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April 28, 2015
3 Great Destinations for a Foodie Break
Some holidays are meant for sightseeing, some are for rekindling the romance in your life, and yet some more are aimed at reconnecting with oneself. But, the best kinds of holidays are those that satisfy your creative as well as your culinary needs! If you are fed up with the takeaways and the buffets, then these 3 great gastronomical holiday destinations are where you should be heading!
Italy
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Urban Morocco
Wandering Educators will remember the extraordinary photography of Ugo Cei - he has been featured as one of our photographers of the month. Now there is more goodness to see and read - Ugo recently published an excellent new ebook with his business partner, Massimiliano Cremascoli, called Urban Morocco. This book? It's an intimate glimpse into the vibrant culture of Morocco. It's also an ode to beauty, color, p...
April 27, 2015
Expert Shares Tips on Traveling to Turkey
Well, I’m headed to Turkey next week (YAHOO!) with some of the White House Travel Bloggers, courtesy of Turkish Airlines (thank you!). Expect to see a wave of Turkish travel goodness come your way in the next few months! Follow our hashtags:#WHTravelBloggers, #widenyourworld, and #lovefromturkey. To kick off, I thought I’d interview an expert on Turkish Travel – Natalie Sayin, who runs Turkish Travel Blog. This is my favourite site on travel to...
An Easy Recipe for a Southern Classic: Hummingbird Cake
Pecan pie. Bananas foster. Red velvet cake. Lemon meringue pie. Doctor bird cake?!
Desserts in the South are well known for their sumptuous ingredients, bright flavors, and a dash of flare. And yet one dessert seems to stand apart—Doctor birds cake, more commonly calledHummingbird Cake.
I first heard of--and sampled--this sweet concoction a couple years ago in downtown Roanoke, Virginia. The combina...
Florida Culture for the Week of April 27, 2015 by Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of April 27, 2015 by Josh Garrick
April 29 – Mayor Buddy Dyer’s ‘State of the City’
The hardest working Mayor in the world will talk about the ‘State of the City’ on April 29 at 10:30 am. The site for Hizzoner’s address is the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts – just one of the incredible success stories for which Mayor Buddy Dyer is more responsible than any other. Add to that SunRail...
April 26, 2015
10 of the Best Experiences on a Safari in Africa
Those of you who have gone on an Africa safari will vouch for the fact that it is an adventurous, terrifying and strangely soothing experience.
Sunrise, Serengeti. Lucas Bruihler
Here are the 10 best experiences on a Safari in Africa:1. A water safari on the Okavango Delta in the Chobe National Park in Botswana will bring you closer to hundreds of wild animals coming to the river front for game. In fact, you can also be witness...
April 25, 2015
Haiti's grim reminder to Nepal
On the morning of Saturday, April 25, 2015, a massive earthquake struck central Nepal between Kathmandu and Pokhara. Currently estimated at 7.8 or 7.9 on the Richter scale, the magnitude of this quake is about sixteen times as great as the one that wrecked Haiti on January 12, 2010. Information so far is sketchy, but the confirmed death toll in the Kathmandu area is over 1100; that figure is certain to rise much higher. Aftershocks rolled through Kathmandu all day, a...
April 22, 2015
A Letter from the Frontlines of Climate Change
What would you do if your whole world was disappearing inch by inch… day by day… week by week… month by month… year by year? Would you try and save it? Would you tell others about it?
Would you resign to accepting fate, as many tell you to do?
What if your life was not the only life in danger? What if your entire family’s lives were in danger? What if the danger threatened your friends, neighbor...
April 21, 2015
Florida Culture for the Week of April 20, 2015 by Josh Garrick
Florida Culture for the Week of April 20, 2015 by Josh Garrick
April 21 – Tony Award Winning PIPPIN at the Dr. Phillips Center
PIPPIN is a high-flying, death-defying hit musical filled with acrobatics, feats of magic, and songs from the composer of Wicked. Winner of four Tony Awards – including Best Musical Revival, PIPPIN follows a young man’s journey as he chooses between a simple, happy life or risking all for a fla...
April 17, 2015
Some Journeys Should Remain the Road Less Traveled
Whoever said it’s about the journey, not the destination has never traveled with my family. We get adventures, but not the kind you scream ‘yeah! Let’s do that again!’ If anything, you’re close to yelling ‘get me out of here!’ and not just because we want to escape each other.
My family could probably afford to stop and smell the roses and see the beauty of the journey, but some journeys should remain the road less traveled.
Don’t Travel the Road...
