Having just sung the final lyrics of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" — as a gang of five college students are apt to do, apparently (or was that just us?) — the front of another vehicle collided with the rear passenger door of the Ford Focus, sending us flying off into the ditch.
Read MoreOne is the capital of Argentina, the other the capital of China, and, amazingly, I've visited both in the last three years.
Read MoreA teeny-tiny list of 5 places you might not normally think of visiting, but that would definitely be worth your time if you're looking to do something different for your next vacation.
Read MoreEverything you could possibly want out of a Northern Michigan summer — short of venturing to the Upper Peninsula — can be found here.
Read MoreSituated some 27 miles off the coast of Charlevoix on the Lower Peninsula, Beaver Island is the kind of place you go if you're looking to get away from it all — and I don't use that clichéd phrase lightly.
Read MoreFestivals of the musical variety draw people from far and wide each and every summer to locations such as Indio, California (Coachella); Manchester, Tennessee (Bonnaroo); and Chicago (Lollapalooza). For a time, one festival also drew tens of thousands to the capital city of the first state: Dover, Delaware. Firefly Music Festival hasn’t been held since 2022, but when it was rockin’ and rollin’, it was one of the premiere alternative/rock/pop extravaganzas out there.
Read MoreThe City of Angels is just about everything I imagined it would be — a lively, sprawling mass of palm trees and expressways full of endless possibilities.
Read MoreAhh, the open road. You make up a special playlist, cram every last thing you might possibly need into the car, and set off for parts unknown, ready for adventure around every turn.
Read MoreColonia Del Sacramento was founded in 1680 and sits in the southwestern portion of Uruguay — a country that, unfortunately, I imagine isn’t on many bucket lists when someone plans a visit to South America.
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