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Travel Tidbits: Famous Faces Try to Lure Tourists to New York and Touring North Dakota on Two Wheel

What do actor Kevin Bacon, MTV personality Coltrane Curtis and musician Itzhak Perlman all have in common? They want you to visit their favorite Big Apple haunts. And thanks to a new ad campaign you’ll discover where these famous faces hang out in the city during their downtime. Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb, MTV fashion VJ Coltrane Curtis and Perlman are among the famous New Yorkers who have joined the newly expanded citywide welcome campaign for foreign travelers. The idea behind the new project, according to tourism officials, is to provide insider tips from celebrities and local experts about … Continue reading →

Stardust (2007)

A few years ago, I went into the bookstore and what to my delight should I find, but a new Neil Gaiman novel. Now you may not have heard of Neil Gaiman and if you haven’t, well I have a few books of his that I could recommend and I’ll link them below. For now, I want to talk about the film Stardust based on the novel of the same name. Stardust is rated PG-13 for some fantasy violence and risqué humor, but the risqué is just that and it’s not toilet humor. First and foremost, Stardust is a fairytale. … Continue reading →

Robert De Niro: One Great Actor

Born on August 17, 1943, in Greenwich Village, New York, Robert de Niro is the child of two artists; Robert De Niro, Sr, an abstract expressionist, and Virginia Admiral, a painter. His Irish mother, despite her strict Catholic upbringing, was a practicing Jew for most of Robert’s childhood. His father came out of the closet as a homosexual after Robert was born, and eventually divorced his mother. As a child, Robert was an avid reader of playwrights, and he discovered his love of acting at the age of ten when he portrayed the Cowardly Lion in a local production of … Continue reading →

Parenting Your Only Child – What to Expect and Do

Only children have many of the characteristics of first-born children only in triplicate. They tend to be even more responsible and greater perfectionists. They are comfortable with adults because they spend most of their time in adult company. Only Child Traits Close relationship to parents Good self control Leadership Skills Mature Dependable Unforgiving Demanding Sensitive – feelings easily hurt Difficulty sharing Overly critical of others Private May feel under pressure to succeed Also many of the first-born characteristics Parenting the Only Child Let them be a child. Only children are often mature for their age and it is easy for … Continue reading →