped, and evoke a more traditional era in Ireland. My sister, husband and I planned to spend […]
Panic in California: Unidentified Flying Object
Millions of people in Southern California recently saw an unidentified flying object in the sky. As you can imagine, everyone approached the situation calmly and logically, assuming that all would […]
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