Once hailed as the "Live Music Capital of the World", Austin boasts music venues high and low. More ...

Every day we have a certain amount of money to spend, if we are able to save money for the end of the month that is, and paying a lot for something is often kind of complicated. We either simply don’t have the money; we are not willing to spend as much as is asked; or we are thinking about our monthly budget. More ...

The history of this place is quite as interesting as their concept and the story is thoroughly presented on their website. Briefly, Michael, the son, opened a used book store in Chicago, where he was studying. More ...

Badwater Basin. This is considered to be the lowest elevation in North America and, according to some sources, in the whole Western Hemisphere (other argues there is a location in Argentina which is actually lower). The original lake dried up about 3000 years ago, but the area is occasionally flooded by the heavy rain. More ...

The best way to start your trip through Death Valley National Park is from the south, meaning that you get off I-15 at Baker and drive north on route 127 (at Baker, do take a picture with the enormous thermometer, likely to show a high temperature on the day you are there as well). More ...

Once you are done with the museums on the National Mall, try to spread out a bit on your museums in the capital. Here are a couple of excellent suggestions. More ...

The first place to start when it comes to museums in Washington DC is the National Mall. Europeans will tend to think of the Mall as a gigantic shopping complex, but this is actually a strip of grass between the Capitol Hill and the George Washington Monument. More ...

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After the nice Happy Hour at Jake’s Grill (discussed in a different article), we came out to pick up our car. We had parked in front of the bar and I think I even made a comment about how easy parking is in Portland and how much space one for parking on the street has in comparison to other cities in the US. More ...

It took me about two days to write this post and the main reason was that, despite the fact that I was remembering mostly everything about our experience there (the food, the beer and the nice atmosphere), I had completely forgotten the name. More ...