Everglades National Park - there is truly no other place like it on earth. This is the largest subtropical reserve in the United States. Not surprisingly, its climate brings intense summer heat, rain and humidity. It is not a swamp, as it is often referred to be, but rather a slow-moving river that flows southwest just ¼ mile per day. Everglades National Park is an important wetland that has been named a World Heritage Site.
April
08
/ 2009
One of our travel guides partners, Not For Tourists, has several unique offerings for travelers on their website this week. Check out the following highlights from their Los Angeles correspondents this week...
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Something for Everyone By: Emerson Dameron
El Cid
Crinan Classic Boat Festival 2009
Literary Travel Book Review: A Journey into Dorothy Parker's New York, by Kevin Fitzpatrick
Kevin Fitzpatrick has recreated for us the jazz and bootleg New York of the legendary grand dame of the 1920’s, Dorothy Parker, and her life, into the
political 1950’s.
Readers will enjoy the many quotes in this book, from zany to sad: “…as only New Yorkers know, if you can get through the twilight, you’ll live through the night.”
One of our family's very favorite things to do is to go stay - and play - in an indoor water park. We've been to the Kalahari Resort and Convention Center - Outdoor and Indoor Water Park in Sandusky, Ohio, many times.
I have a new book that I love and want to share with you. It is called City of Hamburgers, written by Mike Reiss and illustrated by Xeth Feinberg.
April
06
/ 2009
Foodie Finds - a source of hand-picked restaurant reviews
One of the joys of traveling by car is finding new, local restaurants to try. Sometimes we're greatly disappointed, and sometimes we're reduced to either fast food or a quickly thrown together (at the grocery store) attempt at a picnic. It can all seem the same, can't it?