by Marybeth Bond | Dec 31, 2015 | Galapagos, Adventure, Travel, Tanzania, Colorado, Family, AFRICA, Student Travel Tips, Wyoming
Why Travel With Teens? Attitude with a capital A, sullen silence and mono-syllabic conversations are only half the fun of traveling with teens. Add to this the pungent aroma of smelly socks (travel with teenage boys), or being locked out of the bathroom for hours...
by Marybeth Bond | Dec 16, 2015 | Adventure, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Featured
“Polar bears move as if the country has belonged to them always.” John Muir, on a visit to the Arctic in 1899 Less than an hour after we landed in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada at the remote lodge on Hudson Bay, we saw our first polar bear. In fact, it was...
by Marybeth Bond | Sep 22, 2015 | British Columbia, CANADA, Luxury, Travel Magazine, Cultural Exploration, Dining, Family, Girlfriend Getaways, Romance, Luxury
You can tell a lot about a luxury hotel by the way it greets its guests. You might expect a formal doorman to meet you at the curb. That’s not the case at The Wickannish Inn, located on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island, amidst towering cedar and spruce trees. ...
by Marybeth Bond | Sep 3, 2015 | NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Travel
Everybody loves a road trip and kitschy, small-town landmarks are part of the fun. We’ve all seen them on highways and rural byways, massive roadside attractions that elicit a gasp or a guffaw — buffalo as big as locomotives, a helicopter-sized mosquito or a...
by Marybeth Bond | May 13, 2015 | Ohio, Cultural Exploration, Travel
Cleveland is in the news. I grew up in Akron, Ohio and Cleveland has changed a lot since I was a kid. A world-class arts and culture scene Today, visitors to Cleveland will find a vibrant culture scene in opulent vaudeville-style theaters and former industrial...
by Marybeth Bond | Feb 25, 2015 | NORTH AMERICA, Chicago
I think of Chicago as “New York Light” or “The Other Coast”. A dynamic city on the shores of Lake Michigan that boasts art museums, ethnic neighborhoods, architecture, night life and superb shopping that could go head to head with any international city....