05.05.2008 6:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

All in all, it’s a pretty cool way to get a free laptop.
Dana Bellers of St. Charles (above at left) was the millionth customer for Megabus.com. Bellers, 27, works for Wachovia Securities in St. Louis. The bus service with $1 fares gave…

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03.17.2008 11:03 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Here’s an enticing trip that sounds good this Monday morning. It’s from Margaret Backenheimer at the Chicago Tribune.
NAPLES FOR TWO
The newly opened Hotel at Naples Bay Resort seeks to introduce itself to Florida vacationers with two packages, both valid…

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02.21.2008 6:03 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Monopoly is looking for a few good cities, so let’s get St. Louis in the game.
Hasbro, which makes the board game, is developing a global Monopoly game that will feature 20 cities from around the world. Fans of the…

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02.11.2008 6:26 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Oceanarium at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium to close for renovations
CHICAGO (AP) - The popular Oceanarium marine mammal exhibit at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium will be closed for several months starting in September to allow construction crews to update and renovate existing…

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02.07.2008 6:38 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This came from Orbitz today. I switched things around to highlight the stuff I found most interesting. The stuff about sharing a room was low, but I love hearing what people think about that kind of thing, so I moved…

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12.27.2007 10:36 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Megabus.com, a low-cost, express bus company that offers $1 fares, announced it will begin double-decker bus service between St. Louis and Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City and St. Louis and Bloomington-Normal today. Megabus.com became the first bus company in…

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07.02.2007 5:54 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
From the Associated Press
If you’d like to explore your Irish roots this summer but you can’t make the trip to Dublin, chances are there’s an Irish festival near you - including one in Dublin, Ohio, that is one of the…

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05.01.2007 4:51 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
SEVEN WONDERS OF ILLINOIS UNVEILED
Top destinations around the state chosen by consumersThe winning Seven Wonders of Illinois are:
Wrigley Field, Chicago - One of baseball’s oldest and most beloved stadiums in the nation is best known for its charming ivy-covered walls…

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03.28.2007 2:14 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The American Association of Railroaders has scheduled a mystery train trip on April 13 as therapy for passengers with “triskaidekaphobia,” the fear of things with the number 13. The association has another trip planned to Milwaukee April 30 for a…

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02.23.2007 11:37 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Springfield, Mo., eyed for state’s first large natural history museum
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Southwest Missouri may be getting the state’s first major natural history museum, thanks in part to an Ice Age cave that is drawing national attention for its…

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