Ask almost any regular Orlando visitor which has the best nightlife options–Universal Orlando’s CityWalk or Disney World’s Downtown Disney–and the majority will say: CityWalk. I would have also said this, even before I visited CityWalk for the first time (mainly because I’m still bitter about Disney shutting down the Adventurer’s Club). And yet if you [...]

When I travel, I usually visit cities. I’m from the country, and yet I think I might have been a city girl in another life, because I love cities. I love the bustle and the buildings, the ease of getting around on foot or via public transportation, and I love how alive cities feel.  In [...]

Do you like going out to hear live music when you travel?  I do.  I rarely go out for live music at home, because I have to get up pretty early for work and our local music venues tend to target a much younger demographic (it’s a college town). So going out to hear live [...]

This is the final part of a four-part series on the dueling piano shows on the Las Vegas Strip.  I hope you’ve enjoyed it, and that it will make it a bit easier for you to choose the dueling piano show that is right for you. Harrahs dueling piano show, featuring identical twin sisters Kimberley [...]

This is the third of a four-part series reviewing and comparing the four dueling piano shows on the Strip in Las Vegas. Of the dueling piano bars on the Strip in Las Vegas, the one at Napoleon’s (Paris Hotel) is the most upscale.  Napoleon’s was established as a champagne and cigar bar, and the decor [...]

This is the second of a four-part series reviewing and comparing the four dueling piano shows on the Strip in Las Vegas. The Palazzo has a dueling piano show in Salute Lounge that starts much earlier in the day than any of the other dueling piano shows on the Strip: It runs from 5:30pm to [...]

This is the first of a four-part series reviewing and comparing the four dueling piano shows on the Strip in Las Vegas. Las Vegas has no lack of entertainment options both day and night.  You can go to a $100+ show and passively sit in the audience and be entertained; you can spend the night [...]

Have you ever wished you were one of those Nielsen families? You know, the ones who get the boxes that track their TV viewing and influence ratings?  I always wanted to be one of those when I was growing up.  I hated when my favorite shows got canceled and shows I thought were terrible remained [...]