Story by Milli Thornton. Photos Copyright © Milli Thornton. Part of the mission of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is to “inspire and educate visitors with the beauty and importance of plants.” The building, with its glass peak and dome and sweeping staircases,...

By staff writer Estrella Azul. Photos Copyright © Estrella Azul. Paris is swarming with tourists! I did my research before leaving and read several articles on different websites. This one here, Why Paris Sucks by Bellanda in Paris, about how the city can and does suck sometimes, is the funniest. Given...

Series by staff writer Betsy Villanella. Photos Copyright © Betsy Villanella. My previous two articles covered the beautiful west coast of Maui, and driving the Hana Highway over to the east coast. Since we wanted to see as much of Maui as we could,  and since our plane didn’t leave until the evening...

Series by staff writer Betsy Villanella. Photos Copyright © Betsy Villanella. In my first article in this series I told you about our drive around the west coast of Maui—on a road not even marked on some maps—to Kahului, and back around to Kaanapali where we were staying. The next tour we took was...

Series by staff writer Betsy Villanella. Photos Copyright © Betsy Villanella. Ten days, a rental, and a chance to explore paradise! This is my idea of a great vacation. As soon as we decided to vacation on Maui, I knew I didn’t want to just stay within a resort area and do what everyone else does....

Story by Milli Thornton. Photos Copyright © Milli Thornton. IT WAS A perfect Sunday early spring afternoon when we set off from our house in Youngstown, Ohio to embark on the first adventure of our Pittsburgh challenge. We’d been lazing around all morning and only decided at the last minute to...

Story by Milli Thornton. Photos Copyright © Milli Thornton. BRIAN AND I could barely believe it when we saw that National Geographic Traveler had named Pittsburgh one of the top 20 places in the world to visit in 2012. We live in Youngstown, Ohio—just an hour over the border from the ‘Burgh—and...