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I won a writing award for this story!

I tried my first oyster in Baltimore. I’ll never forget the day. I was a teenager living in Maryland for a year as an exchange student, and we’d driven about …

I’m on a 7-day tour of history up the Mississippi on a paddle steamer through the cradle of the Civil War

I had to video this : the glass top elevator whizzing us up an ear-popping 67 floors of the Rockefella Center with an open ceiling. Actually this video is coming …

A little exercise and an indulgent meal was my perfect day in Santa Monica!

Disneyland’s sister park California Adventure has never done as well as the big girl across the brick courtyard. Disney fans were always after the big rides and photo ops with …

I’ve just slept in a hotel bed that doesn’t have a linen history!

I was at the opening of Harry Potter’s Wizarding World, Orlando

Head out to Kennedy Space to ride the G-force simulator and have lunch with an astronaut

Pasadena is a city of LA, but apart from Rose Bowl season, it’s undiscovered by many of us. Here are my picks for what to do on a 2-day stopover in Pasadena

Beware baggage charges for international passengers. You may not need to pay!

These are the questions from the US Visa application form