Ever had the feeling that you’ve been somewhere before? Well, even if you’ve never been to the French Riviera Restaurant in Los Cabos, the experience will leave you with a new kind of déjà vu, one that makes you wish …
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Traverse City, MI, Christmas Light Tradition by Mike Norton
Whenever Kathee McCafferty starts feeling the onset of Holiday Shopping Stress Syndrome, she bundles her husband and their daughters into the family car and heads off to look at the Christmas lights. She doesn’t take them to the elaborate commercial …
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It’s Heaven, Dude
“Shorten your rein, grab mane, prepare to canter,” came from plucky Lari Shea, owner of Ricochet Ridge Ranch. Mounted on a Black Beauty double named Rascal. This petite lady leads countless horse treks through the primordial redwood forests of Northern …
Wonderful Mystic Aquarium by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration in Mystic, CT was for a couple of decades just a typical Aquarium, but now it must be listed among the top five in the nation. It also heads a unique class of its …
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What Wonder Await on a Silver Cloud? by Doug Eads
Alluring Libya: Before you begin reading past the first two sentences – close your eyes, and what can you imagine about Libya? In fact what do you imagine about North Africa? In one’s greatest imagination would you equate Libya …
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The Best Seats in The House by Jane Danielson
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to PGA Golf Tournament but think your wheelchair or scooter is holding you back- well NOT. Come with me to the Players Championship in Florida were you could see …
UP UP AND AWAY TO NEW MEXICO by Ron Kapon
A week long travel conference for the North American Travel Association brought me to New Mexico for the first time in 10 years. The population is under two million but is the fifth largest state in area. I had convinced …
A Food Lover’s Brazil
Often photographed, the Copacabana in Rio has become the most instantly recognizable beach in the world. For many, this city within a city of shops, nightclubs, restaurants, theaters, and beach, is Rio. Although a little aged and somewhat tawdry from …
Moosing Around in Sweden by Bonnie and Bill Neely
On our visit to Ostersund, Sweden, we experienced a extraordinary treat when Ostersund’s tourism office arranged for us to visit a Swede by the name of Sunne Haggmark, who won the Sweden Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2001. Moose …
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The Monk From Brooklyn at the Shaolin Temple by Antonio Graceffo
Deng Feng Village, Shaolin Temple: I stared out the window of the taxi, and took in the sights of the rural Chinese countryside. For hours I saw nothing but primitive houses, mud and brick huts, and people toiling in …
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