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“Meet, Plan, Go!” Presents A Nationwide Event to Help People Realize Their Travel Dreams

Meet, Plan, Go 2011

On October 18, 2011, Meet, Plan, Go! will be hosting their second annual nationwide event in 17 cities to inspire people to fulfill their career break and long-term travel dreams. The event will offer participants the opportunity to MEET inspirational speakers and like-minded travelers; get motivation, contacts and resources necessary to PLAN the trip of…

Great 4th of July Firework Displays Around the United States

austin_fireworks

Before you head out to a packed airport or major traffic on the highways this Independence Day weekend, check out this colorful collection of firework displays around the United States.  

Summer Music Festivals 2011 (Win a FREE 2-Night Stay Anywhere!)

Lollapalooza

  Us NYC natives know that the weather here is very fickle. It is always a good idea to keep your bathing suit in your coat pocket and a snow shovel in your purse. Although we’re not letting our snow boots creep too far towards the back of our closets, the calendar today finally reads…

Five Fall Celtic Music Festivals

Celtic Music Festival

From Texas hill country to Highland Perthshire, from Copenhagen to Cape Breton, October and November are fine times to take in Celtic music. Here are five of my favorite autumn festivals: Cape Breton in the far north of Atlantic Canada has sent its own style of Celtic music across the world. Each year in October,…

Five Irish Pubs in the U.S. I Like to Get Drunk In

I admit, trying to provide you with the top five best Irish pubs in the country might be a wee bit insane. But every travel site offers their version of the best Irish pubs, so I figured since I have visited a few watering holes around this great nation of ours, why not be a…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Seven

…and then there were two. After seven weeks of voting for where to send me on my next trip, only two cities remain. If you have been following the voting each week than it should come as no surprise that both Montreal and New Orleans are now in the finals. That means Austin joins Seattle,…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Six

Then there were three. After showing some signs of life the Windy City just could not hang out in the final weeks. Chicago has been eliminated from the “Send Me Somewhere” competition. For most of the week the four cities stayed in the same position, except for one day when there was a tie for…

Send Me Somewhere Results – Week Five

I have been singing in the shower for a few weeks now in preparation  for tonight’s first ever “Twitaoke” (Twitter Karaoke). Hosted by the travel geek’s at SoSauce.com, it will be a little get together of about 20 travel writers, travel bloggers and just plain travel addicts. Hope to see some of you there. But…