Way before Twilight, way before Buffy, vampire fans had The Lost Boys. The 1987 movie starred Corey Haim, the troubled teen star who was found dead today, apparently of a drug overdose, as well as Kiefer Sutherland and Haim’s frequent co-star/sometime nemesis/mistaken identity twin , Corey...

In just a few weeks, the branches hugging the rim of Washington DC’s Tidal Basin  will be bursting with delicate pink and white cherry blossoms. Yes, the winter of our discontent may be over, at least in the Washington-Philly section of the Northeast Corridor. Birds are flocking the Potomac...

First impressions count. And few American cities have as grand an entrance for visitors than Philadelphia’s main rail terminal, 30th Street Station.

I’ve spent the past few days surrounded by boxes, as we complete our move from Washington DC to Philadelphia. Believe it or not, I like moving. There’s something cathartic about picking up and heading for greener pastures, of casting off what’s behind you and moving forward into the...

It’s Travel Tuesday on Twitter – which means it’s time for my latest periodic feature. Using the new Fotobabble service (available FREE on the web or as a phone app), I’m going to tell a story about one of the photos from a trip.

  This morning, I’ve been testing a new website/iPhone app that adds a new dimension to sharing travel photos. Fotobabble, currently FREE at iTunes and on the web, allows you to record sound to go with your pictures.

Traveling with pets has become big business. More and more, you see hotels rolling out the red carpet for dogs, cats and other pets with special packages and welcoming treats. And I can’t seem to board a plane these days without seeing someone carrying a small animal in a case with them.

Ok, ok, so it’s hard to get excited about model ships, right? Not when they are as intricate as the authentic and priceless British warship replicas  housed at the Rogers Ship Model Collection at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum.

Getting customers to do your marketing for you is the mantra behind corporate social media these days. And among the travel industry, it seems, no PR offering  is more effective than a Twitter-based trip giveaway.

  Cute and historic, Annapolis is an easy daytrip from Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Yet it had been more than 15 years since I had visited this sea-faring Navy-loving town, known among sailors for its prime access to the Chesapeake Bay.