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A Most Unusual Tourist Attraction 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
It was my fourth trip to Normandy in 2004 that I decided to visit the enormous German cemetery at La Cambe. Deep in the heart of the French Norman countryside, are the grave sites of 21,222 German sol...
Searching for Blue Whales at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
The blue whale is the largest animal to ever roam planet earth. It's bigger than any dinosaur. It can grow to 100ft-long, weigh 170 tons and eat eight tons of krill each day. Its tongue is even bigger...
Casey Affleck on Career, His Famous Brother, and Friendship 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Casey Affleck is the kid brother of Ben and like his brother has been racking up a string of films including "The Assassination of Jesse James" for which he garnered an Academy Award nomination. He wo...
The Charm of Canadian Cities 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Many people have tried to summarize the differences between Canada and our country. The award-winning Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, for example, once said "If the national mental illness of the U...
Destination Southwestern France: Saint-Emilion 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Had Batman been around during the Middle Ages, he would've been drawn to the underbelly of Saint-Emilion, a picture-postcard perfect little town aboveground known the world over for les vins grand cru...
Tea and Synchronicities, Edmonton Style 22 Aug 2013 | 06:00 am
The tea in the West Edmonton Mall is CRAP," Clara tells me, as I relax with a pot of dark earthy Pu'erh tea inside Cally's Teas on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton. I have voiced my disregard for that hideous...
Amazon Off-Line: Eat This Shrub and Call Me in the Morning 15 Aug 2013 | 05:30 am
A speedboat departs the Iquitos slums, which hover over the water on stilts and rafts to accommodate mercurial high-water marks that vary 15 meters with the Andes snowmelt. Devouring Peru's Amazon for...
L'insalata di Riso: Summer Never Tasted So Good! 14 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Like politics and religion, any Italian cook worth their weight in the kitchen has his/her own opinion on the proper ingredients that should go into a fork-worthy l'insalata di riso (rice salad). Trut...
Destination Southwestern France: Montagne 9 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Vineyards, windmills, a rose-colored sunset and a to-die-for gourmet dinner of regional gastronomy highlight our Palladian Traveler's search for joie de vivre in southwestern France as he postmarks hi...
Cate Blanchett and Peter Sarsgaard On Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" 9 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
What more can you say about one of the world's most gifted actresses? We have watched Australian-born Cate Blanchett transform herself on the big screen creating a myriad of distinctly different chara...
