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Enjoy This Year’s Fall Colours
October is here! What better way to enjoy the fall season than to take a drive through the beautiful countryside. Many state parks are reaching peak season for fall foliage. This Thanksgiving, hit the road and enjoy the last gasp of North America’s deciduous forests. Along with the scenery, you should take in some Duty Free goods during your travels. Check your nearest Duty Free location for specials and other details! Washington In addition to experiencing fall foliage colours in Washington, you can visit the Washington State Travel portal for information on parks, paths, routes, and activities to enjoy during…
On The Road: Blogger Heaven
Road tripping is an enlightening and unique experience that everyone should enjoy at least once in a while. Jack Kerouac’s On the Road remains one of North America’s most significant testaments to the value of road tripping. While Salvator “Sal” Paradise and his cronies might not be the most admirable of characters, their quest for transcendence across a vast land of varied culture and landscape is a journey that many aspire to take part of. The continual improvement of social media and mobile phone apps makes it ever convenient to share experiences across the country. Here are a couple recent…
Norsk Høstfest – North America’s Largest Scandinavian Festival!
Celebrating its 34th year, the festival starts the evening of Tuesday, September 27th and continues through to Saturday, October 1st. Tens of thousands of people attend the event annually to celebrate and partake in Scandinavian culture and entertainment. Over 200 internationally recognized artisans, craftsmen and chefs participate. The experience is an eclectic array of contemporary and traditional themes. The cuisine as well as the clothes, art and jewelry are authentic, fine quality and exquisitely Nordic. The Nordic history and heritage is alive from the Clog Shop and the Import Shop to the Sølje Shop and the General Store. Unique and…
Take a Drive Through History on America’s Historic Byways
On Friday September 23rd the Indiana Department of Transportation named The Michigan Road a historic byway. The Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byways Program says on their website that their goal is “To create a distinctive collection of American roads, their stories and treasured places.” Their mission is to create a unique travel experience and enhanced local quality of life through efforts to preserve, protect, interpret, and promote the intrinsic qualities of designated byways. The Michigan Road is Indiana‘s first state-funded highway, built in the 1830s and stretching from Madison on the Ohio River, through Greensburg, Shelbyville, Indianapolis, Logansport, Rochester, Plymouth,…
Estée Lauder: Your Source for Expert Beauty Advice
Estée Lauder has launched their new Youtube channel offering beauty tips amongst 35 videos including Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux and global spokesmodels Hilary Rhoda, Constance Jablonski, Liu Wen, Joan Smalls, Carolyn Murphy and Elizabeth Hurley. The channel allows you to view product information, read ratings and reviews, get beauty tips, and engage with their online community. “We are thrilled to offer viewers an inside look at the Estée Lauder brand, with a behind-the-scenes view of our products, personalities and so much more,” said Charisse Ford, Senior Vice President of Global Marketing. Videos are curated into various sections to allow…
Fire will help the moose but hurts Minnesota
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area is considered by many to be one of the top scenic destinations in Minnesota. Roughly 10 percent of the area has been burned in a forest fire which started August 18th. The park is home to a significant portion of Minnesota’s moose population. While biologists state that the damage could actually benefit the moose, damage to the park could hamper Explore Minnesota’s efforts to posit the region as a place of calm and serenity. While communities across Minnesota assist in firefighting efforts, Oakdale writer Jeff Roberts shares his first-person account of traveling through the Boundary Waters…
Save money on a trip south on the East Coast
Gorgeous fall colours are arriving and the time to enjoy them is now. Deals are popping up all over the help persuade you to take a trip south of the border. For example, Moosehead Lake is a destination offered on visitmaine.com as a scenic getaway. Northeast Guide Service offers lodging accommodations, rafting, kayaking, and sightseeing tours are organized into one affordable package. The cabins are located on the largest lake in Maine, within the limits of Greenville. Both the motor lodge and campground overlook Moosehead Lake and Big Squaw Mountain. You can swim, fish, walk, hike, or bike from your door…
Wallpaper magazine editor-in-chief Tony Chambers
In a world where everybody is out for themselves Some choose to live differently With honour Gallantry Courage They choose to go another way These are their stories Live with chivalry. These are the lines that greet you at www.chivas.com, challenging readers to live up to the success of the examples they provide. One such example they give is Tony Chambers. Chambers is the editor-in-chief of Wallpaper* magazine. The magazine was launched in 1996 by Canadian journalist Tyler Brûlé and Austrian journalist Alexander Geringer, CEO of aheadmedia, in London, UK. Brûlé sold the magazine to Time Warner in 1997. He…
Blue Jays attempt to shut Boston out of the playoffs, stay above .500
Wakefield battles Morrow in eighth attempt at 200th win Could this finally be the game when everything falls into place for the Red Sox and Tim Wakefield, enough so that the veteran knuckler can earn his 200th victory? After it seemed like a near certainty weeks ago, Wakefield will take his record eighth stab at No. 200 on Tuesday at Fenway Park when the division-rival Blue Jays come to town to kick off a brief two-game set. The Red Sox, who have lost four straight series for the first time this year, could use any kind of positive momentum swing…
Get the news on fall colour hues
Where is the best fall colour in Minnesota this weekend? What’s the colour outlook for the destination you’re headed to? Typically, peak fall color arrives in the northern third of the state in mid-September to early October. The central third of the state is most colourful between late September and early October. Southern Minnesota trees reach the height of fall colour in late September to mid-October. Explore Minnesota Tourism provides weekly fall color reports that include information on trees as well as colorful wildflowers and prairie grasses, bird migrations, and other fall phenomena. The fall color report is updated each…
