What lured Tiger Woods to Abu Dhabi last January and caused him to miss the Farmers Insurance Tournament at Torrey Pines? Golf, of course. He made his debut at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, a PGA European Tour Event. Beautiful golf courses are just one reason increasing numbers of Americans are traveling to Abu…
The Administration Building was the first building completed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, and is the first structure encountered when entering the park via Cabrillo Bridge. Compared to the Spanish-Colonial style of most of the buildings erected for the fair, it possesses an architectural simplicity. Frequently credited to architect Irving Gill, there…
I’m good at finding off-the-beaten-path destinations. I know lots of very special hotels. But, when it comes to getting the cheapest airfare and the absolutely lowest price lodging, I leave that to the specialists. Here’s what the best-of-the-best have to say: Are the best prices on airline Web sites? “No,” says John DiScala, very frequent…
As part of its Summer Evening Lecture Series, on Monday, July 8, Birch Aquarium at Scripps presents “Shark Conservation: Safeguarding the Future of Our Ocean,” with Andy Nosal, Birch Aquarium’s DeLaCour Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology & Conservation. According to Birch Aquarium, protecting sharks from population decline has never been more important. Nosal, a recent Scripps…