Author: Lori DeLauter-Boone

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“Somewhere in Time” weekend – extraordinary romantic time travel

The film “Somewhere in Time,” as with many cult classics, didn’t get much of a reception when it opened in 1980.  That quickly changed, and now each October hundreds of rabid romantic fantasy fans in period attire from all over the country – and the world – meet at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, …

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 Silversea shines, but only Colombia gets a return

Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Curacao, Aruba, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Mexico  We took our first extended cruise for a few weeks.  Good news: The Silversea line is fabulous with high-end luxury.  Bad news: We’ll never do it again. For us, nothing compares to the cultural immersion of land crossing and …

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Rush Day in Toronto

The band’s “nerds” and “geeks” revel in all-things Rush. The 1987 song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush called “Time Stand Still” cautions “learning to live as if each step was the end.” It’s a heartrending track written by iconic Rush drummer Neal Peart and would become a harbinger for the tragic losses of his teenage daughter and …

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Russia Looms Large in Former Eastern Bloc

Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland It’s been nearly a year since our trip through several former Soviet and Eastern Bloc countries. Despite that, the region’s overriding concern remains what we witnessed firsthand: the quickly escalating threat of the Soviet Union’s corpse and former KGB and current Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intent to violently resurrect …

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