Category: Sheila projects
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 …
If you’re in search of the Berkeley of Arkansas, with a little Key West and Branson thrown into the mix, look no further than the Ozarks and a little …