Travel Deals for LEGO Lovers

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Michele Cheplic

My 8-year-old is obsessed with LEGO Friends. I too am quite fond of the popular plastic building blocks, though I appreciate them far more when they aren’t stabbing the bottom of my feet. Wouldn’t it be great to have a huge area dedicated solely to the construction and demolition of LEGO masterpieces without worrying about having your feet branded? A place where kids can let their imagination soar while being inspired by gigantic one-of-a-kind LEGO structures? That’s exactly what can happen when you travel to LEGOLAND in Carlsbad, California. But, now, instead of just touring the enchanted theme park, you … Continue reading →

California Wildfires Putting the Heat on Tourist Hot Spots

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Michele Cheplic

If you’ve watched even a few minutes of the news in the last week then you seen that parts of California have been reduced to a charred smoky mess. It’s an image tourism officials in Southern California don’t want you to see. As firefighters scramble to extinguish the remaining wildfires, members of San Diego’s Convention and Visitors Bureau are scurrying to do damage control of their own. One official with the group recently told news reporters: “The fires have been a horrible situation, but (the impact on the city) also has been a little overblown. You would think that every … Continue reading →