I go to Ireland almost every year since I was little and can’t wait another summer to go see my cousins… Although, some of them are coming down here and we are all going on vacation somewhere in the US. My mom says before we go on vacation I can go to Ireland if I save up enough money to pay for the flight… What should I do!

March 22 and the week following is my honeymoon. We’re thinking about visiting a redwood forest in California. We’re from Nebraska. Where are some good places to visit? Where are some good places NEAR a redwood forest (like 2-4 hours)? Which forest would you suggest? We don’t have a ton of money, so keep that in mind. First and only trip to California, what is a must-see?

I recently was given a drug test by my employer. I tested positive for Cocaine. I was given the drug test on the day I returned from a 9 day long vacation. I traveled all over northern California and was offered some Cocaine. I work at a Walmart Distribution Center in Alabama. The company has a random drug testing policy. I do not understand how a company could test for drugs after a person is returning from vacation. I was on my own free time. I was fired from my job for testing positive. I do not see why I should be fired for drug use on vacation. I rarely do drugs. At the most I might smoke pot or the occasional line of coke 3 or 4 times a year.

All I know it my husband has always wanted to see the Redwood trees. I have the idea of staying in a small cottage(something romantic). Maybe a small kitchen, with a hot tub. I don’t mind staying in a small town but would like a nice view of the forest and walking distance (less than 1/2 mile). Must be nicely decorated and comfortable beding. What city/ state? Any suggestion

I am taking a road trip from Michigan to Oregon. I’ll be stopping in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Northern California (Redwood Forest region), then finally Oregon. Does anyone know of some good reputed haunted hotels or inns throughout these states? Any with historical value as well? I would appreciate any help given. Thank you!

We recently had a colored concrete (color is in the concrete not a stain on top) patio put in and it hasn’t even made it through the 28 days it takes to cure. I made a big blunder by laying a couple of redwood boards on it while doing a project. Some moisture from the sprinklers must have gotten underneath and now I have redwood stains on my patio. Anyone know the best way to remove the stains without effecting the color of the underlying concrete?

To the UC’s? Especially in the life sciences.

We’ll be staying near Time Square at the Hilton Garden Inn, is there anything around there that is really good that is a must?

I would love to visit California soon. I am really excited about this place because of the gay/lesbian lifestyle. I’m a lesbian myself, and I’m planning to take a week vacation to California soon.
Could you please recommend where to go, what to do, best gay/lesbian places to visit. Which area should I visit? I have no idea about where to go, I’ve just heard how wonderful and easy it is for homosexuals to visist/live there. I’m from Fl.
Thank you!

A friend is leaving New York City, the "Right Coast" for the "Left Coast" in two weeks, bound for San Clemente, California.I am soooooooo jealous he gets to "Drop Out" and "Tune In". 40 years ago this was the norm and expected, although with a little help, which would require one to "Go ask Alice".Ahh, sad, these days we found out that the Great American "Go ask Alice" Experiment Failed.

The 2006 "Drop Out and Tune In" means you enjoy plying the road in a Lexus for a month before you end up and MBA program at Berkeley. If Grace Slick of "Jefferson Starship" sang "Go Ask Alice"….well, different program entirely……

So you get to the ‘Spiritual Alice", i.e., this Alice, Birkenstock clogged, short, punky hair with chunky blond highlights concealing her grays-she will hand you a granola bar as you pass the Caterpillar, who tuned his mushroom into a vacation condo and will be seen running off, attending his 12 step Hookah anonymous meetings. They had to leave Olde England for Northern California for tax reasons.

The Red Queen took advantage of an early retirement program and now runs a Lesbian Retreat House, called "The Door Knocker", an ill understood reference to some retro term from a half a century ago, which referred to the brass thing that people used to think would talk back to them as they clunked it on the front door. Poor doorknocker has been relegated to a glass memoirs cabinet, along with a dusty picture of Timothy Leary, the Caterpillars’s old hookah (makes a wonderful vase for fresh cut flowers too), all managed by the Rabbit, who got his MBA in the hospitality business at Northwestern.

Rabbit recently reflected:

"Oh, poor us, we all lost the way with the Turtle Doves at some point and ended up in the retail chain Bed and Breakfast line, not like the old days at all". "After the red knights refused to work with non organic paint, we had to give up the rose garden for local, indigenous varieties of fauna". "Red Queen bailed out on stock options."