I’m writing from my hotel balcony in Giza City, Egypt – just outside Cairo, and the site of the historic Pyramids. The sun is coming up right now, and the view is great. There’s only one problem:A lot...Full Article
We all know about using the recycling bin and using reusable grocery bags, but how else can we live our values at home — whether they’re environmental, political, religious, moral, social, or otherwis...Full Article
Family vacations today take in the entire spectrum of travel. While you have the option of returning to the cottage or resort your family has gone to for generations, theres a whole wide world out the...Full Article
From the several hours I spend a day at my gym I get to observe all types of gym goers. One thing most of them have in common is that they all appear to be lost. The gym, much like a dense...Full Article
1. Rocket LaunchCocoa Beach, FloridaJump-start your adventure by observing a NASA shuttle or rocket launch on Floridas “Space Coast.” Locals celebrate launch day at Cocoa Beach Pier, though the better...Full Article
It is Father’s Day on Sunday (June 15th, 2008) in the UK, USA and many other countries around the world. This year, the day will be especially poignant for me as for the first time in my life on fathe...Full Article
have been at this Fathers Day thing for a long time, but I still get a kick out of my now grown children calling and visiting and even taking my wife and I out to dinner - when it fits into their sche...Full Article
The Earth is filled with amazing landscapes. Here are some of them. Heres a list of amazing landscapes. Each has its own unique geological history. Some landscapes are the result of erosion or tectoni...Full Article
A couple of days ago I listed 10 of the tools I find essential whenever I travel, along with a bunch of related tips. Today, I have more tips, this time disconnected from any particular tool or gadget...Full Article
April Fools Day, sometimes called All Fools Day, is one of the most light hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while ot...Full Article
On the Easter weekend, I went out of town and spent several days at my parents’s home. There I enjoyed the holiday away from my normal routines. While usually I have a set of daily routines related to...Full Article
One of the most overlooked yet incredibly useful personal productivity tools available today is the zombie. Though incapable of many creative tasks, they are ideal for most corporate work, and suitabl...Full Article
“The stress-free way to enjoy the holidays is to plan, take one step at a time, and have a sense of humor.” Beth Tabak Can you feel the holiday jitters beginning? Suddenly there it is right around the...Full Article
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times people called night Xiao. The 15th day is the first nigh...Full Article
The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month, usually in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. As early as the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25), it had become a festival ...Full Article
As another one of the many special days of this year, Valentines Day, dawns upon us, I thought I’d sit down to write out some ideas you could get going right now to look and feel your best on the day ...Full Article
Everyone, young and old, rich and poor, looks forward to celebrating the noisiest, most joyous and longest festival of the year. Chinese New Year is not celebrated at a hotel or supper club with...Full Article
The New Moon on the first day of the new year-- the full moon 15 days later .Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15t...Full Article
Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year throughout the westDate: The first day of the year in the lunar calendar. This is usually in late January or early February.Place: NationwideActivit...Full Article
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for the Chinese people and is when all family members get together, just like Christmas in the West. All people living away from home go back, becomi...Full Article
