November 25, 2024
Home to artists, musicians and writers, the Chelsea’s creative spirit is still alive. The hotel’s quirky decor, historical charm and artistic energy make it feel like you’re stepping into a time capsule but with way more style. Built between 1883 and 1884 the hotel was designed by Philip Hubert in a Victorian Gothic and Queen […]
November 23, 2024
Imagine yourself sitting at the bar in a South Sea Saloon in the 1800s, where the rum is flowing, with Island music playing and the swaying of hula girls hips as a terrible storm is raging outside as water cascades down the outer windows. That’s the atmosphere you get at the Mai-kai restaurant and Polynesian […]
November 22, 2024
On the Set in 1960 The Elbo Room has been a Fort Lauderdale Landmark since 1938 and was featured in the hit 1960 film “Where the Boys Are” with Connie Francis, George Hamilton, Paula Prentiss and Yvette Mimieux. Spring Break in the ’70s College students on spring break from all over the country came flocking […]
November 21, 2024
I and my colleague Peter Evans (the creator and curator of Route 1 Views) visited the Golden Corral in Bensalem Pennsylvania, on November 21, 2004. We came to this Golden Corral for their Holiday Buffet, but we came during lunch, and the Holiday Buffet is only served at dinner time, after 4 PM. That said, […]
November 21, 2024
Founded in 1896, this museum is packed with genuine artifacts and South Carolina’s rich military heritage. About a third of the museum is dedicated to Civil War artifacts from the Confederate and Union side. There’s an exhibit on the formerly enslaved black South Carolinians that served in the Union Army. The Second South Carolina Volunteers […]
November 20, 2024
The visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts was truly amazing. This museum has nearly 50,000 works of art, which spans over 6,000 years of world history. This museum is open every day of the full year and general admission to this museum is free! The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) located in […]
November 19, 2024
Bleecker Street the central vein that runs through New York’s Greenwich Village, was coffee houses, cafes, and notable night spots that helped establish the bohemian neighborhood that was sung about by Peter Paul and Mary and Simon and Garfunkel in the early 1960s. The Bitter End originally opened as a coffee house by club owner-adman- […]
November 18, 2024
Christmas is in the air as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has arrived. This almost 100-year-old tradition began while the building was being constructed in 1931, as Italian laborers pooled their money to buy a tree. The balsam fir stood roughly 20 ft tall and was decorated with handmade paper garland made by the workers’ […]
November 15, 2024
This is a place that is a must visit in Washington DC. It is dedicated in 2004, the World War II Memorial is a large stone plaza initially designed by architect Friedrich St. Florian. The plaza forms a ring of columns representing the U.S. states and territories, joined together by a bronze cord symbolizing their […]
November 13, 2024
This place ROCKED! Always packed, loud music and you never knew who you were going to bump into. A true New York icon – Max’s was where art and music seemed to fuse together. This magnet for artists, actors, musicians, poets and fame moochers was opened by Cornell graduate Mickey Ruskin in 1965. Max’s Kansas […]
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