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When you get the opportunity to get away, what’s your favorite destination? An isolated beach, such as Ocracoke, NC? Or where history lives – Gettysburg, maybe? Perhaps you’re energized by city attractions, such as New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Lots more ideas are just a click away.
Travel: Denali National Park
I’ve not been to Alaska yet to see Denali National Park, but I’ve just been overwhelmed by the beauty I’ve seen on video...
Read MoreTravel: Myrtle Beach
In my unfinished novel, I describe Myrtle Beach as “the painted harlequin of the Southeast coast.” I like that. That’s...
Read MoreFood: The Varsity, Atlanta
“What’ll ya have!” For 81 years, visitors at The Varsity drive-in in Atlanta have been greeted with those words. In a...
Read MoreAmericana: Mall of America
It’s a basic element of American culture. We like our stuff supersized. First there was the strip shopping center. Then the mall....
Read MoreTravel: Broadway
Give my regards to Broadway. The Great White Way. The Theater District. The Street of a Million Lights. Okay, I made that last one up. But...
Read MoreTravel: Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona encompasses more 1.2 million acres. That is some kind of hole in the ground. “Scientific...
Read MoreAmericana: Route 66
The song says “It winds from Chicago to L.A. More than 2,000 miles all the way.” For a generation of drivers, Route 66 was the...
Read MoreTravel: Williamsburg
First, let’s be clear that it’s not Outlet Mall Williamsburg that’s a Great American Thing. Or Pancake House...
Read MoreTravel: Key West
They say that Key West is the southernmost point in the continental United States. Okay, but “continental” is pushing it....
Read MoreTravel: Metropolitan Museum of Art
I have the same feeling with this entry that I have when I encounter The Met: I don’t know where to start. Visit New York, go to the...
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