Just a month away—Spring Training
Forget daffodils and the Easter Bunny, to the die-hard baseball fan, Spring Training is what marks the real beginning of spring. The earliest Spring Training on record occurred when the Red Sox and White Sox organized baseball camps in New Orleans in 1870. The Washington Capitals National League team followed by holding a four day […]
Let’s Go Racing! – The Daytona 500
This Sunday, February 26th is a date that every NASCAR fan has been waiting for since last November. At 12pm, this year’s Sprint Cup Championship will rev up and go, starting at the birthplace of stock car racing, Daytona Beach Florida. Back in the 20’s and 30’s, Daytona Beach because the place to set land […]
Are you ready for some football?
It’s just a few short days until the football game to end all football games, Super Bowl XLVI, scheduled to kick off 6:30pm on Sunday, February 5th. But the celebrations and events created specifically around the Super Bowl started as early as last Friday, turning this event into something well and above just another bowl […]
2012 Travel Trends
Are you interested in your family history? One of the biggest trends emerging for this year’s travel scene are custom designed trips letting you explore your roots by visiting the places where your family came from. Interest in this type of family vacation that combines great adventure with education has been sparked by the hit […]
2012 Top Travel Spots
Happy New Year’s everybody. 2012 has some very exciting travel opportunities coming up; some of them are once in a lifetime events. London is going to be the top spot to be this year. Not only are the Summer Olympics taking place there from July 27 to August 12, but this year marks Queen Elizabeth’s […]
What’s in Your Bowl?
One of the biggest past times this time of year is watching all the great bowl games. Starting with the Rose Bowl back at the beginning of the 20th century, the popularity of these college games has grown to where there are now 35 games referred to as Bowl Games. The origination of the term […]
Keep Your Fingers Crossed!
Some great news for all the basketball fans out there, pending a final agreement between owners and players, the official Basketball season will kick off on December 25, 2011. What a great Christmas present for all of the NBA fans. While the schedule has not been finalized, NBA Commissioner Stern is hopeful that it will […]
Turkey and Football–A Great Tradition
Along with Turkey and Stuffing, watching football is another great Thanksgiving Day tradition that has been around almost as long as the holiday itself. The very first football game was played in 1876. By 1893, Football became part of the holiday tradition. Another long standing Thanksgiving Football tradition is that the Detroit Lions play in […]
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Sunday marks the final race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for 2011. Each year Homestead is home to the final race of four different race series, the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide, the Camping World Truck and the Rolex Sports Car. This racetrack was built after Hurricane Andrew nearly devastated the area in order to […]
Have You Planned Your Winter Ski Getaway Yet?
I follow this great site, http://ski.com and recently got an email letting me know about some amazing specials they had going on. Right now, they have nine different resorts with great packages offering anything from a night free or even up to 50% off of your lodging if you book early. We all know how […]
