["Segway in the City" by Ginny Prior was published Jan 30th in the Hills Newspapers and on contracostatimes.com.] In Minneapolis a popular attraction for tourists is the Magical History Tour. It’s a clever reference to something old (the Beatles) and something new — seeing the city on Segways....

A Woman's Asia [April Orcutt's essay "Tibetan Bargain With a Twist" was a winner in Lonely Planet's "The Kindness of Strangers" writing contest and later was published in the Travelers' Tales anthology A Woman's Asia, edited by Mary Beth Bond.] “Please!  Please!” the Tibetan woman pleaded, her...