One of our New Year’s resolutions is to visit more events in 2016. We started with the Niagara Icewine Festival in Canada, which continues from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
BALTIMORE – The illuminated, 51-foot steel replica of a blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, topped by a crown, no longer rotates on the top of this iconic landmark, advertising the effervescent... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThanksgiving travelers will benefit from low gas prices, lower airfares and favorable weather this year.AAA Travel predicts 46.9 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home from... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share‘‘This temple of our history will appropriately be one of the most beautiful buildings in America, an expression of the American soul,” proclaimed President Herbert Hoover on... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIs international travel in your plans?You can apply for a passport Saturday at the Cheektowaga town clerk’s office, which is hosting a passport fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
ELLICOTTVILLE – Holiday Valley has long been noted for its winter activities – super snow skiing featuring plenty of trails for all levels of skiers.But with more than $8 million of...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When you’ve traveled in Europe as long as I have, you experience changes, big and small. And more and more, I’ve been noticing that traditional local businesses are being pushed out...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Megabus is expanding its reserved seating program from 10 seats per bus to 20 seats.In February, the low-fare bus service began offering customers the chance to reserve seats together for an added...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
“Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition” is like walking through the 40th-anniversary show that ran in February and the James Franco-made documentary “Saturday Night.”The... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareGRAND GULCH, Utah – As the setting sun turned the red rock of southern Utah to a deepening shade of pink, I set up camp below an ancient ruin tucked high into a cliff.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Shopping at locally run, independently owned businesses strengthens communities by retaining jobs and circulating dollars.But if one wants to seek out a discount warehouse for the variety and... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWestern New Yorkers dazzled by Shea’s Performing Arts Center should fill up the tank and head to downtown Detroit.The cavernous Fox Theatre awaits in all of its lavish and overwhelming...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
It’s always interesting to visit an attraction or museum in its infancy because this gives you the chance to see it grow and develop from the ground up. The Finger Lakes Boating Museum in...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
I’ve visited the Corning Museum of Glass a number of times over the years and every time I go there I always see something new.The museum, which opened its doors more than 60 years ago, is...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In the middle of an impossibly blue lake at Algonquin Provincial Park in northern Ontario, a simple stone memorial on a tiny island marks the place where the great Canadian painter Tom Thomson died ...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With summer flitting away like a bird, there’s still time to get in a mini trip or plan a fall foliage getaway.Keeping with the bird theme, we suggest a trek into the Laurel Highlands of...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With 4,167 miles between them, Prague and Buffalo are unlikely twins.On Feb. 1, I made the transcontinental move to Prague to study for four months. It was an exciting but nerve-wracking time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The rising Riviera sun touches the tip of Vernazza’s bell tower and greets a peaceful world. When the bells chime six, I know it’s time to get up. Last night’s wind is gone....More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
It took my breath away.The beautiful bride and her handsome groom saying their vows before a minister they knew well, standing on a platform decorated with fresh flowers under a billowing white...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
For whatever reasons, sometimes a honeymoon in a far-flung location just isn’t possible. Here are five destinations that are an easy drive from Buffalo (three in Pennsylvania and two in New...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
TORONTO – “We are all wildlife photographers. We are all connected to nature,” are the sentences greeting visitors to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit currently... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe sacred ground of Gettysburg, Pa., is home to what was arguably the most monumental moment of the Civil War, if not our nation’s history.While visiting Gettysburg for the holidays might...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
“I’m still a commercial artist. I was always a commercial artist,” was Andy Warhol’s reply to “What about your transformation from commercial artist to real... Read More
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareHeading back home from an overnight stay in Toronto, my husband and I took a side trip to Port Credit, Ont., which is part of the city of Mississauga. Located around 90 miles from Buffalo and only...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In the middle of an impossibly blue lake at Algonquin Provincial Park in northern Ontario, a simple stone memorial on a tiny island marks the place where the great Canadian painter Tom Thomson died ...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Buffalo tourism posters popped up around New York City in the past weeks, inviting city residents and visitors to come to the Queen City on the western end of the state.Now, Buffalo is...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
My recent trip to the Mosel Valley started out with a (delayed) flight on United from my home airport, Medford, Ore., to San Francisco, followed by a long layover at San Francisco.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON – The vacation package was too good to be true: A room for six at the majestic Pelican Grand Beach Resort in balmy Fort Lauderdale in mid-February for just $99 a night.A woman...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
• The Niagara Falls Marriott Fallsview Hotel & Spa in Ontario has a wine tasting package through Nov. 17. The Niagara Wine Escape Package deal includes deluxe accommodations, two VIP...More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Before the summer tourist season even begins, out-of-towners have flooded into the northern Adirondacks.Plattsburgh’s eight largest hotels have put out “no vacancy” signs at... Read More
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