Aug 31
2009
Terri Ann Yates and Vern Campbell pose for a photo after exchanging vows in a Cherokee-style wedding Saturday in Mingo Creek Park, Pa. Photography was prohibited during the ceremony.
By Scott Beveridge
Aug 31
2009These days, travelers seem overwhelmingly disappointed with air travel, but hotels seemingly are still viewed favorably. Richard P. Carpenter Travel & Trivia recently posted the results of a survey commissioned by hotels.com on what people like about staying in hotels. I went to the hotels.com site to try to find out the breadth, depth and randomness (or not) of those surveyed, but I couldn’t find it on their site. Therefore, here are the results from Carpenter’s blog:
Aug 31
2009Jemez Road is a quiet byway for shunpiking Interstate 25
Aug 29
2009
The 2008 Monongahela “calendar girls” made a command appearance this month as bridesmaids in a hippie-themed marriage renewal ceremony to mark the 240th birthday of their city in southwestern Pennsylvania. The event also marked the 40th anniversary of the opening of an unusual riverfront park in the town otherwise known as Mon City.
Aug 29
2009
As I write this, the coffin of Senator Edward M. Kennedy is on its final journey to Arlington National Cemetery for interment beside his bothers, John and Robert. A year and a few days ago, he made a short journey half-way around the Pepsi Center to the podium from which he would give a rousing speech in support of candidate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention. He rode in a golf cart, smiling and blowing kisses to admirers, who knew that the end of an era was coming. Kennedy had already been diagnosed with brain cancer, and few had expected him to appear at the convention, let alone speak — and do so with fervor and eloquence. As they say in show business, the Senator brought down the house. Today, a rainy day in Boston, under the vaulted ceiling of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, a Mass of Resurrection was said for the Senator, the wealthy scion of a Boston political dynasty who fought for social justice and equality for all.
Aug 28
2009Aug 27
2009Cute-as-a-button mini-car on the streets of New York & Washington
Aug 27
2009
By Scott Beveridge
Aug 25
2009Tahoe area panel explores “Conscious Travel”
If I were within striking distance of Squaw Valley, California, I would put the Squaw Valley Institute’s panel on “Conscious Travel” on my calendar for tomorrow evening, August 26, at 7:00 p.m. Three women on the panel among them are both expert travelers and travel industry experts. Discussion topics will include modernization of the developing world, “the tipping dilemma,” picture taking, bargaining, how to dress, the impact of tourism, environmental considerations and giving back to places visited. The panel discussion will be followed by questions and comments from the audience.
Aug 25
2009
Here is a great shot of North Charleroi, Pa., taken from the air before the dam, at right, along the Monongahela River was relocated in the 1930s.
Some 80 years later, the replacement locks and dam are undergoing renovations to keep navigation alive on the Mon.