Kathleen Walls
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort located on
200,000 scenic acres in the Laurel Highlands of Southwestern
Pennsylvania can fulfill all of your dreams.
We
stayed there last year for a Mid-Atlantic Travel Public
Relations Alliance (MATPRA) Convention. This is far
beyond its five-star rating. It's more than a hotel.
It's a resort in the broadest sense of the word.
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Kathleen Walls
You know a city has come of age when
they repurpose a classic piece of their history. Detroit has
done just that with the new Foundation Hotel. It opened the
100-room boutique hotel in May 2017 in what was once in the
Detroit Fire Department headquarters. The building that is now
the hotel was built in 1929, but this location housed fire
equipment from 1840 until the Detroit Fire Department
abandoned it in 2013. The end result is a blend of museum, art
gallery, upscale dining and lodging with a touch of a local
hangout. Read
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Kathleen Walls
We
expect a hotel to have all the
modern amenities and conveniences.
It's a plus when they have a unique
personality and interesting history.
Hotel Florence fills the bill all
the way. It's a small 64-room
boutique hotel in historic downtown
Florence, South Carolina so you get
very personal attention when you
stay there. It was a Choice Hotel's
Ascend Collection Platinum Award
Status Winner in 2015 and the winner
of the Ascend Hotel Collection
brand's 2016 Hotel of the Year Award
so they know it is doing things
right.
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Kathleen Walls
Are
you one of those people who book at
chain hotels? If so you could be
missing out on a lot of local
flavor. Barrymore Hotel in Tampa is
a perfect example. Once part of a
chain, this boutique hotel in
Tampa's Downtown River Arts
District, is a unique cultural
experience not just a place to lay
your head.
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Kathleen Walls
The
Gaylord Texan Resort is six miles
from DFW Airport and light years
away from average. The Gaylord Texan
is a total resort with dining,
shops, multiple indoor and outdoor
pools, a spa, a fitness center, and
pretty much everything you need to
have a wonderful time all within the
resort. Do find time to tear
yourself away and explore Grapevine
while here.
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by Kathleen Walls
It's
so nice when a historic building gets
refurbished for a new use. Such is the
case in Pittsburgh. The Drury Plaza
Hotel was once the Federal Reserve Bank
of Pittsburgh. The Georgia marble faced
Art Deco building began life in 1931 and
was bought by the hotel in 2013 and
began renovations in 2014. The Drury has
kept many of the historic features.
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Renee's
Road
California Coast Town and Gown
College Tour
by Renee S. Gordon
While academic programming may be considered the most
important factor in selecting a college, also essential
to success are both the campus and local culture.
College tours are an excellent way to experience a slice
of student life, obtain specific admission and housing
details and visit in-depth the area surrounding the
institution. Parents should accompany the student
on the tour if possible and turn what could be a tedious
exercise into an opportunity of a lifetime.
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By Kathleen Walls
If
you are tired of cookie cutter hotels and want a stay
where you mix history, comfort, great good relaxing
surroundings, cordial hosts and a friendly cat to pet,
try Bloomsbury Inn in Camden, South Carolina. Read
more
by Christine Tibbets
Barrier
islands distinguish Georgia’s coast.Their
geography’s interesting to know, and to see up
close. What’s happening on the one named St.
Simons Island is robust, ever changing while
holding on to historic charms. The tides here
are distinctive; consider them metaphor for
beachfront lodging, expansive culinary, bustling
downtown and personal ways to delve into the
history.
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By Kathleen Walls
First
Colony Inn is the perfect place to immerse
yourself in Outer Banks history while enjoying
all the modern conveniences. Lost Colony Inn is
not luxurious but it is comfortable and so
welcoming. ...Read more
Kathleen Walls
Real farms are rare treasures.
Those pleasant homes with a family living in the midst
of real farm animals, crops they planted themselves with
cats and dogs to share the space have mostly been
replaced with huge corporate offices where someone
orders the planting done by huge machines manned by
workers who are bused to the site
then returned to the city after the
day’s work is done. The office workers
only know the animals they are raising
by the number and type.
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By Kathleen Walls
When you first step into the George Washington Hotel
in Winchester, you are walking on history. That
distinctive Tennessee pink marble floor in the lobby is
the same floor on which the ordinary people and the
famous visitors have walked since the hotel opened in
1924. Jack Dempsey, James Cagney, Ed McMahon, Lucille
Ball, Lucy Baines Johnson, President Lyndon Johnson's
daughter, and President Gerald Ford's daughter, Susan,
are just a few of its celebrity guests. The two
president's daughters were Apple Blossom Queens of the
local Apple Blossom Festival.
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