Japan foreign exchange full of goodwill
CHIBA, Japan – For Hiroshi Ebihara, it was “an honor and once-in-a-lifetime experience” to show his country to Americans. For me, it was a once-in-a-lifetime way […]
Month: May 2003
Play ball! Baseball exhibits loaded with fun
Head to the Field Museum in Chicago if you love baseball, are irritated by it or couldn’t care less about the sport. There, that should […]
Chicago hostel: clean, safe, prime location
To Cristina Causone of Italy, $34.50 is a lot to pay for a place to sleep. Even if it is clean, safe and in the […]
Pressures, challenge of historic preservation
Money, space, sentiment and progress all have a role – from bit player to star – in our quest to preserve, hide or discard the […]
A traveler’s tales of turbulence, anxiety
One of my more unusual travel challenges this month will be to figure out how to safely transport a case of Berghoff and Capital Brewery […]