Ann Silverthorn

Well, I’ve been a very bad blogger. But I promise to improve. What’s irking me lately? Viruses on Facebook. Leave it to hackers to ruin it for the rest of us. This week a virus was going around Facebook that took the form of a message from a friend. The title was OMG! and if…

This 37-square mile island is shared by two nationalities, French on north and Dutch on the south.

When I was in Mexico over the summer, I met with a wellness expert named Charles Wills. He, and his colleague, Mia, showed me some cool ways to de-stress using imagery and deep breathing. Wills offers a wide variety of wellness consulting services, including weight loss. So I wrote an article on Suite 101 about…

I took my Honda Civic hybrid in for service today, and my loaner is a GMC Yukon with 582 miles on it. Good thing I learned to drive that Gannon University 13-passenger van a few years ago. Anyhow, I had fun driving to work today, listening to XM Radio on the Bose speaker system and intimidating the…

Want to explore Route 66? Don’t try it in three days. Some say two weeks isn’t enough, but nine days is as much as some folks can afford to spare. Posted on Suite 101 (defunct) August 2, 2009 Any Route 66 trip should start at the beginning, at Jackson and Lake Shore Drive (the Post-1937…

Originally published on Suite 101 (defunct) on 8/2/2009 For people who have three weeks to spare and an overwhelming need to get away from it all, a cross-country motor trip along historic Route 66 might be appealing. The thought of hopping in the car and driving more than 2,000 miles (one way), can be a…

Just 25 miles west of Laramie, WY, in the valley of the Snowy Range Mountains, lies an oasis called the Vee Bar Guest Ranch.

Chichén Itzá, an ancient Mayan city in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, contains dozens of stone structures that are both aesthetically pleasing and thoughtfully designed.

Tourists visiting the Yucatan can let someone else drive the three hours from Cancun to Chichen Itza. They can learn about the Maya and doze on the way back to the hotel.

Since I gave Best Western a nod in my wonderment of how nice an economy motel can be, I must do the same to Holiday Inn Express, the chain I used for the past two nights. In North Platte, NE, the property actually had an allergy-free building. Because I mistakenly started out walking through the…