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Senior photographers: Selfie Could Get You A Freebee


Those expert self-portraits of your face shot while posing at a luxury hotel’s entrance, garden or ballroom could be worth something. Now called braggies, they could earn you a free night or more for your next travel venture. Post it on a social website, such as Facebook, and the grateful hotel chain may reward you for it.

Several cruise lines and other travel-related sources offer similar promotions for creative photographers. Check with your travel agent and search the internet for braggie/selfie contests and awards. For more info, go to www.yahoo.com/travel/are-braggies-the-new-selfies
Alcatraz Island CA: Visit Where Al Capone Bunked PDF Print E-mail


TripAdvisor.com just reported that this little bit of land in San Francisco Bay is the winner of its 2015 Travelers' Choice Awards for Landmarks in the U.S. No longer a penitentiary, it once housed such storied characters as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Alvin Karpis and the Birdman of Alcatraz.

In movies, stars Clint Eastwood, Burt Lancaster, Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Bacon and others did their time on the Rock. Alcatraz is now a National Park Service facility. For visiting info, go to www.nps.gov/alca
 
 
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