Author: Sheila Scarborough
Want to catch some classic jazz on San Antonio‘s lively River Walk (Paseo del Rio?) You can’t do much better than an evening at Jim Cullum’s Landing, housed in …
Does the economy have you down? Are you seeing great travel bargains from hard-up travel companies, but you’re too broke yourself to take advantage of those deals to Asia? …
You know the drill; it’s lunchtime and you want something reasonably filling that doesn’t cost a fortune. Fresh, imaginative and tasty would be a major bonus. On a recent …
The magnificent Forbidden City in Beijing is an enormous complex, with one set of impressive buildings after another, all strung together across wide open courtyards and with entry gates …
When I was a kid, I liked to buy those bags of multicolored marbles at the toy store. I knew that there was some sort of a game involved, …
During a road trip through the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, my good friend Nori Ann Reed and I rounded a curve and stumbled on the Valles Caldera National …
I’m a big fan of Lost Horizon: A Novel, written in 1933 by James Hilton (and later made into the iconic 1937 movie Lost Horizon.) The setting of the …
On a recent trip to Dayton, Ohio to teach social media workshops at the Dayton Daily News, my host Mike took me to lunch at an Ohio institution…. Skyline …
Most people might not expect an artistic experience in a gritty urban subway station (other than perhaps encountering a really talented street musician playing in the great acoustics) but …
During the China 2.0 blogger’s tour, we broke off from more typical Chinese cuisine one night and visited the Uighur Restaurant (?????) at No. 1, Shanxi Road South for …
For those who visit the excellent Lower East Side Tenement Museum and get the hungries, I have four recommendations within a short distance of the museum on Orchard Street: …
Although the Statue of Liberty is compelling symbolism (and easy to enjoy for free by riding the Staten Island Ferry) the more thrilling story of the American dream is …