There’s a very interesting interview in the 7/20/08 Newsweek with the CEO of Amtrak, Alex Kummant, talking about the expansion of rail service in the U.S. as a result of high oil prices. I have long been a proponent of expanding the rail infrastructure in this country and increasing rail service in high-traffic [...]

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Finally, another free thing to do in Burlington, VT. From the University of Vermont’s press release:

UVM to Offer Weekly Historic Tour of Campus
Founded in 1791, the University of Vermont is the fifth oldest university in New England, after Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown.
Beginning next weekend, the university will bring its long and illustrious history [...]

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Today’s meal of choice at the Chew Chew Festival was lunch. It was a muggy, overcast day. A bank of rainclouds blocked the view of the Adirondacks across Lake Champlain, so I knew rain was on the way. I decided not to waste a lot of time dilly-dallying. I got there, [...]

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Well, guess who’s feeling pretty proud of herself right now? Yup. That’s right. Me. I was invited to take a walk on the other side of the fence recently and be a guest blogger for the Tip Diva on the topic of how to be a good host. I have [...]

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“A single woman on vacation in Vegas. . .alone?”
“Yeah. Weird. We’re looking into it.”
(CSI Investigator Nick Stokes and Captain Jim Brass, CSI, “Play With Fire”)

The above exchange, when it first aired on TV in 2003, sparked quite a few outraged posts on some Las Vegas message boards I frequent. Mostly by women like me, some [...]

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