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Category: (Good Travel)
... tours but it is also a working fishing town that isn't mobbed by tourists. What you see here is, for the most part, still real. Costa Rica Nosara Preserve, Costa Rica - Photo: Russ Johnson Yes, ...Created on 22 April 2013 -
Category: (Science & Technology)
... your own hands) you can build, hack, create and experiment with everything from electrical circuits to toys. The results are sometimes quite bizarre. Medusa head made of doll parts Toast Embroidery ...Created on 13 April 2013 -
Category: (Uncategorised)
... of America. Travelmedia Communications makes no representation that Site content is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing the Web Site or Site contents from jurisdictions where ...Created on 26 March 2013 -
Category: (Essays)
... she said. A bit more research revealed that the organizer was an expat American wine blogger and the event, featuring exquisite finger food and a wide assortment of champagnes, was held in a warm, welcoming ...Created on 21 March 2013 -
Category: (US/Canada)
... station in the world. Saturday it celebrated its 100th birthday. Grand Central Terminal doesn't just signify a physical beginning and end, it is a mirror of American technologies, triumphs and fears. ...Created on 03 February 2013 -
Category: (Connected Traveler Technology Showcase)
... Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy. Getting Connected Traveling with a smartphone can be an expensive proposition due to high roaming charges for both phone calls and data. That can happen even if you call ...Created on 22 January 2013 -
Category: (Connected Traveler Technology Showcase)
... through photography with Connected Traveler editor and photographer Russ Johnson, PC Magazine contributor and photographer/author of “American Hands” Sally Wiener Grotta, and Bob Gulino of wearable video ...Created on 03 January 2013 -
Category: (Apps, Gear and Tech)
... easy-to-change underwear during her long flight to Africa for her honeymoon. 95% rayon/5% spandex, Claspies cost $14.95 for a single pair and $25 for a pack of two, which comes with a handy carrybag for ...Created on 12 October 2012 -
Category: (US/Canada)
... Theresa's is a California Historical Landmark and has been restored several times. Everything except...the plumbing. Parishioners must make use of outside conveniences should The Lord or something else ...Created on 07 September 2012 -
Category: (Holiday)
Photo (c) 2012 Russell Johnson If you grew up in the mid-century US as I did, a hot summer afternoon meant a Dairy Queen or Foster's Freeze soft serve ice milk cone dipped in chocolate. The Dairy Queen ...Created on 04 July 2012 -
Category: (Apps, Gear and Tech)
... historical monuments, nearby towns and wineries. A used Mercedes Benz for sale. A recent burglary, two suspicious characters spotted and two public intoxication arrests in the vicinity. All floating ...Created on 22 June 2012 -
Category: (Europe)
... Marrying hazelnut and praline..."Ben and Jerry, are you listening? One afternoon we pay homage to Champagne Charlie. Charles-Camille-Heidsieck became a minor American legend. The Kladstrups tell the ...Created on 13 March 2012 -
Category: (Wine Country)
... are you listening? One afternoon we pay homage to Champagne Charlie. Charles-Camille-Heidsieck became a minor American legend. The Kladstrups tell the story of how in 1852 Heidsieck took a gamble and ...Created on 13 March 2012 -
Category: (Apps, Gear and Tech)
... of the finest leather handbags and shoes stopped me in my tracks. I was expecting Ricardo Montalban to materialize and ask if I wanted to see some "fine Corr-in-thi-an Leather." I was standing in ...Created on 24 January 2012 -
Category: (US/Canada)
... sound I grew up with. When did raking become "lawn debris managment"? No I'm not auditioning for Andy Rooney's job. 1st Street West (Not our House) - (c)2011 Russell Johnson There are three American ...Created on 22 November 2011 -
Category: (Wine Country)
... Russell Johnson There are three American flags flapping fulltime on our block. One neighbor plays NPR loudly while washing his car while another interjects the "government is too big" mantra into the ...Created on 22 November 2011 -
Category: (Video)
00UaTF7Eefg iPad/iPod Video This place makes me happy. Filoli is a US National Historical Trust site and a California State Historic Landmark. Located south of San Francisco, it is considered one of ...Created on 05 May 2011 -
Category: (Video)
... new rich are drop-dead stylish. The first time I was there, in 1987, I had little choice but shopping at the "Friendship Store" for Terra Cotta Soldier knockoffs, silk pillowcases and intricately embroidered ...Created on 20 April 2011 -
Category: (Essays)
... certain demographic labeled "debaucherist," for whom travel is a moveable frat party. This year, for North Americans, it is...sound the kazoo: Deprivation Holidays, the notion that torturing oneself can ...Created on 03 December 2010