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 […]
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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 […]
Reader mail: Stay, go in light of SARS, war?
I love reader mail, regardless of whether adventures occur close to home or halfway around the world. Among your comments and observations: — Will you […]
Kiwi, Quebec culture: U.S. could learn from it
It was about 8 a.m. in Auckland, New Zealand, as we shuffled into the Hyatt Regency downtown, sleepy and jet-lagged after a 12-hour flight from […]
Stay or go? Japan plans remain in place
One of my toughest deadlines lately had nothing to do with writing. Less than two days into the war with Iraq, 12 women in Wisconsin […]
Expect shorter trips, last-minute decisions
WISCONSIN DELLS – I hear that you want to stay closer to home, and that’s understandable, but a lot of people hope you don’t barricade […]
Reader mailbag: what to do during winter
Janey Kimpton knows there is beauty in rural Wisconsin – and in Rural, a picturesque village on Highway 22, a couple of miles from King […]
Tourism rep: vacation, getaway not the same
Minnesota wants to replenish what the rest of the world takes away. That is a marketing theme for the state, the heart of one effort […]
Wis. Dells makes splash with waterpark wars
It’s been one big surge of development after another in the Wisconsin Dells, because of its indoor waterpark wars. About 1.1 million of the Dells’ […]
Brainstorms to hike tourism promotion dollars
Tourism industry leaders early next year will propose a new way to fund Wisconsin’s Department of Tourism, and it is based on a Missouri model […]
Reader mailbag: best supper clubs in state
Location, location, location … for some of you, it seems to matter as much as the quality of food when recommending a supper club. Readers […]