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Tire Pressure: One of the Most Important Aspects of Tire Care

Keeping an eye on the pressure of your General tires is the single most important way you can protect not only the life of your tires and the amount of fuel that vehicle uses, but will keep you and your car safe on the road and will make it far less likely that you may [...]

Spanish Bull

Roquetas de Mar hotels can be found right along the sandy beaches that have been filled with vacationers from all over the world. They come to this old fishing town to let the stresses of their busy lives get taken away with the easy tide. It is a simple and clean little town perfect for [...]

The Performance of Selling

We live in a time where barriers between disciplines are being removed, or crossed, all the time.  It’s an interesting time, and certainly very challenging, but this new development in how we do things can only be beneficial to us, because we have a lot more options at our disposal.  Options are spectacular things when [...]

Locals in Los Angeles

Stir Crazy, Insomnia, Bourgeois Pig — long time residents of Los Angeles may instantly recognize these names, but tourists may have a hard time placing them.  They’re a few neighborhood coffee shops spread out over Hollywood, Los Feliz and Los Angeles, but you might easily pass them or others by.  Most of the time, travelers [...]

Hot Tub Star Gazing

It must have been more than thirty years now, when I first started thinking about the stars in any significant way.  When I was growing up, outside of Milwaukee, there were those occasionally precious clear nights when I could sit outside with my dad while he smoked his pipe, and listen to him tell stories.  [...]

Angie Seah in Singapore

When you’re looking to be dazzled by a fantastic combination of urban culture and local flavor, Singapore is one of the most exciting places in the world.  There are so many varieties of experience to be had here, and so many cultures existing in one space at one time, that there is always something new [...]

Women in Corporate Business

For many years the corporate world was without women.  However this is changing.  Corporate training programs, courses and colleges have been educating more women now than ever before.  What is now needed, is for women to have a chance.  Studies show that even though business analysts are stating the benefits of having a female influence [...]

Considering Gas Inserts

If you’re going to retrofit a wood fireplace with a gas insert, then you have to do your research.  Don’t rely on brochures and advice from neighbors.  Get ready to go to the stores and really investigate what installing gas inserts is all about.  Here are a few things to consider:
You have two basic choices [...]

TransGlobe Relieves the Stress of Moving to a New City

So you got the job, and now you must make the move, to a new city, a life of adventure tainted with a bit of stress about that move.  You are at once exhilarated, but may feel a bit daunted about finding a place to live.  This is not uncommon as making a move ranks [...]

Wedding Reception at Tampa Gasparilla Pirate Festival

John and Renee wanted to make a special plan for their wedding reception They were not going to be able to take an actual honeymoon for another year due to some recent economic setbacks they faced, but were determined to go ahead with the actual wedding ceremony and were eager to become husband and wife. [...]

Evasive Goa

There’s a lot to see in Goa, with a pretty spectacular nightlife, and fine entertainments all over the city.  It’s not just discos and clubs these days, and some new as well as traditional music and performance work is done here in Goa.  It only makes sense, since it has a very lively local population, [...]

President James K Polk’s Uncle One of Charlotte’s First Residents

Charlotte, North Carolina is not only the largest city in the state is full of great cultural attractions and also has an incredible history. It’s one of the oldest cities in the nation and the area that is now considered to be the city was first established in 1755 and it was incorporated and officially [...]

Great City’s Foundation

The name comes from the world Manna-hata which was written down in 1609 by Robert Juet, officer on Henry Hudson’s  yacht. The word Manna-hata means island of many hills by the Lenape people. These native Indians told Moravian Missionary John Heckewelder as slightly different name. Manahachtanienk, which means the island where we all became intoxicated [...]

Kolkata’s Favorite Sports

Like most of India, Kolkatans are mainly fans of Soccer (football).  The city, however, has been the home of many athletes that have won major competitions. Some of the winners of the summer Olympics include: Norman Pritchard, Richard James Allen, Leslie Caudius, Gurbux Singh, Dr. Vece Paes , Leander Paes and the more current most [...]

Young Artists Visit Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Troy and Gustav were both painters who had recently graduated from college with art degrees. There final project was a joint installation piece that had been picked up by a local gallery and was featured in one of the city’s recent first Friday downtown art events. They both felt good about the work and thought [...]

Old and new in Hyderabad

If you haven’t been to Hyderabad, India, in a couple of years, the first thing you may notice is that you’re now landing at a new airport.  Begumpet Airport is no more, made redundant by the opening of the Hyderabad International Airport , a year and a half ago, in March of 2008.  The old [...]

Eva Petric in Vienna

There are real Viennas and imaginary Viennas, and all of them are spectacular, and all of them are worth visiting while you’re here.  The city by day is rather different at night, but in all hours, there are multiple sides to Vienna, and multiple worlds here that exist simultaneously.  There are, of course, wonderful things [...]

Fort Lauderdale for Winter Fun

I’m already looking forward to our annual winter vacation in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It has been a particularly difficult year with all the economic ups and downs and all that has come with them.  We haven’t been able to take a break from the business all summer. With everything being as slow as it is [...]

Mumbai Artist Navjot Altaf

Visiting India is often a life-changing experience.  For millions of people, it is a homecoming experience, touching the roots of a bloodline that begins somewhere here in this vast and bewildering country.  For many others, it is also like a homecoming, and a means of experiencing another way of living that is beautiful and very [...]

The Great Lakes Aquarium is a Great Place for Kids

The aquarium in Duluth, MN is very cool. It is an enormous three story building that focuses on fresh water exhibits. It is the largest aquarium in the United States that is focused on fresh water fish displays. The Great Lake Aquarium is housed in a three story building on the shores of Lake Superior. [...]

The Transglobe Community

It’s always refreshing to see companies doing good works in the communities they serve.  It’s the big difference between service and self-serving ideas of community, in fact, that make the difference for our children’s future.  A brief look at TransGlobe Property Management reaveals that, clearly, this is a company that’s been working with a sense [...]

Museums of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain is a global city that is incredibly rich in its cultural heritage as well as the contemporary arts. It has amazing architecture and its buildings represent various eras and design genres. It also has some great museums including the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, The Picasso Museum and Fundacio Joan Miro. The [...]

Brisbane Gone Sideways

With a fantastically heady combination of urban adventures in a remarkable metropolis, and a wide variety of stunning natural landscape escapes, Brisbane is a gorgeous destination for world travelers.  Australia has a charm that is at turns elegant and rough, but always delightful, and in Brisbane it is exceptionally honed.  There are many splendid attractions [...]

Becoming a Foodie in Bombay

Somewhere along the way, I found myself having an extreme amount of fun in Bombay. Needless to say, I’ve been lax in my travel blog.  Plus, my laptop was adopted by my fellow travellers, so it seems when I do have time to blog, my laptop is no where around! I think I need to [...]

Going With a Friend on Business Trip to Singapore Leaves Time for Theatre and Food

It didn’t take Taylor very long to decide and say yes to the offer his friend Randy made regarding accompanying him on a business trip to Singapore. Taylor loved to travel, though he rarely had the opportunity to do so. He was still a student, majoring in international business, at the state university and this [...]

Art Galleries and Formula One Racing in Malaysia

Travis was just being his career as an art historian. Some of his business minded friends really had no idea what that meant, though two of them, Steve and John were happy to go with him on a trip to Malaysia when he said he wanted to do some research there. Having all recently graduated [...]

South Africa Espresso

With a landscape that is constantly shifting, stupendously gorgeous, and extremely complex, South Africa is one of the most fascinating places in the world to visit. It offers a sumptuous array of attractions for all ages. There are fantastic beaches, some of the best golf courses in the world, and tremendously interesting sites [...]

Indian Spice in Folklore and Myth

Singapore is a fascinating place by all accounts. There is always something new here, and something to offer visitors of all ages. A city-state with a complex and infinitely interesting history, Singapore is also an old port town, and has a long record of contact with other cultures. There are a number [...]

Visiting Knoxville Finally

I first encountered Knoxville, TN many years ago. I was helping a friend move from Arizona to PA. We were driving a truck full of her stuff and towing a car behind it all the way across the country. There were a lot of memorable site and fun times we had on that trip. We [...]

Garlic on the Grill

There’s nothing that smells like Summer like an outdoor grill.  Cooking outdoor isn’t just an activity for the warmer weather, however, because a grill can be used all year round.  There are so many splendid things that can be done to all kinds of seasonable meals, and for fresh fruits and vegetables as well.  Once [...]

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