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TripAdvisor Lists Its Top American Museums....Not!


The travel site recently named ten in the US. However, they failed to name the absolute best. Inexcusably omitted from the list is the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Those named in the report were the Metropolitan, New York NY, WW2 Museum, New Orleans LA, Art Institute, Chicago IL, 9/11 Museum, New York NY,  USS Midway, San Diego CA, Smithsonian, Washington DC, Getty Center, Los Angeles CA, Museum of Natural History, Museum of Modern Art, both in New York NY, and Kennedy Space Center, Titusville FL.

OK, so they’re all great museums. However, not that I’m prejudiced, I just happen to be a graduate of the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, BFA ‘51. Of course, that was years before Rocky ran up the steps and did his victory dance.
Okinawa, Japan: Island Secrets Of Living Healthy To Age 100 PDF Print E-mail


Guest Traveler PLF, Skokie IL: In April 1945, my Navy troop transport put Marines ashore on the island to fight the final, bloody battle of World War 2. By the time it ended in June, Germany had already surrendered and Japan would quit just a few months later in August.

Horrendous numbers of dead and wounded in the Okinawa campaign were more than 100,000 Japanese, including civilians, and 50,000 American military. As bad as in any battles in European war.

Today, the now peaceful island boasts a more positive image as one of the world’s healthiest places for a long, productive life of its inhabitants. If your senior travel plans include visits to Japan, and you’re curious about the secrets of healthy aging, spend some days on Okinawa.

In addition to friendly people, beautiful scenery and seascapes, you’ll see many hearty natives aged 80s to 100 actively engaged in their daily routines. The most publicized reasons for longevity on the island are positive attitudes, sensible diets and busy daily work. Their foods are primarily rice, vegetables and fish. And an occasional evening cup of local aged rice wine.

 
 
 
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