Today just about every senior traveler carries a little box that takes great photos and video. We polled a group of our most experienced mature wanderers.

Where are the best places are for taking creative scenes featuring their smiling selfie faces? These are the result:

New York NY: Standing out from the madding crowds at Times Square.
San Francisco CA: Beautiful sunset as you stroll along the Golden Gate Bridge.
Paris, France: Munching on a jambon frite as the Eiffel Tower soars above you.
London, England: Directing traffic with a Bobby in front of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
Beijing, China: Hiking along the Great Wall of China.
Grand Canyon AZ: Riding mules down Bright Angel Trail to the Colorado River.
Pisa, Italy: You just gotta get that trick shot of you holding up the Leaning Tower.
Athens, Greece: Standing on the steps of the Parthenon giving a speech worthy of Socrates.
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: Grinning on the deck of your cruise ship in front of the famed ocean rock formations and setting sun.
Easter Island, Chile: Standing among the ancient stone figures with the same mysterious frown on your face.

Giving away accumulated air miles can be a satisfying, but often complicated process. You must obey deadlines and specific restrictions. Rules for unused air miles change all the time. Business flyers and others who decide to give away miles should check frequently with their airlines to become familiar with the most current rules.   

1. Mileage giveaways are usually called guest flier programs. For latest information, check airline websites. Examples: United Airlines Charity Miles, American Airlines Miles for Kids, Northwest Air Cares, Delta Sky Wish Charities, Midwest Airlines Miracle Miles, southwest.com and and Continental OnePass.

There are also websites that give continuously updated information on the entire air miles donor process. They include smartertravel.com and frequentflier.com.

Guest Correspondent Sam R., Newark NJ: Manhattan’s famed Carnegie Deli is closing down after 80 years. Fortunately, another vintage NYC ethnic eatery, Katz Deli, will continue serving hungry customers, as it has for nearly 130 years.

There may be some disputes among millions of veteran deli patrons from Broadway to Tel Aviv to Beverly Hills to the Katz claim that it creates the best pastrami sandwich in the world. However, no one can question the sheer joy of biting into one.

The San Diego Zoo is certainly one of the best in the world. For the past 75 years, it has been the model for progressive zoos everywhere. It’s an inspiration for others to transform their practice from confining animals in cages to allowing them the freedom to roam through expansive natural living areas.

We seniors recall childhood zoo visits, where there were only barred cage after cage of listless animals. Yesterday's zoos were prisons, where inmates endured life sentences of endless boredom, lack of companionship and minimal exercise.

One of the most heartwarming aspects of the San Diego Zoo is that it's designed to allow animals to live as naturally as possible, with plenty of space for interacting with their own species and other compatible animals.