Wherever you're headed, don't be a stranger.

With CitySearch.com, there's no reason you shouldn't live like an insider anywhere you go.

Whether you're new to the area, only visiting or just looking for the best of the best (or the hidden gems) around your home, CitySearch can help you get to the right places in over 130 cities. With categories ranging from restaurants, hotels, and shopping to pets, religion and alternative medicine, the local expertise on this site is bound to get you some positive results.

Many businesses on CitySearch have an editorial review followed by user reviews and ratings, so you can get a good idea of the place before you head out. They also show any awards and nominations the business has received, their hours, accepted payment types, maps and directions — as well as a list of other featured places nearby your search. And each one is linked to a Yellow Pages directory listing, so you know the information is correct and up-to-date.

So whatever it is you're looking for, check with the experts at CitySearch.com for 14.5 million business listings, more than 600,000 user reviews and ratings on over 2 million business locations nationwide. Wherever you're headed, don't be a stranger. Visit City Search

Keep track of your Family Travels and Adventures

GoneGoing is an evolution of the travel blog. It is named after those who have Gone somewhere and want to write about it, and those who are Going somewhere and want to read about it.

Have you ever looked at a travel blog website and thought "there's a wealth of information in there, but no easy way to find what I'm interested in?" GoneGoing was created to solve that problem.

Imagine you're going on holiday. Maybe you don't know where you want to go, but you want somewhere with extreme sports activities, and also some culture. You want somewhere that people aged 25-30 would recommend, and you're going in November.

With GoneGoing you can quickly specify all this and more, and matching travel blog articles are dynamically updated on a map to show only what you're interested in.

Once you've found an area of the world that interests you, zoom in to further filter the results. Finally, click on individual articles to read about the authors' experiences and use their combined wisdom to plan your perfect trip.

The exploring interface is the main feature of our site; however the best interface in the world is still worthless without content. Therefore we need travel-wise (or not so wise) people to help contribute to our site so we can grow into an exciting new community.

Your travel blog can contain stories, photos and videos, and you will be able to receive feedback and questions through the discussion boards automatically attached to your articles. Integrated RSS feeds even allow your friends and family to keep track of your adventures. And best of all, it's completely free. Visit GoneGoing

Use TripLife to Network with Professionals when you Travel

Fun, free, and easy, TripLife.com is the comprehensive travel networking tool that helps you connect with likeminded people by facilitating face-to-face meetings before, during and after your trip. That way, you can forge new contacts and explore new opportunities that can give your professional or personal life a boost.

Think about all the lulls you have while traveling for business (and sometimes for pleasure, for that matter). Being on the road can lead to wasted time in airports, on planes and at your destination. Why not make the most of that time and turn connecting flights into more business connections? Instead of dining alone in Atlanta after your meeting, you can eat with someone who winds up becoming a new client. And why end up being stuck next to some chatty Cathy on the plane when you can pre-select to sit next to the influential person who might be able to help you land your dream job?

TripLife is as easy as:
1. Create your profile
2. Find valuable prospects (and let them find you)
3. Start connecting
4. Keep up with your network

With TripLife, you can share your travel itinerary to keep in touch with colleagues and see where they're planning to travel as well. You can even narrow your searches by industry, activities and common interests. Want to know if a movie buff in his 30's is attending the same electronics convention in Las Vegas? No problem. It's all about establishing a professional presence online, and using the places you go to make sure you're really going places.
And TripLife really works! Two of our members connected before a trip to a computer convention, sat next to each other on the plane, and are now in business together.

So don't wait around for a chance encounter. Make your own luck with TripLife where travelers really click. Visit TripLife

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Excellent Fruit

While Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the New World is the most celebrated in the annals of American history, subsequent voyages also were "fruitful," particularly his second trip.
In 1493, Columbus made a stop at the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies where he found a marvelously sweet and juicy fruit, completely unknown in Europe. The Guarani Indians, who inhabited the isle, cultivated their ananas - or "excellent fruit" for food and wine-making.














Columbus presented the strange fruit to Queen Isabella and the popularity of ananas spread quickly among the European aristocracy. The English later renamed them "pineapples" due to their resemblance to pine cones.

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