For winter-weary New Englanders, an annual flower show event in Boston has always been one of the true harbingers of spring. This year, the Boston Flower and Garden Show will be produced  by the Paragon Group.The event will be held Wednesday, March 24-Sunday, March 28 at the Seaport World Trade Center...

I guess that’s just a bit of information that is not really of much to use the average traveler today. Yeah, last year could very well be one of the safest years of traveling – we’re very much alive despite going on several trips last year, right? Now, enough sarcasm. The data may seem trivial...

Climb the narrow back staircase to the secret room in the attic, known as Ons Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic). The room is a ravishing little church that recalls the days when Catholics weren’t allowed to practice their religion freely. In the 16th century, Catholicism toppled in many...

Climb the narrow back staircase to the secret room in the attic, known as Ons Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic). The room is a ravishing little church that recalls the days when Catholics weren’t allowed to practice their religion freely. In the 16th century, Catholicism toppled in many...

Flights that get diverted and end up somewhere unintended are always a pain in the neck. I’ve had a few over the years including one last year – it was my very first flight on a double-decker Airbus A380 and Qantas managed to take me from Los Angeles to Sydney instead of Melbourne . The...

I never really got into Harry Potter that much – I thought it too juvenile – but I have to admit that I read the first several books. Juvenile the series may be, but I simply cannot resist the idea of magic and all that. So when I heard about Universal in Orlando unveiling its very own Harry Potter...