I have, for some reason, sarcastic children. When I point this out to people who know me they have a tendency to laugh in my face. I think this is because there is a possibility that I can also be viewed as sarcastic by those who don’t appreciate how truly witty I really am.
With [...]

After you have stopped the newspaper and the mail so as not to leave a “please rob me” sign on your house and left a key with the neighbors so that the houseplants don’t die, what else can you do to keep an eye on your house even if you are far away. CNet’s lovely [...]

Maldives Beach
Originally uploaded by deckchair

It was the ultimate touchdown. After a fabulous flight in a seaplane, over hundreds of little islands, emerald and platinum jewels set in a sea of turquoise, we came down with a whirr and a splash into the middle of a tropical ocean. Kunfunadhoo Island, our destination and home to Soneva [...]

If you drive down Clement street in San Francisco (north of Golden Gate park and south of the Presidio) around 4:30 pm on any given day you will see a line gathering out side of the Burma Superstar! Restaurant. This might strike you a little strange if you happened to notice that the restaurant won’t [...]

When we first travelled with our friend Susan we would say something like “oh I need a band-aid” or “does anyone have a wet wipe” and out of Susan’s magic backpack would emerge the desired item. After while it felt like being on the old “Let’s Make a Deal” when Monty Hall would ask if [...]

The Union Oyster House is the oldest restaurant in continuous service in the United States. It is the earliest standing brick building in Boston. For more then 250 years it has stood sturdily on Union Street as a major local landmark. In 1742 the building housed importer Hopestill Capen ’s fancy dress [...]

Here is my review of the new Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 6MP Waterproof MPEG4 Camcorder which I recently purchased for use on my upcoming cruise.

My whole family is crazy about Walt Disney World.  It is truly our magical place to vacation. My wife and I made our first trip when with her family while we were still dating and with the whirl wind that was we both discovered how much the other liked the Magic Kingdom.  A few years [...]

by Chuck Prevatte
One if by land, two if by sea……QUACK QUACK!
Last weekend my family and I took the Boston Duck tour. The DUKW (Duck) is a vintage World War II amphibious truck.
The Duck Tour is a 80 to 90 minute tour of historic Boston. The first hours or so is a narrated [...]

by Chris Christensen

When I was in Istanbul recently I stayed in two different hotels. The first one was a European style business hotel near Taksim. The second one was a small hotel, Hotel Historia, just behind the Sultanahmet mosque (the blue mosque). The first hotel was wonderful but was probably about twice the price of [...]