What was 1960s and 1970s stewardess style in the sky like?

The stewardess was born in 1930 when Boeing Air Transport hired eight nurses to add a feeling of safety for concerned fliers. Since the newly minted airline hostess’s primary role was to give reassurance to the passengers, their uniforms were drab gray and looked like nurses outfits.           Fast forward to…

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Best 3 road trips on the historic Route 40 to take this summer

ARE WE THERE YET?  The Golden Age of American Family Vacations By Susan Sessions Rugh Sue Kovach’s washingtonpost review of Susan Sessions Rugh book, “ARE WE THERE YET! The Golden Age of American Family Vacations” begins with a prompt to recall the by gone era of road trips. ‘Mention “family vacation” to a baby boomer…

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Why you should dress up for your next airplane trip.

“During the golden age of commercial air travel, in the 1960s and 1970s, flying was akin to being at a cocktail party on wings when everyone dressed for the occasion.” Christopher Muther, a Boston Globe staff travel writer. What do leading travel experts say about dressing up for air travel? Air Travel today compared to…

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Why you should visit Finland for an outdoor adventure.

Why should you get outdoors? Numerous scientific studies found that nature improves our health and well-being in at least three ways:     Physical activity increases when we get outdoors. Nature makes us move. Nature revives and helps us recover from stress. We find our concentration improves, and we can also reduce our pulse rate…

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Supercharge your New Year – Celebrate in Scotland

Do you want to start the New Year with a bang? Would you like to hop on a plane where you can visit a world-class country? Then put a trip Scotland on New Year’s celebration list. Why is Scotland the place to welcome in the New Year? To start, Hogmanay is Scotland’s New Year celebration.…

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