Tag: travel
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Places to Take Photos of The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
*** Some experiences were provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. You are in the city that contains the most photographed hotel in the world. You have to get thephotograph. In fact, you need a multitude of the photo. Your mission, find places to take photos of The Frontenac Hotel in…
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Taking A Ghost Tour in Cape May with US Ghost Adventures-New Jersey
***This experience and tour was provided courtesy of US Ghost Adventures. All opinions are my own. Steep gables, snaking gingerbread, and covered, wraparound porches, enveloped in shadows, no matter its beauty, at night, Victorian architecture feels disquieting. The multi-paned windows are eyes, always watching. In a town overflowing with Victorian history, there is no better…
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Visiting The Citadelle of Quebec-Quebec City
*** This experience and tour was provided courtesy of Quebec Cite Tourism. All opinions are my own. Though famous for its picturesque hotel, Quebec City is also known as only one of two fully fortified cities, in North America. The fortification was completed in the 1800s to combat the potential threat of a United States…
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An Evening at The Frontenac Hotel’s Bar 1608-Quebec City
Blue Cheese. It can be socially divisive. It can be socially bonding. This evening at The Frontenac Hotel’s Bar 1608, it is bonding. As you walk into The Frontenac Hotel’s Bar 1608, your eyes draw to the chandelier. The glass tubes, add elegant illumination to the circular bar below. (Our Guided Tour of The Frontenac…
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Taking a Guided Tour of The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
As the group gazes up, during our guided tour of The Frontenac Hotel, our tour guide states clearly,“Chateau Frontenac, is not a castle.” The assumption is that the world’s most photographed hotel, was originally constructed to house royalty. Surely a King or Queen, or Duke and Duchess, used the building as their home. Though royalty,…
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Afternoon Tea at The Frontenac Hotel-Quebec City
The colored sand, slips through the hourglasses, as the piano player delivers a passionate rendition of, Piano Man. During Afternoon Tea, at The Frontenac Hotel, in Quebec City, the most difficult task is choosing your leaves. The rest of the event unfolds with a display of artistic bites, flavorful sips, and the feeling that for…
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New York Mets Ballpark-Citi Field-New York City
Cue the Mission Impossible theme. Visiting the New York Mets Ballpark, feels like an undercover mission. Our ballpark visits are part love of the sport, part architecture curiosity, part foodie enthusiasm, and part sociological study. We wear the colors of the home team, to blend in, and hide the fact that we are Philadelphia, Phillies…
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Visiting The New York World’s Fair Park
The song plays in my head, as we enter The New York World ’s Fair Park. “There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of everyday…” This visit lights up my passion for learning about entertainment history. In New York, in 1939 and 1964, there was no greater entertainment spectacle, than the World’s…
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Fire Island National Seashore-Sailors Haven Day- Trip-New York
Crushing defeat. There is no sign of life at the Fire Island National Seashore- Sailors Haven Visitors Center. No Visitors Center, no National Park Passport Stamp. The main purpose of the United States’ Memorial Day holiday is to honor those who sacrificed their lives serving in the military. Due to occurring just before June, the…