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Monthly Archives: January 2009

American History Tours – Wilmington, North Carolina

January 21, 2009 in American History Tours, North Carolina Hotels, Outdoor Adventure, Shopping by Steven
On the whole, the historic little berg of Wilmington, North Carolina isn’t that different from our last choice for American History Tours: Alexandria, Virginia. You’ve got your colonial beginnings, your port-fueled prosperity, your major role in the American Civil War, your late 1800’s civil unrest and finally your modern adoption as a half-trendy, half-historic tourist [...]

Eat Up! – Juju Cereal Bar

January 20, 2009 in California Hotels by Steven
Presented for your approval, the greatest restaurant ever! Juju Cereal Bar in Los Angeles, California is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: it’s a restaurant that serves cereal. They serve lots of cereal. Their shelves and store room are piled high with 57 flavors of popular breakfast cereal, from Apple Jacks on down to Wheaties [...]

More Whale Watching – Dana Point, California

January 19, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Family Travel, Outdoor Adventure, Zoos by Steven
I spent so much time in my last Whale Watching article talking about bald eagles that I almost forgot to mention the whales. For your sake and mine, I say, not this time! Another great place to go whale watching during the mid-winter, very-early-spring season is Dana Point, which is in Orange Country next to Laguna [...]

2009 British Film Festival Los Angeles (BFFLA)

January 16, 2009 in California Hotels, Events by Steven
Even though the Sundance Film Festival just kicked things off yesterday, I’m already four months ahead looking at the 2009 British Film Festival Los Angeles in Redondo Beach. That’s how “on top” of things I am. J Dozens of film festivals struggle every year to somehow attract the attention of a Sundance, Telluride or Toronto Independent, [...]

Haunted History Tours – The Boston Spirits

January 15, 2009 in American History Tours, Family Travel, Ghost Tours, Massachusetts Hotels, Museums by Steven
With plenty of corruption, murder and bloodshed under its belt, not to mention a history dating back to 1630, how could the great city of Boston, Massachusetts not be haunted? The answer: it couldn’t! In fact, the friendly folks at New England Ghost Tours would have you believe the old girl is crawling with ghosts and ghouls [...]

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

January 14, 2009 in Events, Family Travel, Texas Hotels by Steven
How about a little entertainment Texas-style? Running nearly the entire month of March, the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is the perfect introduction into the raw, rigorous world of competition rodeo. You’ll see all of the iconic sports: bronc riding, barrel racing, calf roping, bull riding, steer roping and more. Despite the show’s immense prestige (over [...]

NFC Championship Game in Glendale, Arizona

January 13, 2009 in Arizona Hotels, Events by Steven
Got a good deal for you football fans lucky enough to be headed to this Sunday’s NFC Championship Game in Glendale, Arizona. The Crowne Plaza Phoenix, consistently one of my favorite North Phoenix hotels, is offering a neat little package with one element I’ve never seen before. You get the basics: the room, the breakfast, the [...]

Top American Zoos – Jungle Adventures Nature Park & Zoo

January 12, 2009 in Family Travel, Florida Hotels, Zoos by Steven
Driving along State Road 50 just on the outskirts of Christmas, Florida you may be surprised to find yourself astride a 200-foot alligator if you didn’t know to be looking for one. This impressive roadside façade may have the taste of tourist trap or the rumblings of roadside robbery, but don’t you believe it. Jungle [...]

Whale Watching – Santa Barbara, California

January 8, 2009 in California Hotels, Events, Family Travel, Outdoor Adventure, Zoos by Steven
The last time I went whale watching was a great loss of innocence for me, like the time you first realize your parents aren’t perfect or that (spoilers) Santa Clause isn’t real. We weren’t thirty minutes from the coast of Juneau, Alaska when the naturalist on board the ferry pointed out a family of Bald [...]

The Boutique Beat – Silversmith Hotel & Suites

January 7, 2009 in Illinois Hotels by Steven
At USA Travel Guide, we recommend a lot of big brand hotels: Hilton, Holiday Inn, Wyndham, maybe even a Marriott or two, and we’ve got our reasons. There are lots of them, for one, and standardized amenities add a degree of dependability that we appreciate. But in keeping with the spirit of our own 2009 [...]

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