If you are planning to visit Ashland, Oregon, You should look up the attractions that the place has to offer in order to make the most of your visit. While the theater enthusiasts can make arrangements to attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the nature lovers have plenty to travel around by way of exploring Mt
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Attractions of Ashland, Oregon
A Chinese restaurant in Brookline that has been around for 30 years may be closing–and replaced by a new restaurant from the owner of a small chain of Chinese restaurants with locations in the northern and western suburbs of Boston.
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Chef Chang’s House in Brookline May Be Replaced by Sichuan Gourmet
A new restaurant has opened in Wellesley, replacing a family-friendly dining spot that closed awhile back. Milestone of Wellesley opened toward the end of December on Central Street in the center of town, moving into the spot where Vidalia’s Truck Stop used to be until shutting down in 2008 after a little more than 10 years in business
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Milestone Opens in Wellesley
It appears that a fish and chips place in Brighton Center has closed down. The Battery, a tiny Washington Street restaurant that opened in the fall of 2008, now has a “for lease” sign in the window, according to posters on the Chowhound and Yelp sites. It was originally thought that The Battery was closed for renovations, but sometime around Christmas, the “for lease” sign apparently went up
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The Battery in Brighton Has Apparently Closed
If you thought 2009 was the year for cheap travel, then think again. This year is shaping up to be a stellar time to book vacations on the cheap, from flight sales to reduced hotels. MSNBC and Budget Travel have put together a list of the world’s new best-value destinations in 2010
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MSNBC & Budget Travel choose most affordable places to visit in 2010
A Jamaica Plain restaurant that we had talked about in an article last month has opened. According to a poster on the Chowhound site, the Robinwood Cafe and Grille opened this week, and a call put into the restaurant has confirmed that they are indeed open (the person we talked to said that yesterday was their first day of business)
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The Robinwood Cafe and Grille Opens in Jamaica Plain
If you travel with a disability, handicap, physical limitation, mobility limitation, or developmental disability, have special needs, or use an electric wheelchair or handicap scooter, it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can to make disabled travel easier. Or if you’re a mature traveler or senior who is a slow walker or just wants a slower pace, becoming more informed about disabled travel services and disability travel resources, will lessen the anxiety that often accompanies disabled travelers. The following travel tips, resources and information for the disabled will help make trips, tours, holidays and vacations a lot easier for you, or for a child with a disability, whether short-term or long-term.
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14 Ways to Make Traveling with a Disability Easier
While the once most-visited Orlando boasts year-round sunny skies, adventurous theme parks, and a multitude of family attractions, it’s New York that takes the cake in the most popular US destination. More than 45 million tourists visited the Big Apple in 2009, and tourist officials predict even more of an upswing – precisely 3.2 percent more – in the following year, according to USA Today . There are plenty of reasons that tourists book flights to New York all year round.
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New York beats Orlando for most popular U.S. destination
A culinary event is returning to Boston at the end of the month, and it is raising money for a very important cause. The fifth annual CityFeast will be held in the city’s North End on Sunday, January 31, with six neighborhood restaurants participating in the event
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Fifth annual CityFeast Coming to the North End January 31, 2010
Seattle-based department store Nordstrom will be opening in the South Shore Plaza in Braintree this coming spring, and with it, a new restaurant. According to a job posting on the Craigslist site, the fashion specialty retailer will be opening a dining spot within its store, and based on other Nordstrom outlets across the country, a specialty coffee bar may also open.
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The New Nordstrom in Braintree to Include a Restaurant
A waterfront restaurant and bar in Boston’s Seaport District with sweeping views of the city and several dining and bar areas has closed its doors. According to its Facebook page, the Seaport Bar and Grille served its last meal on New Year’s Eve after being in business on Northern Avenue since the 1980s. And as reported here earlier, a new dining spot and watering hole called The Whiskey Priest looks to take over the spot vacated by the restaurant
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The Seaport Bar and Grille on the Waterfront Has Closed
Official 2010 Winter Olympics logo Going to the 2010 Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, British Columbia? Wondering where to stay, what to do, what to eat? Here are some suggestions! (For a longer version of this travel guide, with additional insights, check out “ My 36 Hours in Vancouver, British Columbia “.) Hotels Surprisingly, there are rooms available in the Vancouver, pretty much throughout the period of the Winter Olympics, Feb
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2010 Winter Olympics: Vancouver Area Travel Guide
A seafood restaurant between the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline and the Allston border that closed several years back is going to be re-opening later this week. According to BostonTweet.com , The Daily Catch will open its doors once again on Harvard Street on Thursday, January 7, with a grand opening party from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
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The Daily Catch to Re-Open in Brookline on January 7
The latest review on the Boston’s Hidden Restaurants Web site is for the Olympian Diner and Restaurant in Braintree. Located in South Braintree Square a short distance west of Route 3, the Olympian Diner is mostly a local spot that serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week, and dinner on weekdays
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Latest Review: Olympian Diner and Restaurant, Braintree
It looks like two more new restaurants may be coming to the Allston neighborhood of Boston at some point, and each of them will apparently be moving into spots where other restaurants have been. According to EveryBlock Boston, a restaurant called Ariana Cuisine from Afghanistan may be opening at 127-129 Brighton Avenue in Allston.
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Two New Restaurants May Be Coming to Allston: Ariana Cuisine, Basil Asia Cafe
A little more than two months after it opened, it looks like a seafood restaurant in South Weymouth has closed its doors. According to the Patriot Ledger, Littlenecks Bar and Grill on Main Street apparently shut down at the end of New Year’s Eve because the restaurant did not have its food and liquor licenses renewed by the town for 2010.
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Littlenecks Bar and Grill in Weymouth Has Apparently Closed
The year 2009 was certainly a big one for Twitter, as the social networking site seemed to explode in popularity. Part of this is because Twitter is very simple to use, and it is an ideal utility for getting instant information on everything from news stories to baseball trades to store specials to, well, just about anything you can think of
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Our Favorite Twitter Pages of 2009
I heard that Singaporeans really know their Japanese food, so we headed to a random Japanese restaurant called Tampopo that seemed quite promising judging from its moderate number of customers. The restaurant had nice decor and seemed like very much a family place. The staff was pretty friendly and the food came out fast
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Singapore: Tampopo at Liang Court
REID'S RUB Pork Chops I have been working on a few rubs over the past few years. The base of which I call “REID’S RUB.” It is a spicy mixture containing coffee, mulato chile pepper, light and dark brown sugars, salt, pepper, ginger, paprika, etc. For New Year’s Day I am going to cook a traditional southern meal consisting of pork chops, hoppin john (black-eyed peas and rice), cornbread and collard greens.
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Spicy Pork Chops for New Year’s Day…
Hi guys! We got back into Sydney around 4pm after an uneventful drive but thankfully the weather cleared up completely and it was sunny and hot in Sydney when we arrived. We are now staying in Watson’s Bay so made the most of the gorgeous views and had a couple of drinks in the beer garden at the Watson’s Bay Hotel overlooking the harbour. I had 2 small glasses of a New Zealand SB, 3 Ugly Sisters
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Back to Sydney