October 27, 2012
Frank BasileAs a professional speaker myself, I could appreciate his pacing and understated gestures.
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July 28, 2012
Frank BasileTwo Russian policemen approached me and asked to see my “papers.” After a cursory look, they escorted me into
a small cinder block “interrogation” room, which could barely contain the three of us and my backpack.
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April 28, 2012
Frank BasileThe only information we had about my ancestral family on my father’s side was a baptismal certificate for my paternal
grandmother. It said she was baptized in a town called Alia.
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January 28, 2012
Frank BasileOver the past few months, we’ve fallen in love with a charming city just a few miles north of our Indianapolis home.
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October 29, 2011
Frank BasileWe did not want a traditional wedding. So we went to the traditional home of non-traditional nuptials.
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August 27, 2011
Frank BasileKatrina and I have made more trips (10) to Mexico and traveled to more cities and towns there (35) than we have to any other
foreign country in the last 12 years.
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May 28, 2011
Frank BasileGuyana, Suriname and French Guiana are connected to South America by land and little else.
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March 12, 2011
Frank BasileFollowing these guidelines can make for a better vacation
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November 27, 2010
Frank BasileThese days, it’s easier than ever to reconnect with important people online. But face-to-face is still far better than
Facebook when it comes to telling someone how important he or she was in shaping the person you’ve become.
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August 28, 2010
Frank BasileInstead of writing about some international location this time around,
I thought I’d rediscover something near home: Wabash, southwest of Fort Wayne.
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May 29, 2010
Frank BasileThe highlight of the trip: the inspiring ice fields of Ilulissat.
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March 27, 2010
Frank BasileOur trip to Uruguay and Paraguay did not get off to a good start. And it went downhill from there.
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November 28, 2009
Frank BasileUntil the first George Bush opens his presidential library, I've seen them all.
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September 26, 2009
Frank BasileOne of the best things our government ever did was to set aside land for national parks and to keep each in pristine condition
while making them accessible for people to visit. Each is different and has its own unique setting and breathtaking beauty.
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August 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere are cruises to the Antarctic in large luxury ships that go near the islands—close enough to afford
magnificent views. But those ships are too big to get close enough to go ashore.
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June 29, 2009
Frank BasileThere's nothing like following the wildly influential thinker Charles Darwin's own footsteps, which I
had the pleasure of doing by visiting the beautiful, mysterious, isolated and enchanted Galapagos Islands.
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May 18, 2009
Frank BasileIran is a magnificent and historically important country. It contains nine World Historical Sites as designated by UNESCO.
Only 20 countriesâ??including Greece, China and Italyâ??have more.
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April 20, 2009
Frank BasileThroughout our visit to five countries in the Mideast, we found the people friendly and helpful.It is not our purpose on these
trips to argue with the locals or try to convert them to our way of thinking, but simply to learn about them, their culture
and ideas.
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March 30, 2009
Frank BasileTrain travel is not only a thing of the pastit's also a thing of the present.
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December 29, 2008
Frank BasileFor eight years, we'd gone out of town for the holidays. But in this particular year not too long ago it looked like we had
no choice but to stay put. So we decided to do the same thing here that we would have done in Utahsightsee.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.