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Weightless in Seattle
By Linda Tancs
If Virgin Galactic’s $200k price tag is a bit steep to indulge your taste for weightless travel, then consider Zero G, a company offering you a series of parabolic arcs aboard a modified Boeing 727 to create a weightless environment. Think of it as the adult version of a kiddie bounce house. Flight locations include Las Vegas, Cape Canaveral, Titusville, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, DC. Put a little spring in your step.
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The Arts Illuminated
By Linda Tancs
There’s more than just The Alamo to remember in San Antonio, Texas. In particular, the month of March is a celebration of contemporary art, highlighted by the Luminaria on 13 March. A nationally and internationally acclaimed event, Luminaria showcases every element of the visual and performing arts in one magnificent evening downtown. Participants include several hundred artists and over 40 nonprofits. In 2009, 185,000 people attended Luminaria. Why not? It’s free. But with attendance like that, you’d better book your hotel now.
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Bizarre Foods
By Linda Tancs
In Hokitika, New Zealand, they don’t call it the Wildfoods Festival for nothing. On 13 March you’ll find various and sundry kiwis sampling such delights as worm sushi, pickled grubs, anyway-you-like beetles and crickets, and insect larvae. Top it off with some udderly divine desserts and wine made with flower petals to wash it all down. If you’ve got an iron will, you might need an iron stomach to match.
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Tourists Help Fund Travel Promotions
By Linda Tancs
As reported previously on this blog, a movement has been afoot in Congress to fund U.S. travel promotion with, among other things, fees from foreign tourists. This week President Obama signed into law the Travel Promotion Act. The multimillion dollar national marketing program administered by the Corporation for Travel Promotion will assess a $10 fee every two years on tourists from visa waiver countries . With a decades-long slip in international tourism dollars from 16% of the market to 12%, the added bump in PR revenue might not be all that significant. Good thing the private sector is allowed to contribute as much as $100 million to the cause.
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Free Ride for Women
By Linda Tancs
It’s International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women’s strides in equality, peace and development. In Greece, it’s an opportunity to ride public transport for free, particularly in Athens. Check with your local transport authority for benefits. Happy travels!
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Arts and Crafts By the River
By Linda Tancs
The 37th season of Oregon’s Portland Saturday Market,the largest outdoor craft market in the U.S., begins on 6 March. The event, located at SW Ankeny St and Naito Parkway in historic Old Town, gives 250 or more artists the opportunity to showcase their handicrafts. While there you’ll enjoy live music and exotic foods. The kickoff includes a children’s parade at 2pm. Are you a master crafter? Maybe you should think about joining.
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Flower Power in Philly
By Linda Tancs
Winter white will mix with “Rainbows in Flight” at this year’s flower show in Philadelphia. Now through 7 March at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the largest and oldest indoor show of its kind has amended its moniker to the “Philadelphia International Flower Show” in recognition of its past exhibitions of landscapes and plants from Asia, Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. This year’s “Passport to the World” theme builds on previous celebrations of the world’s flowers and gardens. Among the many offerings, visitors can experience the Amazon, trek through an Indian wedding, peek into Zulu culture, enjoy a tribute to the orchid and giant Victoria water lilies and witness exotic displays from New Zealand’s Maori tribe among the popular Casablanca and calla lilies. All the world’s a stage here, and you don’t have to trot around the globe to see it.
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The Ice Man Cometh
By Linda Tancs
The bogeyman may make sad the heart of childhood, but the Ice Cream Man makes glad the palate when he delivers personalized sundaes to kids before bedtime at Boston’s Four Seasons Hotel. For that you’ll need to book the VIK (Very Important Kids) package. What child wouldn’t love their own bathrobe and slippers, complimentary gift from the toy wagon, toy boat filled with treats and a scavenger hunt! Childhood is a short season, as actress Helen Hayes observed. The Four Seasons makes it a little sweeter.
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The Bird’s Eye View
By Linda Tancs
Looking for a high-end eco adventure? You can enjoy the bird’s eye view of Curaçao’s azure blue waters from the treetop mansion at Lodge Kura Hulanda Beach Club. Set on wooden stilts amidst the island foliage, the “mansion” has two beds and two baths in over 1300 square feet of living space decorated safari-style for that out-of-Africa feel. The experience will only set you back $1000 a night–for starters. The more price conscious might settle for a Swiss Family Robinson experience for $100 a night. For that you’ll climb a ladder, then make your way through a trap door to a platform housing a zippered tent with limited utilities (lights, refrigerator and television), a bed and a nightstand. Bathroom facilities are below the platform. Not quite as luxe but hey, happiness isn’t a place–it’s a state of mind.
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