Spending Your Holidays In New Zealand
New Zealand’s wild, elemental beauty made it the perfect locale for filming Lord of the Rings. For this is a raw land of sheer mountains, icy glaciers, swift-flowing rivers, and geysers that spout from the hot earth. New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland sprawls scenically around a range of inlets...
The Essential Guide to Get Started Growing Hybrid Grapes
Growing hybrid grapes is becoming more popular for wine and eating. This popularity comes from the fact that hybrid grapes can be grown in areas where the traditional European grapes cannot survive. It also comes about because more and more people are growing grapes in their backyard to produce...
Hello from New York City – a Local Expert Takes Us Through Queens
Yesterday was a pretty interesting day, the weather was cool and overcast, with rain coming in during the latter part of the afternoon. A few weeks ago I had booked a meeting with one of the Big Apple Greeters, an organization of local NYC volunteers that takes out-of-town visitors...
Home Improvement Project: What You Need To Know
Where to Start People want to do home improvement projects all the time to increase the value of their homes. Many people, however, do not know which project to tackle first when they have multiple projects to be done. Picking which projects to do first can be decided by...
12 Ways to Avoid Poisoning in Your Home
Poisoning at home is, unfortunately, a very common thing to occur. Out of the over two million calls a year, Poison Control receives, over 80% of the calls are related to children. It’s important that we keep our homes safe for our children. Listed below are some tips for...
A Closer Look At The History And Origin Of Tea
The history of tea is really quite fascinating. There are many myths that surround the creation of tea. One such popular myth is from a Chinese legend stating that tea was discovered in 2737 BC when Chinese emperor Chen Nung accidentally dropped the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant....