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Relaxation One Tweet at a Time
The past week has been really busy for us and as the busyness increases so can the stress. A way to beat the stress, especially when it’s cloudy and cool is to search twitter for @anguillabeaches . You will find a series of short videos that help you fantasize about a warm place with clear […]
A Revelation at Arlington Cemetery
If you visit Arlington National Cemetary just across the Potomac River from Washington, DC there are many things to move you. The wide-open spaces of the military cemetery and its rolling hills with its evenly spaced graves with identical markers are easily considered beautiful. The reverence and tradition of the “Old Guard” unit that marks […]
The Scarlet Rails of South Florida
Virgin Trains, a subsidiary of Virgin Group, is a privately funded rail company is developing 170 miles of new track into the completed state-of-the-art intermodal facility located in the new South Terminal at the Orlando International Airport (MCO) as part of the company’s Phase 2 expansion into Central Florida. “This is a historic milestone on […]
Cruising Conference
The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) announced at its conference this weekend that they are stepping up efforts to make the USVI an even greater destination for the cruise industry. The USVI delegation, which included Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte, his team at the Department of Tourism and representatives from The West Indian Company Limited and […]
A Naked Seat Back
I remember the first time I stepped onto a plane and saw the amazing sight of small television screens in the seatbacks. It was a Virgin Atlantic plane named Tinkerbell and it was the late 90s. I couldn’t help but think of it as luxury air travel. I’d been on long-haul flights with suspended screens […]
Big Cat Rescue
I think one of the first things we learned about Tampa when we were considering moving here was that it was the home of Big Cat Rescue. We love big cats. We love cats in general. This love of big cats was definitely cemented on our trip to Africa and seeing these beautiful creatures in […]
Paradise Discovered: The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders
Author and journalist Peter Bailey debuted “The Unbreakable Virgin Islanders”, the second film from his Paradise Discovered series on his birthday September 16 at Prior Jollek Hall on Antilles School campus on St. Thomas coincidently the same school where my younger sister teaches. The documentary reflects on surviving both hurricanes Irma and Maria on his […]
Oldsmar Flea Market
Have you ever passed a place dozens of times and always wondered what it’s like inside? For me, the Oldsmar Flea Market in Oldsmar, Florida, near Tampa, was that kind of place. We decided to stop in yesterday and take a look around. The first thing we can say about it is that it’s big. […]
Buddhist Church?
You would refer to a Buddhist house of worship as a temple, right? On a recent trip to San Jose, I found out that isn’t always the case. The San Jose Buddhist Church was founded in 1902 by Japanese and other Asian immigrants in the city’s Nihonmachi (Japantown) neighborhood. I found that designation as a […]
Internment of Japanese Americans (1942-1944)
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country. The number of Americans incarcerated was between 110,000 and 120,000. At least 65% of those interned were full-fledged United States citizens. The forced relocation of these […]
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