The Itinerant Attendee’s Notes – Visiting Unique Nashville, Tennessee The conference and convention was hosted at Gaylord’s Grande Ole Opry Hotel. Call me prejudiced, but I had images of an animated stuffed Mini Pearl greeting us at thd door, shrieking “How-DEEE!” Needless to say, I was completely surprised. The Grande Ole Opry Hotel is a [...]

They say everything’s bigger in Texas. Dallas is certainly proof of that! From its beautiful and well-lit skyline, the city expands out over many miles, nearly touching her nearest neighbor, Fort Worth! But it’s not just sprawl that makes it bigger. The city is at once a metropolis and southern in its styles and hospitality. [...]

Portland — Progressive, Green, and freedom-loving. Its name decided by a coin toss, Portland stands rich and proud along the banks of the Williamette and Columbia rivers, a rich and intricate string of urban legends adding to the charm of its Warehouse and Brewery districts. Your Itinerant Attendee never passes up an opportunity to attend [...]

The vista is breathtaking as we land in Denver, the Mile High city. Though Spring has sprung, the mountains to the west are covered in snow, powerful, tranquil and majestic. The city itself is fresh and modern, belying the fact that this Art Capital of the West had its beginning as a mining town in [...]

Seek Unique in Miami, Florida Sunny Miami, Florida, is the nation’s southernmost metropolis, and home to an unusual and eclectic melting pot of cultures. Cubans and Jamaicans are amongst the diversity, of course, but there are many others to be found in the most exotic city in the U.S. Miami truly is a unique place. [...]

Seattle, the Emerald City, Sleepless from all the great coffee, birthplace of Grunge, and our own U.S. Rainforest in the Pacific Northwest. Let’s start with the atmosphere. Seattle has to be one of the most unique feeling cities on the continent. One of the things that marks Seattle as unusual is the plethora of small [...]

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Boston is the Boston Tea Party (followed closely by delicious memories of savory baked beans.) Sure, I was excited about being sent to a place with such historical significance, but I’ve seen Historical before. There are many attractions in Boston, but I wouldn’t [...]