Church of the Good Sheperd

October 8, 2009

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand – Weddings are big business at the scenic Church of the Good Sheperd.  Locals will gladly organize a church wedding, a garden wedding – or even a “glacier wedding” in the nearby Southern Alps.
More New Zealand stories here.

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Carnival People

September 22, 2009

In 1959 Walt Disney began looking for land for a park to supplement Disneyland, which had opened in Anaheim, California in 1955. Disney’s vision had outgrown the existing park, and he did not like the businesses that had sprung up on adjacent properties.
Company research found that only 2% of Disneyland guests came from east of [...]

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The Bridge

September 9, 2009

Eight years before the Good Friday Agreement and well before the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, my friend Rich and I rode a thousand miles around Ireland.
At the time we traveled, “The Troubles” were considered one of the world’s intractable conflicts, and from the east coast of the United States, Northern Ireland appeared [...]

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