Wine Find

As we look forward to our long weekend this coming Fall 2010 in California Wine Country, I'll be checking out this column in the San Francisco Examiner. Plenty of good ideas for wineries, shopping, restaurants, and more. Here it is.

Be sure and contact us at 217/353-2055 if you want to place your name on the list of folks going on this tour.

Dreaming of California Wine

Sure, you can drink California wines just about anywhere in the world. What could be better than drinking the wine where its grapes are grown? I can't wait for the Wine Country Tour that Parkland is planning for September 30 through October 3, 2010. Details aren't quite confirmed, but I do know that we'll be staying in the heart of San Francisco and that we'll spend a whole day touring Napa Valley and/or Sonoma.

Keep watching this blog for updates. This tour can only accommodate 20-22 folks, so if you're dreaming of California wines like I am, get your name on the Tour list. You can call 217/353-2055. In the meantime, here's something to get you in the mood.

Broadway Bound

Just confirmed the 2 plays that our tour will be seeing in April. "Billy Elliott" which won a Tony award for Best Musical, and "A View From a Bridge," the revival of Arthur Miller's classic drama. Stars Liev Schreiber & Scarlett Johansson are getting rave reviews from many critics, including the NY Times. Read it here.

Travel Web Sites: Which are Best?

It probably is a matter of opinion. Each of us has our own travel personality and you can bet there is a web site out there to match our personality. I enjoy reading The Frugal Traveler series in the New York Times. Here's a good, quick, link-filled blog post with all kinds of travel websites to try on for size.

Have a safe & happy Thanksgiving.

Hungry (not Hungary)

What kind of traveler am I? The kind who selects destinations based on whether great food choices are available. There, I admit it. I'm sitting in my office looking through the brochure for our college's May 2010 tour of Spain and all I can think of is sangria, Serrano ham (and I'm a vegetarian), fresh fish, olives, and other delicious goodies.

Well, if you travel to France or Italy, surely, you're going to check out the food, aren't you? So, I don't think I'm so terrible, sitting here wondering what kind of food will be available in Spain.

If you've traveled to Spain and want to share a "food memory, I hope you will.
Here's the Spain tour brochure

Broadway in April 2010

Parkland College is sponsoring a wonderful long weekend in New York City, April 1-4, 2010. You'll see 2 great Broadway shows ("Billy Elliot" is one of them; a drama, too). Stay at Millennium Broadway Hotel (walking distance to theatres, sights, great restaurants, etc.)

Fly from Chicago O'Hare to New York City. Price is exceptional value. See details here.

10 Great Places to race for a cancer cure

From USA Today: Races sponsored by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure have helped the organization raise more than $1.3 billion to find a cure for breast cancer. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and several US cities are sponsoring "Race for the Cure."

For the complete article, go here.