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The holiday season can be filled with presents and family and parties and chaos. For many people, the holidays can also be a time of reflection and nostalgia and TRAVEL! My kids are teenagers now and using them as an excuse to enjoy Christmas lights is no longer valid. It’s time for me to admit…
Inside a 28,000 square-foot tent on the tropical island of Galveston, Texas, a team of Chinese artisans are wielding chainsaws and picks to shape blocks of ice into a holiday themed event. The climate-controlled environment is a frigid 9 degrees. Dressed in protective garb, the ice carvers are transforming blocks of pink, blue and green…
Finding time to get away from it all can be a challenge when one works Monday through Friday or once the school year begins. Leisure trips can be far and few between, especially with football season and extracurricular activities. Every once in a while, though, a weekend opens up and screams “run away and get…
More than fifty restaurants are participating in COOLinary New Orleans. The entire month of August features special menus and pricing at restaurants throughout the city. Patrons can enjoy a two course lunch for $20 or less and a three course dinner for $35 or less in America’s most delicious city. Peruse the menu and make…
“Damn the torpedoes!” is the often quoted phrase shouted by Rear Admiral David Farragut shortly after dawn on Aug. 5, 1864. The Admiral led 18 Union warships through the mouth of Mobile Bay and into the Civil War’s largest naval battle. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Alabama’s Battle of Mobile Bay and the…