Author: Sheila Scarborough
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s admission into the United States, in August of 1959. Here’s the lengthy process that was required, starting roughly in the year …
I’ve been a little hard to find on the PT blog lately, and I feel badly about it. The semi-good news is that my excuse is a new business, …
Tucked into the Ozark forest just outside Eureka Springs, Arkansas is an architectural treasure of wood and 6000 square feet of glass – the Thorncrown Chapel. Faith-based travel is …
On a hot, muggy day in July, I drove through the tiny town of Ames, Texas (because the back roads always beat the tar out of the Interstate.) Next …
(Part of the Austin Rocks series of posts by a local about things to do and see in Austin, Texas) When you have young kids, you don’t spend much …
(Part of the Austin Rocks series of posts by a local about things to do and see in Austin, Texas) I live in Austin, and when I travel, I’m …
I’m not a chess player but I am rather a city kid, and I love seeing the intellectual challenge of chess combined with urban street swagger and diversity. The …
The Haleakala National Park on Maui, Hawaii, holds a beautiful surprise that you might not expect to find in such stark, barren conditions. It’s the gorgeous shiny ahinahina or …
I arrived in Chicago at the ridiculous hour of 9:30 am for a blogging conference that kicked off that night. Since the Southwest Airlines hub at Midway Airport is …
This weekend (Saturday, May 9) is the amazing Houston, Texas Art Car Parade, where you can see the sorts of cars that I described in an earlier post, Baby …
I am a city kid, and I like it that way. Even in Texas, we do not all live on ranches amongst Longhorn cattle and tumbleweeds. When traveling through …
If you’ve read the book The Right Stuff or seen the movie, you’re familiar with the story of Gus Grissom and Liberty Bell 7. It’s one of the many …