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London Mother-Daughter Shopping Holiday at The Capital Hotel in Knightsbridge

London and the UK always holds a special place in my heart. My grandmother was English (from Northamptonshire) and I spent every other weekend of my childhood sipping tea and listening to her tell me stories in her English accent. My first visit to the UK wasn’t until after she passed away, but each time…

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Augmented Reality London Travel App ‘Spies Around Me’

For decades consumers and travelers have had a passionate interest in all things mysterious. With the popularity of the James Bond films over the years and the soon to be released Skyfall, it was inevitable that someone release a travel app revealing all the spy secrets London, the spy capitol of the world, has to…

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My London Souvenir

The Beatles, with colorful bandanas covering their faces like masks–loomed on a wall in London’s West End. As people toting posters passed me by, I realized the building called The Old Sorting Office (formerly used by the Royal Mail) was a temporary art gallery. Inside, a giant Olympic symbol–the five colorful rings–was made from open…

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Paralympic Games Begin August 29 in London

Sixteen days after the Olympics, the 2012 Paralympics begins. “Each of the 227 Americans named to the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team are ready to captivate the world, on and off the field of play, just as our Olympians have,” United States Olympic Committee Chief Executive Officer Scott Blackmun said. “Our Paralympians embody what it means…