Travelin' Tales

Three Epic Civil War voyages are scheduled for the 2012 inaugural season of the Steamboat American Queen. The eight to 10-night “Themeboating Adventures” onboard this opulent steamboat will bring the history books to life with visits to legendary battlefields and onboard entertainment including actors, impersonators, leading lecturers, balladeers and reenactments. The three departures will explore …

  by Kathy Witt Marietta, GA is becoming Georgia’s red carpet town for high-profile movie re-premieres. In 2009, the always-ready-for-its-close-up community hosted cast members from the 1939 film classic, “Gone With the Wind,” including Ann Rutherford, Mickey Kuhn and Patrick Curtis, during its “70 Years of Gone With the Wind: A Re-Premiere.” The stars stayed …

by Kathy Witt Forget the (candy) hearts and flowers. For Valentine’s Day, woo your significant other in a place made for exchanging sweet nothings over a candlelit dinner . . . holding hands on a flatboat cruise that meanders along an indoor river past waterfalls and acres of florals . . . sipping champagne, arms …

You’ve seen the previews by now. A crew of African-American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard. Now a high-flying WWII action tale inspired by the heroic exploits of the first all …

Flinging your way from home to airport to hotel and back again – and worried about picking up germs along every step of the route? Or how you can fit those must-have items into your carry-on without running afoul of TSA? Keep hands, clothes, trays – even teeth – clean and fresh with travel goods …