SHIELS’ PICKS: CARIBBEAN GETAWAYS
Looking for a luxurious or adventurous experience this winter to ward off the chill? Put your toes in the sand… Read more »
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EVENTS IN ‘FLIGHT’ ENTIRELY POSSIBLE
Audiences have filled the theaters to see the new Denzel Washington movie “Flight,” but it’s doubtful they would buckle in… Read more »
The Great Lakes Troubadour Still Cruising At 72
The infamous “gales of November” howl through the Great Lakes and evoke a sense of foreboding deep in the stomachs of seaman… Read more »
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: SPOTS TO DRINK, PLAY AND STAY LIKE 007
James Bond, Ian Fleming’s licensed-to-kill secret agent, returns to movie screens Nov. 9 in “Skyfall,” the 23rd film in the series…. Read more »
OLYMPICS AND TOURISM: KIRANI JAMES WELCOMES YOU TO GRENADA
While Russia and Brazil work hard to welcome, respectively, the next winter and summer Olympics, some destinations are already basking in the glory of… Read more »
A NATURAL PARADISE IN GALAPAGOS
I’m writing from the sun deck of the floating Flamingo in the Galapagos Islands – 600 miles west of mainland Ecuador on… Read more »
ARCADIA BLUFFS SERVES UP ‘DELICIOUS’ ODE TO HAGGIS
The word haggis strikes fear in the hearts of milquetoast eaters not familiar with the traditional Scottish dish. But when Emmy Award-winning English…
A SUMMER MOMENT WITH TRAVERSE’S GRAND PIANO MAN
Sitting eleven stories above downtown Traverse City in the Beacon Lounge of the Park Place Hotel on a warm summer… Read more »
COAST-TO-COAST ABOARD AUSTRALIA’S INDIAN PACIFIC RAIL LINE
ADELAIDE, South Australia – I write this column as I am rolling across the Australian Outback aboard the Indian Pacific Train… Read more »
AUTHENTIC LINKS, WHISKEY ON NORTH AMERICA’S SCOTTISH COASTLINE
James Blanchard served as United States Ambassador to Canada in the mid 1990’s after a term as Michigan’s Governor. As Ambassador, the former… Read more »
