Did you see the premiere last Sunday? Are you psyched for a new season? In honor of its 4th season, I thought I’d share some fun facts with other fanatical fans… Here are five things I bet you don’t know about Downton Abbey and Highclere Castle (for you less rabid fans who might not know–this is where the show is… Read More
24 Hours of Snowshoe Event
Snowshoe Mountain (West Virginia) is celebrating its 40th winter season by offering “24 Hours of Snowshoe Event.” This is an overnight endurance ski and snowboard race that will be held on January 11-12 on the lighted Silver Creek slopes. Teams of two to four people will compete during the 24-hour period. Many great prizes will be awarded, including a trip… Read More
Eat 12 Grapes If You Want To Have a Great New Year!
In Spain, grapes are considered good luck. People often make a wish when eating them, and at midnight on New Year’s Eve, it is a widespread custom to eat 12—representing good luck for each month of the upcoming year. Some Spaniards also superstitiously toss a bucket of water out the window to symbolize cleansing at the start of a new… Read More
Bizarre Christmas Tradition: KFC!!!
Kentucky Fried Chicken, Japan Traditional Christmas dinner among millions of Japanese—most of whom are not Christian—is not turkey or ham, but a bucket of KFC. This offbeat custom is the legacy of a 40-year-old marketing campaign wherein the fast-food chain successfully convinced would-be customers that fried chicken is the traditional American yuletide feast. During the run-up to Christmas, Colonel Sanders… Read More
Snowball Express, Elf University, and Santa’s Toy Invention Hall of Fame
North Pole Experience–in Arizona! You can help elves build toys in Santa’s workshop. During the North Pole Experience in Flagstaff, Ariz., visitors board a trolley from The Little America Hotel, then travel through a magic portal aboard the Candy Cane or Snowball Express trolley to reach the workshop. After attending Elf University and seeing Santa’s Toy Invention Hall of Fame,… Read More
Balloon Ride to Outer Space (or at least the edge of it)…
There’s a new player in the bustling world of “commercial space,” although the “space” part in this case is a matter of definition. A Tucson-based start-up plans to use a helium balloon to lift big-ticket customers in a pressurized capsule to nearly 100,000 feet. That’s a journey to the edge of space, if not into space as traditionally defined. The… Read More
Terrance Zepke studied Journalism at the University of Tennessee and later received a Master's Degree in Mass Communications from the University of South Carolina. She has studied Parapsychology at the renowned Rhine Research Center. She began her career as a freelance writer and photographer, ... 
