After spending our first night at Adventure Inn in San Jose, which was lovely, Mike and I woke up early to catch our bus to Arenal. Here, we stayed at Hotel Paraiso, which was kind of a destination all its own. Our room was this tiny little cabin with a porch and a set of [...]
Archive for the 'go green' Category
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Once again, it is officially Blog Action Day 2009 and this year’s focus is on climate change. A new U.N. environment report revealed that healthy oceans are one of the keys to combating climate change and preventing the destruction of marine life could help offset between 3 to 7 percent of current fossil fuel emissions. [...]
The weekend trip to Gloucester with Mike never really happened because we couldn’t justify throwing a hotel room on the credit card after buying plane tickets to Costa Rica and paying for our two kittens to get spayed. We thought about going on a day trip to salvage the whale watch that I had purchased [...]
In the heart of Union Square in Somerville, MA each Saturday, you will find local farmers, bakers and even live acoustic music, all gathered under a handful of canopies participating in the Union Square Farmers Market. Here, you will also find a wide range of fresh produce, herbs, the delicious Taza Chocolate and even homemade [...]
The buzz for this virus is like nothing I’ve seen. My initial reaction was to move on, but when I sat back to catch up on my Google reader, I realized how much this epidemic is anticipated to impact the travel industry… Jenn Abelson and Robert Gavin of the Boston Globe reported how global concerns [...]
Last Friday afternoon Lisa, Bryce and I left for Montreal from Boston, while our friend Caitlin boarded a plane in New York to meet us that night. Our timing was perfect and we were able to swing by the airport to pick her up on the way to the hotel. We settled in and set [...]
[Photograph courtesy of NASA: Taken from National Geographic] Chris Reidy at the Boston Globe recently covered findings from a survey by TripAdvisor. It looks like just over three-quarters of survey respondents say they sometimes incorporate “green choices” into their travel plans and 27 percent “intentionally made environmentally-friendly travel choices in the past year.” Michele Perry, [...]
As seen on Boston.com Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies/NOAAThis right whale image was taken in Cape Cod Bay under NOAA Fisheries permit 633-1763, under the authority of the US Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection Acts. (Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies/NOAA) Mike emailed me this image from Boston.com because he knew I would be excited [...]
