Recently, I toured the Oneida Community Mansion House and learned about this amazing chapter in New York State history. The large rambling brick mansion was built in stages starting in 1861. The community was founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 in an attempt to create the perfect society. At its height it had about 300 members that lived together as one family.
Believe it or not! I just visited Sylvan Beach for the first time.
What a fun place. It is another case of missing the places that are close to home.
When I am traveling I usually have a guide book but I also like to have a novel or some other book to help personalize my trip. I read “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” while we were in Savannah and when we were in Vietnam I read “Up Country.” Both really added to the trip experience
People who know my husband and I are frequent international travelers often ask, “What about the food?” They are envisioning a plethora of strange, bizarre, and weird food items they may have seen on television such as deep-fried bugs, beating frog’s heart, and so on.
Even though John and I have been exploring New York State for years we are always impressed with the new things we find to see and do in an area. One of NYS’s biggest tourist draws in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls never fails to impress and it is possible to see the power of the falls from the top, both sides, behind, front and the bottom
On a recent day trip, John and I visited Lorenzo, the home of John Lincklaen, the founder of Cazenovia. We had seen by the pretty home perched on the rise of land above beautiful Cazenovia Lake but this was our first visit and it turned out to be more extensive and interesting than expected.
There are many things I love about Central New York. Two of them are the Erie Canal and Dinosaur BBQ. When a boat tour on the Erie Canal is combined with dinner catered by Dinosaur BBQ and the weather is ‘Central New York Glorious’ life just doesn’t get any better.
One night after dinner while enjoying a cocktail in the lounge we chatted with some local people. We told them how much we enjoyed the Maritime Museum which is right next to the Sheraton and mentioned that the next day we were going to explore Presque Isle.
They asked, “Have you tried our famous sponge candy?”
Shanghai is an amazing city with more skyscrapers than New York City and many more being built. Also amazing is the luxurious Peninsula Hotel where John and I recently had the pleasure of staying. The Peninsula Hotels are considered some of the world’s best hotels.
Walking tours are wonderful especially so if they have a specific topic and cover only a small area. Thus it was with our “Burgh Bits and Bites” tour of Pittsburgh’s Strip District.
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