Downtown Charleston Carriage Tour

If you’re not familiar yet with Charleston, South Carolina, then it’s time to get familiar with it. The southern port city that is rich in history is easily overlooked, but continues to grow in popularity as one of the best vacation spots in the southeast. Many large corporations are seeing the benefits of Charleston by creating locations there, including Google, Boeing and Carnival, which recently announced they would be sailing year-round, instead of just seasonally. One of the biggest draws to Charleston is its rich history and beautiful Victorian-style architecture that is seen throughout the city. One of the best ways to experience Charleston’s history isn’t by foot, boat or car, but by horse-drawn Carriage.

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The NORAD Santa Tracking Map by Google

Game on! Santa and his team of reindeer (including Rudolph!) are up and at it.

What, you thought Grandma and Grandpa flying in for the big day were the only travelers out there?

If you want to follow Santa’s journey minute by minute, complete with video feeds, then check out the good people at NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command – yeah, I don’t get the acronym either), who combine their military might and technological savvy to track Santa Claus as he does his thing.

You can even have the action sent to your mobile phone or follow the action on Google Earth, Twitter and Facebook.

Well, what are you waiting for? Track Santa!

Photo taken from the NORAD site.

Are you cold and wanting to get away?  Are there visions of beaches in your head – or maybe falling leaves and fresh snow?  Also, turkey. Then read on, gentle reader, read on.

No booking fees and a $200 coupon to use on a later trip? It’s true.  Merry holiday of your choice from Expedia.

Virgin America is having a huge 24-hour sale. Hurry!  If you miss that there is still this: Virgin America is the first airline to offer fleetwide Wi-Fi and thanks to Google it’s free for the holidays! Read More »

As mentioned previously, we were on our way to do a whole lotta nothin’ in the town of Ojai, an hour or so outside of Los Angeles.

Before leaving, I had done a quick Google to see what it was known for and here’s a few that caught my eye:

From the cities main website, I discovered that they were making a big push for artists to help out renovating something in town – what it was escapes me now, but I liked that the lead story reached out to the right-brainers in town. Below that, however was a phone glitch affecting city hall’s runnings and that intrigued me even more – a $40,000 purse for whomever had the best eye for making the town better, but in the office of those who ran it, the voicemail wasn’t working properly. Read More »