Drive-Ins and Dummies for Ashley the Bear
Ashley the SATW Traveling Teddy made a day of it recently at Northern Kentucky museums, even watching a drive-in movie in a 1959 Buick Electra at the Behringer-Crawford Museum in Covington, Ky. Ashley travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph’s Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a [...]
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Indy Hotels Offer King Tut Ticket Packages
“Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs” runs through Oct. 25 at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, and five Indy hotels have become King Tut Hotels for the duration. They’re offering packages for two or a family of four from $129-$249 per night, with a breakfast buffet and VIP tickets to jump to the [...]
Keep Reading...Explore ‘The Great War’ at National WWI Museum
By Betsa Marsh It was, of course, the War to End All Wars, and we know how well humankind has fulfilled that prophecy since World War I engulfed the globe in 1914-1919. This Sunday will be the 90th anniversary of the Treaty of Versailles, the formal document that ended the war. Maybe the best place [...]
Keep Reading...New Traveling Teddy Explores New Harmony
By Betsa Marsh Traveling Teddy, who will be named by the incoming third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio, began his globe-trotting year with a jaunt to New Harmony, Ind. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach program of the Society of American Travel Writers. Teddy toured some [...]
Keep Reading...Latest UK Bargains at Britain on the Cheap
Heading to England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland soon? Don’t miss all the bargains on hotels, dining, attractions, festivals and transportation at Britain on the Cheap, part of the burgeoning Cities on the Cheap network. It’s your cheap-and-cheerful guide to value for money throughout the UK.
Keep Reading...Artwork Glows in Chicago’s New Modern Wing
From the outside, architect Renzo Piano’s new Modern Wing for the Art Institute of Chicago is so restrained you want to take a pulse. But from the inside, the white walls, white oak floors and miles and miles of glass set a glow around the art and bring Chicago in through the panes. The Modern [...]
Keep Reading...Brutus Goes for Hands-On Fun in Central Ohio
By Betsa Marsh Brutus the Traveling Teddy had a busy weekend making jewelry and building baskets in Central Ohio. Brutus travels for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio. The Traveling Teddy program is a geography outreach of the Society of American Travel Writers. Brutus explored the old [...]
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