Saturday, February 27, 2010
I read somewhere recently that travel is the largest economic stimulus in the world. Evidently, world-wide dollars spent on travel dwarf any other measurable economic impact. In an…
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Friday, February 26, 2010
The Phoenix Art Museum is a wonderful place to spend the day, and in our view, one of the top ten attractions in the Greater Phoenix Area. The…
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
A British travel report released today states that live-changing decisions often emanate from vacation time away. The report shows “over 50% of all life changing decisions are put…
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A recent article in Travel Weekly highlights the British Hotel Association’s brouhaha over whether consumer reviews on websites like TripAdvisors are legitimate. I happen to know that a…
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Monday, February 22, 2010
As we have been traveling around the State of Arizona, we have noticed that some of the state’s rest areas have been closed. As it turns out, 13…
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Monday, February 22, 2010
We made our first visit to the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show last year, and we had no idea how beautiful these Arabian horses were. As we were watching this year’s show, the announcer was instructing us that the Arabian horse is known for it distinctive head shape (it looks like a sea horse to me), its long flowing, high tail carriage, their high spirit, and their marble-hard bone structure.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Phoenix Sky Harbor airport, the Roaming Boomers home airport, snagged the #5 spot with “accessibility” being it only drawback.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
When this first piece finished, I was left with a stunning example of the professionalism, and the certain skill of these musicians. I was very impressed with the clarity, and oneness of sound during some of the lighting fast arpeggios displayed in the string section. A lesser orchestra would have made certain mud of these sections. Bravo!
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, airlines are adding more time to their scheduled flight times: “Across the airline industry, carriers have been adding minutes to…
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
For me, I guess this is the price we pay to have safe travel in the United States. Furthermore, if some man/woman is getting their jollies by viewing my scan, well…what choice do we have? Right? I suppose the protesting public will tighten the ways these scans are used, but the simple truth of the matter is, at least right now, if you want to fly, you must potentially have your goodies checked out.
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