May 30th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
Summer has officially started and for many New Yorkers, summer is synonymous with Coney Island's boardwalk, beach, and hot dog eating contests. Fortune Magazine has just republished a story from their archives about Brooklyn's famous "island" (really, it's been connected to the mainland for many years and is an island only in name, though technically it is part of Brooklyn, which is part of Long ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Vintage Coney Island: postcard from 1938 Fortune Magazine
May 30th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
Summer has officially started and for many New Yorkers, summer is synonymous with Coney Island's boardwalk, beach, and hot dog eating contests. Fortune Magazine has just republished a story from their archives about Brooklyn's famous "island" (really, it's been connected to the mainland for many years and is an island only in name, though technically it is part of Brooklyn, which is part of Long ...Travel blog celebrates Memorial Day
May 30th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Whatever your plans are for this Memorial Day, odds are there will be thoughts of someone who served in the military. Formerly known as Decoration Day, today commemorates U.S. Service members who died while in the military service and is a reason for parades, shopping, family get-togethers, fireworks, trips to the beach, celebrations, picnics and more. Memorial Day is also a day when those who ...Witness to War: important reading this Memorial Day
May 30th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
Every Memorial Day weekend we remember the soldiers who fought for the United States. For those of us who have never experienced war, however, it's hard to understand their experiences.
The Witness to War program is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the wartime memories of veterans and helping to give civilians a better idea of what they went through. As their website says, ...When barbecues attack: Memorial Day disasters to avoid
May 27th, 2011 at 5:00PM: If you've ever barbecued, odds are you've experienced one of the following: eyebrow/hair singing; lighter fluid Molotov cocktail; medium-rare chicken. Don't feel bad. The folks at Eater National have compiled a highly entertaining (but flame-retardant) series of video clips entitled, "You're Grilling That Wrong: The Ten Best Barbecue Disaster Videos" from across the country.
Have a safe, happy ...Memorial Day road trip plans focus on spending, safety and...Justin Bieber?
May 21st, 2011 at 7:00AM:
When we think of what we need for a road trip, a common list unfolds. A cooler, ice, beverages, snacks, maps and pillows are all normal items we might bring along. We'll fill up with gas and head out on the highway to get away, even if just for the Memorial Day road trip weekend. This year, some of those items will cost a bit more, some a bit less and there are some new things we might want to ...Slight uptick predicted in Memorial Day travel
May 13th, 2011 at 9:00AM: Planning on hitting the road for Memorial Day? So are just under one in four Americans. A new survey from Deloitte predicts that 22% of Americans will travel over Memorial Day, up from the 19% who traveled in 2010.
As for the remainder of the summer months, nearly half (45%) of the survey respondents expect to take a trip between June 1 and Labor Day, which is relatively flat compared with ...Help build the Flight 93 national memorial
Jun 23rd, 2010 at 9:00AM: On 9/11, 40 people died on board United Flight 93 when the plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. We don't know exactly what happened during the plane's final minutes, but we do know that a number of the passengers worked together to prevent hijackers from taking over the aircraft and crashing it into another building, saving who knows how many lives at the expense of their own.
Now, that ...Summer travel: how not to sizzle your skin
May 28th, 2010 at 3:00PM: The good folks at CNN have released a helpful guide and accompanying photo gallery horror show of solar ray-blasted epidermis. In "5 ways to avoid getting deep-fried," you'll find dermatologist's tips to protect your sun from UVA/UVB damage, skin cancer detection links, and entertaining anecdotes of CNN reporters' worst sunburns/precursors to melanoma.
I love the sun as much as most ...Five essential Memorial Day destinations
May 26th, 2010 at 5:30PM: Memorial Day marks the cultural beginning of summer, the start of the warm months. The picnics and the parties and the celebration of the impending summer have sort of become the point of Memorial Day for many, a kind of superimposition of recreation over the intention of the holiday.
We love beer and hot dogs as much as the next guy, but for those interested in the history and meaning (or, in ...Photo of the Day (5.25.10)
May 25th, 2010 at 7:00PM:
Today's Photo of the Day comes out of Jasper, Alabama from Flickr user bamassippi. Taken under the stadium lights of a High School football field, I feel that this photo captures a quintessential American summer evening - and with Memorial Day right around the corner, there will hopefully be many of these summer sunsets up ahead.
Jasper is part of Walker County, which once ranked among the ...Favorable fares may be coming to a close
Jun 29th, 2009 at 12:00PM: In past years, Memorial Day signaled the end of sweetheart flight prices. This year, a sinking economy stretched the deals a bit longer, but experts say the good times may be coming to a close. Remember the problems last summer, with higher prices blamed on jet fuel? Well, we could see the cost of oil work the same dismal magic this summer.
Rick Seaney, CEO of FareCompare.com, cites recent fare ...Next year's planning for May: Think ahead
May 31st, 2009 at 2:30PM: May Day, May 1, Mother's Day, the 2nd Sunday in May, and Memorial Day, the last Monday in May are the obvious "M" days for May celebrations. Then there's Cinco de Mayo on May 5, a holiday I missed out on this year. I'll buy a Dos Equis anyway. That's not the only celebration opportunity that passed me by.
I have a calendar filled with hallmark days from around the world. Here are some of them ...Southwest Airlines to offer free booze to military personnel on Memorial Day
May 24th, 2009 at 11:30AM: What's the best way for an airline to honor those who have fought for America's freedom? Free booze, of course!
This Memorial Day, Southwest Airlines will be offering all military servicemen and women with valid ID a complimentary alcoholic beverage. Don't drink? That's okay. Southwest will also be providing free Monster Energy Drinks to military personnel-- perfect for helping you fall asleep on ...Seattle's Memorial Day tradition: Northwest Folklife Festival
May 23rd, 2009 at 1:00PM: Folklife--it's not what you're thinking. It's cooler. At this weekend's Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, zydeco meets storytelling meets taiko drumming. When it comes down to it, folklife just means eclectic, spirited music and art. And if by chance you run into an act that you don't like, just follow the advice that someone gave me: keep moving until you find one that you do. There are ...Birthplace of Memorial Day offers festival and small town charm
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:30AM: Back in 1865, Henry C. Wells, a druggist in Waterloo, New York thought that honoring all American soldiers who died in a war was a fitting gesture. The following year, Waterloo threw the first Memorial Day celebration on May 5. The holiday caught on, and in 1966 Lyndon Johnson signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring Waterloo the "Birthplace of Memorial Day," something the town takes quite ...Travel, alcohol consumption up, according to TripAdvisor
May 21st, 2009 at 8:00AM: We've seen travel predictions all over, such as Memorial Day travel will be up with the summer down. Everyone's weighing in. The latest from TripAdvisor is that little has changed in a year. Actually, this isn't TripAdvisor's opinion so much as that of more than 1,800 of its readers in the United States. More than a quarter of those taking vacations plan to make them last from a week to 10 days, ...Beer travel for Memorial Day: 10 options and more
May 20th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Head to any state and you'll find a favorite local beer with quite the following. At HalogenLife, Kyle Anderson has come up with a favorite 10 beers in 10 states list to add perfection to a Memorial Day weekend trip. The list doesn't mean you should drink and drive your way across America. Instead, use it as a guide to the best beers whether you're beaching it, going on a picnic, or throwing a ...One town doesn't want tourists for Memorial Day
May 15th, 2009 at 10:30AM: If you're a tourist, Ithaca, in the Finger Lakes region of New York, doesn't want you--at least not for Memorial Day. It's not a snob thing. It's not that the town wants people who live there to enjoy backyard barbeque's and parades in peace without strangers--you know, outsider types--from stopping them to ask for directions or take up their parking spots.
Actually, parking spots have something ...Memorial Day travel surge to be followed by silence
May 13th, 2009 at 1:00PM: So, there are two visions of the near future: one immediate, the other a bit further out. For Memorial Day, expect to see plenty of traffic, thanks to a drop in gas prices, according to AAA. More than 10 percent of the country's population – north of 32 million people – is expected to ht the road (though some will take planes). This stands in stark contrast to last year, when it cost ...Memorial Day 2009 airfare deals -- it's not too late!
May 8th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Memorial Day is right around the corner. Have you got plans yet? Forget the fact that we're under three weeks away, the economy is flailing and that your job is on the brink. If you factor a little bit of flexibility (read: sick day) into the equation there are still a ton of great deals on flights around the hemisphere. To help you out, we've compiled our top favorite deal from every large city ...
