Releasing turtles along Mayan Riviera
USA 3000 flights and Apple Vacations make it really easy to to get from Cleveland to Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, south of Cancun. It’s about a three hour morning flight and you can...
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Travel is an attitude
The Long Weekend of Fun set for this weekend at Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora is a perfect opportunity to test the attitude of travel. If you haven’t gotten away this summer the...
Holden benefit raises money for education
The nearly 500 people who came to Holden Arboretum’s annual summer benefit enjoyed a perfect summer evening as they browsed among silent auction items, sipping, munching and reconnecting. More than $113,000 was...
A real deal to vacation with sharks
Swimming next to hammerhead sharks through an acrylic tube is probably my favorite waterslide in the world. The hammerheads seen here are all alone in the pool with one of the Atlantis...
Port Dover dining on Ontario’s south coast
Port Dover, one of several towns I visited while researching what’s across Lake Erie from here, has a dining experience unlike any other. The Schneider family, who has run the Erie Beach...
Here’s how you’ll be snacking
Those who attended the recent Sweets & Snacks Expo at the recent National Restaurant Show in Chicago are filling me in on what they found there. In fact Foodchannel.com compiled a list...
World’s most beautiful voyage
It’s a voyage I took in early September a decade ago, partly to see where my Norwegian ancestors came from. Its possible my story could be found in the newspaper’s archives but...
It’s flower time, finally!
Gardens in June are bursting into glorious bloom, although the early spring gave many of us fits. The oak trees on my acre yard in Mentor dropped thousands (millions?) of acorns last...
Day One: Family fun in Indiana – on our way
My family began our adventure to Santa Claus, Indiana with hopes of a great trip for my sons 2, and 4. However, for the first hour we had our doubts. During a...
Garden gnomes inspire stories, concerns
The Alice in Wonderland inspired gnome that a Mentor woman created for the Gnome and Garden exhibit opening Sunday at Holden Arboretum in Kirtland is filled with detail. Kelly Stamblesky-Smith says she...
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