Travel articles Where to Stay for NYC Conventions
Conventions are in full swing at the Javits Center in New York City for 2009. Hotels fill quickly around these events, so plan as far ahead as possible so you... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
What's in Your Back Yard?
Yesterday I took some visiting friends to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. We spent a very pleasant hour and a half walking around this historic campus... Bare at Mirage Hotel Casino
Picture and details about the swimming pool area at the Mirage Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. L'Auberge du Lac Pictures
Pictures from our stay in a Deluxe Queen room overlooking the lazy river at L'Auberge du Lac Hotel Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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