Travel blog: Quick hits, trends, advice, insights from stops along the way by Craigslegz Travels.
Virtual travel opportunities are expanding during the COVID-19 pandemic and many of them are free. […]
Prepare to pay greatly inflated hotel rates to stay at Florida’s beaches. But there are alternatives. […]
The coronavirus pandemic has been devastating to the travel industry. The outlook for travel in 2021 is uncertain. […]
South Florida’s coastal waters and beaches are more alluring than ever but remain off-limits in the time of coronavirus. […]
Facebook’s new advertising policies have made it tougher to promote climate concerns while making it easier for politicians to make false claims. […]
Cruise line backs down from Nassau travel warning, spotlighting conflict of interest in travel industry. […]
American Colin O’Brady joined the pantheon of pioneer travelers by becoming the first to cross Antarctica alone and unaided. […]
Frank Stella: Experiment and Change exhibition is a remarkable journey through the career of one of America’s most influential artists at NSU Museum Fort Lauderdale. […]
Traveling before Memorial Day and after Labor Day is a way to avoid peak crowds, summer heat at national parks and popular destinations. That was reinforced while visiting Utah’s biggest attractions. […]
The drag queen shows at Lips Fort Lauderdale have been a hit for nearly a decade. The Dragalicious Gospel Brunch proved spiritually uplifting with a winning combination of high-energy entertainment and plenty of good food and drink. […]
Barcelona’s standing as the capital of Catalonia is evident upon arrival at the airport, where the Catalan language gets top billing on signs. […]
Veteran Texas blues man Mike Zito made a difficult journey from his flooded home state to perform a Labor Day Weekend tour in Florida, and in the process raised funds to aid fellow musicians in financial difficulty due to Hurricane Harvey. […]
The rare event of a total solar eclipse showed how easy it can be to bring people together. In this case it was the simple pleasure of a shared experience on an otherwise mundane August afternoon. […]
Much has changed with baseball and American since 1963, but the All-Star Game remains a highlight of summer. A lifelong baseball fan and sports journalist reflects on first-hand experience at the Midsummer Classic, then and now. […]
The ancient tradition of the Chinese lantern festival brought wild animals to life in illuminated splendor at Sunset Cove Amphitheater west of Boca Raton, Fla. […]
Davie, Fla., a horse town with a cowboy mentality, was the unlikely setting for to usher in the Year of the Rooster at a Lunar New Year celebration at a Vietnamese monastery. […]
A group of Tibetan monks set out on a noble mission of promoting compassion in the world by creating an intricate mandala sand painting in Coral Springs, Fla, during the week of the presidential inauguration. […]
The unsettling year 2016 saw an extraordinary exodus of prominent figures, particularly in various fields of entertainment. The most shocking and senseless was the death of Miami star pitcher Jose Fernandez in a boating accident. […]
Dixville Notch, N.H., is an unlikely focal point of the U.S. presidential election, but every four years gains widespread attention as the first precinct to report results following a midnight vote on Election Day. […]
Cleveland Indians fans finally had a winning team to root for in 2016 on the way to the World Series. For many years, the best thing they had to look forward to was the Ball Park Mustard. […]
A canceled flight that led to an unplanned road trip from Phoenix to San Diego provided an eye-opening journey through a wide range of desert terrain. Throw in the quirky Space Age Lodge and an army of wind turbines, and the trip had an otherworldly feel. […]
Covering the Fort Bragg Game between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins provided an enlightening opportunity to interact with service men and women at work on the nation’s largest military base. […]
Miami’s once-blighted Wynwood neighborhood has in just a few years created a cultural awakening as a hip hub of art, music and other forms of creative expression. The centerpiece in Wynwood Walls, a unique park of sanctioned graffiti with massive murals painted on old warehouses. […]
Chilly Buffalo provided unlikely bookends to an eventful year of travel, with memorable stops in Italy, Spain, France, Canada and various points in between. […]
Airlines can refuse boarding is your passport is in questionable condition. If it has wrinkles or tears, best to replace it ahead of trip. […]
The Day of the Dead, an important holiday in Mexico for centuries, has has become an important fall festival in the United States. In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., it is rivaling Halloween – not surprising in a region with a large Hispanic population. The imagery is preferable and the spirited is both somber and fun. […]
The World Trade Center was a tranquil setting during a family visit in 2000, one year before the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The whimsical scene, with fiberglass cows modeled after the Twin Towers, is a surreal memory in a very different world. […]
British tourists have been flocking to Cannes on the French Riviera much longer than the movie crowd. They attest it is best to arrive after the annual film festival for the sun, sand and sidewalk chatter. […]
The demise of HitchBOT was a setback for the spirit of bold and inventive travel. But it may not be the end for the social robot travel project. […]
The Fort Lauderdale art scene is getting funkier with the MASS district joining FAT Village in providing a creative niche in formerly neglected warehouse areas. […]
The area around the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a focal point for fitness fanatics decades after Rocky Balboa made his famous dash up the museum steps. But runners were finding inspiration in the marathon there years before “Rocky” became an iconic film. […]
Kentucky Derby day at South Florida’s Gulfstream Park has its own distinct flavor, overseen by the 110-foot statue of Pegasis. […]
The Miami Marlins have high hopes for 2015, but their season got off to an embarrassing start when they had their first rain delay at Marlins Park when the roof didn’t close in time. […]
Situated on an island literally a stone’s skip from the heart of Canada’s biggest and most bustling city, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is a throwback to old-fashioned aviation. And the 400-foot ferry ride to the airport is so Canada. […]
A South Florida band called The Flyers enlivens a Tuesday night in Boca Raton at the Funky Biscuit, which serves an array of talent nightly at reasonable prices. […]
The serendipitous discovery of the Serenity Garden Tea House made an afternoon in West Palm Beach, Fla, feel like trip to the British Isles. […]
Cpl. Klinger’s praises on M-A-S-H made Tony Packo’s famous. The hot dogs, chili and pickles keep locals and celebrities coming back to the Toledo, Ohio eatery. […]
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