Trips & Tips
Travel Tidbit #13
I haven’t been to Brooklyn in years! So, it was exciting to revisit the popular Kings County borough on a Friday afternoon. First stop was Cheryl’s Global Soul. There was a line and we were hungry but we decided to stick it out and boy was it worth it! The calamari...
Travel Tidbit #12
New York City in the spring! Bursting buds, fresher air, everything reopened, and people actually smiling! I was looking forward to my mini-vacay all month. Radio Hotel was fantastic! There was nothing about it I didn’t like, from the staff to the location, to the...
Travel Tidbit #11
Spring is here, which means birds-lots of them! Sapsucker Woods in Ithaca is the ideal (and free!) place to spend time with your feathered friends from dawn to dusk in their natural habitat.A visit to Sapsucker is your chance to truly be present. You can do this while...
Travel Tidbit #10
My third community celebration of 2023 was Dyngus Day, a time-honored Buffalo (Polish) tradition, held the day after Easter to commemorate the end of Lent. It’s all about new beginnings and starting over and features pierogies, pussy willows, polka music, and a...
Travel Tidbit #9
Ann Silverthorn and I had such fun; I’m doing another Tidbit on the National Comedy Center!What a learning experience! Turns out there are as many genres of comedy as of writing, including parody, stand-up, movies, television, and comics. When I think of USO (United...
Travel Tidbit #8
For me, Jamestown was a city to drive through to get somewhere more interesting. Not anymore! Spotlighting the creative processes which elevated comedy to a sophisticated form of entertainment, the National Comedy Center utilizes state-of-the art technology and...
Travel Tidbit #7
I start planning my spring/summer adventures in March. First of all, summer’s a busy time of year so the earlier you make reservations, purchase tickets, and ask for time off, the better. Advance planning also allows you to create a balanced slate of international,...
Travel Tidbit #6
Though our team lost the ECAC hockey tournament, my trip to Lake Placid wasn’t a wasted effort. Summer or winter this town is alive, with shops, restaurants, and other tourist attractions. We splurged and stayed at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and it was a worthwhile...
Travel Tidbit #5
How do you celebrate spring? To me, March is all things maple so I recently paid a visit to Uihlein Sugar Maple Field Station in Lake Placid, NY to see how this year’s North Country sugaring season is going. Very well, according to Adam, our knowledgeable and...
Travel Tidbit #4
Mid-March means mud, wind, and wintery mixes. If you’re like me and craving signs of spring, check out your local botanical garden. Lamberton Conservatory, located in Highland Park, aka home of the Lilac Festival, is mine. Established in 1911, it’s a place I’ve...