BIG news from Viking Cruises! VIKING STAR CHRISTENED IN HOMEPORT OF BERGEN, NORWAY First Ship for Viking Ocean Cruises Welcomed Home in Citywide Celebration for Norwegian Constitution Day Los Angeles (May 18, 2015) – Marking a significant milestone in the arrival of...
I must confess. When I first began receiving materials from AARP in the mail, I would immediately tossed them in the trash. Opening the envelopes would somehow be an acknowledgement that I officially fit into AARP’s demographic. It was not something that I would...
Guess who’s going to Paris? We’re going to Paris!! We are finally checking off “The City of Light” (La Ville Lumière) off our Bucket List this August. Let the planning begin! For us, half the fun of traveling is planning. Where should we go...
We’re headed to Miami Beach! Ever since we attended the South Beach Wine and Food Festival a few years ago, we have been itching to get back to Miami. So when the invitation to attend the Life@50+ National Event and Expo in Miami Beach came our way, we jumped...
Did you know that treatments at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have pushed the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened in 1962? As co-host of Midlife Road Trip, it breaks my heart to think that...
In Austria farm-to-table is not just a movement, it’s a way of life. It’s all about Gemütlichkeit! Gemütlichkeit, is about fellowship and hospitality enjoyed with friends old and new. It is a table beautifully set, with flowers, fine china and crystal. It is...
A new, cool nighttime experience will debut on Regal Princess in November, enabling guests to enjoy a chic and contemporary outdoor nightclub under the stars. The Night Sky Lounge will debut in November when the ship begins her inaugural Caribbean season. The top-deck...
Capitalizing on the growing popularity of craft beer in the U.S., Carnival Cruise Lines has entered into an exclusive agreement to offer Tampa-based Cigar City Brewing’s craft beers on all of its Florida-based ships. Beginning July 13, 2014, Cigar City’s Florida...
Chardonnay is the world’s most popular white wine grape and is celebrated each year on May 23 in what is now recognized as National Chardonnay Day. I’m not sure how National Chardonnay Day came into being, but any grape that is planted on over 400,000...
I went to Vail and got “Tips from the Mountain Top” with my Nokia Icon. If you don’t know how to ski (and I don’t) navigating with the weight of the layers of clothes, boots and skis is challenging enough. Add to the mix balancing with a...
When I was a kid we had three television channels, children were the remote control and Saturday mornings were dedicated to cartoons. One of my favorites, and where I caught my first dose of wanderlust, was the adventures of Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle...
Veterans Day became very personal to us when we had the honor and privilege of meeting hundreds of Veterans across the country during our Rand McNally/ USA TODAY Best of the Road journey in 2012 where we were charged with of finding the most Patriotic Small Town in...
