Two weeks in Florence, Italy. What a luxury! Instead of whizzing through the Uffizi, the Duomo, the marketplaces and piazzas, there would be time to savor this city of the Renaissance. The luxury came about because my friend, Sue, …
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TURKEY TODAY by Ron Pradinuk
When I was a child I discovered a candy bar called Turkish Delight. It would become my favourite treat for some time to come. Little could I realize then, that so many years later on my first visit to the …
Roll Out The Barrels in San Luis Obispo, California by Patty Burness
It’s a four hour drive from San Francisco south down Highway 101, but once you arrive in San Luis Obispo (SLO), the SLO lifestyle makes it all worth while – relaxed, down to earth and just plain easy. If you …
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Soft Adventure in the Great Smoky Mountains by Terry Zinn
Anniversaries are funny things. They seem to come around faster than imagined. I have visited Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains three times.(www.greatsmoky.com) Once was on our last family vacation, while I was in high school; once about 15 years ago; and …
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Return To Paradise Diplomatically by Ron Kapon
The Marco Island/Naples/Everglades area refers to them selves as “The Paradise Coast.” I hope they don’t mind if I add nearby Fort Myers/Sanibel/Captiva to that moniker. An opportunity to do a good deed and conduct a wine tasting for The …
Royal Experience Aboard Queen Mary 2 Cunard Ocean Liner by May Georgina DeLory
Get fit, polished, pampered and delightfully oiled at the only Canyon Ranch SpaClub® at sea! You’ll feel the energy to succeed and learn how to do it in style—befitting a ueen—on board the venerable Queen Mary 2 ocean liner, part …
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Ecuador’s Equator by Mary Anne Lonze
Where can you stand with one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere? How can you feel chilly standing at the Equator? Is that a real shrunken head? The answer to all of these questions …
Friendly Ghosts Meet Romantic Couples in Napa Inn by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov A “French room” in Napa Inn was furnished with a bed of royal height; antique armchairs with silk upholstery; a small tapestry, china and statuettes. On an aged dainty bureau, fit for writing letters by hand, …
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Ecuador’s Equator by Mary Anne Lonze
Where can you stand with one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere? How can you feel chilly standing at the Equator? Is that a real shrunken head? The answer to all of these questions …
Fun on a Budget: 9 Ways to Cut Costs by Dana Caplowe
Summer is wrapping up, and for many people this signals a much deserved and much anticipated end of summer vacation before the weather turns chilly and the leaves begin to fall. But it’s no secret that the current recession has …
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