Category Archives: GLOBAL RECON

Travel Accessories for 2018

neck pillow

Travel Accessories change from year to year, with new improvements and ideas every year. If you are planning some long distance travel, here are some interesting “CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT TRAVEL ACCESSORIES” we found online. eBag – TLS Mother Lode Weekender Convertible Jr. Meets carry-on requirements • carry handles on top, side and front for easy […]

TRAVEL: The Halcyon Hotel, Denver

The Halcyon Hotel, Denver Cherry Creek area. The Halcyon Hotel, Denver is the first hotel to open in Cherry Creek, Denver’s upscale shopping district, in more than a decade, and the hotel’s concept will make them feel right at home. “We designed the hotel to feel like you were visiting your very chic friend’s house in […]

Discover the Little Known Greatness of Hot Springs, Arkansas & the grand Arlington Hotel!

Inside the hotel

THE ARLINGTON RESORT HOTEL & SPA! THE HEART OF HISTORIC HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK ARKANSAS The historic Arlington Resort Hotel & Spa is the largest hotel in Arkansas with almost 500 rooms and suites. Since 1875 The Arlington has been hosting guests as one of the South’s premiere resorts…truly an American Treasure. From the grand hotel lobby […]

Experience a weekend in the City of Light without breaking the bank.

Paris postcard

Paris on $25 per day! In a city where public parks are plentiful, a luminous natural light is ever-present, and walking has become a pastime with its own fancy name (see: the flaneur), it’s possible to experience Paris with little more than one’s eyes and feet. Of course, our taste buds would get the short end of the stick […]

Met Museum’s Ancient Egypt: The Middle Kingdom – Representations of Women, Family & Jewelry + FOOD, Dr. Furhman’s Diet

Ancient Egypte Transformed Sign

“Holding Hands” – representing Love and Family in The Middle KIngdom   ART Ancient Egypt The Middle Kingdom Representations of  Women, Family  + Male & Female Jewelry from a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art   During the Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and […]

iPhone Photo Essay: Denver’s Grand Stock Show and Rodeo

“Cowboy Hats” are mandatory, shaped and sized to the specific requirements of each individual at the National Western! ART a Photo Essay on The Romantic American Western Lifestyle – RODEO. It’s Alive & Well at the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo In Denver, Colorado An iPhone Photo Essay by Jack A. Atkinson   Brahma breed at The National […]

The MURALS at BRENNAN’S Restaurant, New Orleans + Breakfast at Brennan’s

ART   THE MURALS  AT BRENNAN’S Restaurant in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA Interior designer Richard Keith Langham and architect John Williams designed Brennan’s recently reborn restaurant and the dramatic Chanteclair Dining Room. Langham hand painted the gouache murals to offer relief from all of the green trélliage (gridded lattice) in the room. The murals were based on 19th-century New Orleans’ Mardi Gras Ball […]