Jul
19
2009
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 [...]
Jun
04
2009
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. [...]
May
18
2009
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 [...]
Apr
26
2009
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 [...]
Mar
30
2009
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. (Over [...]