Travel & Recreation
Slice: Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple
There is just nothing that compares to New York City: the busy sidewalks that feel like they could lead you to any one of a million new discoveries, the soaring buildings that scrape the sky, [...]
Summer Getaways to Vienna, Austria
As my taxi brakes at Vienna’s Hotel Sacher, 600 tweens shriek a welcome. I return a queenly wave, then look behind me. Oh. It’s Justin Bieber. It’s true: Vienna is loosening her stays, trading her [...]
Summer Getaways to Rhode Island, the Ocean State
by Yani Altagracia Peña Recently becoming the tenth state to perform same-sex marriages in the country, Rhode Island’s long-standing tradition of inclusion, liberty, and tolerance have cemented its reputation as one of the most gay-friendly states [...]
Summer Fun: Minnesota-Style
Minnesota has finally been graced by a more temperate climate, and it’s time to enjoy what our beautiful state has to offer! With an endless number of lakes, parks, trails, and rivers, the only hard [...]
Mall of America Staycation at the New Radisson Blu
Let the other suckers sit in that bumper-to-bumper traffic in an attempt to flee the city this summer. Why not gather some friends and try a little staycation in exotic Bloomington? I know, stay with [...]
Summer Survival and Travel: Making Time with the Kids a Joy!
By Tina Feigal, M.S., Ed., Parent Coach School will soon be out, and parents need some handy tips for surviving and even thriving during summer with the kids. Maybe you’re anticipating some intense behaviors from [...]
Salzburg: Austria
The hills are alive, all right—a mighty fortress rising here, a somber monastery anchoring another peak, and, yes, everywhere, the sound of music . It’s Salzburg, and I’m infatuated with—no, not Maria. Mozart!— the city’s [...]
Queen of the River
Jane Swenson is not smiling. Her photo in the Winona County History Center is all that remains of the town’s first white settler, who landed among the Dakotas in 1838 and bid adieu the very [...]
My New Kentucky Home
I’m in George Clooney’s bed. Alas, he’s not. But it’s the room he chooses in the French Quarter Inn when he returns to Maysville, Kentucky for movie premieres and to remember his Aunt Rosemary (whose [...]
Viva Cuba!
I’m riding shotgun along the city’s main avenue at 50 mph in a 1959 Dodge, inhaling the sultry sea breeze that fans the Old City’s contagious energy. This is Havana, where time is frozen. “Muy [...]
