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Romancing the Coast: Mendocino County Caters to Families
2007-09-04 02:15:55
By Connie Werner Reichert The rugged Pacific coast beckons. Sunlight filters through the eucalyptus trees and grassy knolls. The sea wind clarifies your thoughts as dreams turn into reality. It’s the unspoiled beauty of Mendocino County, California. Sometimes I travel alone, but this time I brought my husband James, daughter ...

St. Petersburg/Clearwater area is more than beautiful beaches
2007-08-30 04:44:51
Museums, art galleries and summer sports are part of the landscape By Phyllis Steinberg The St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida area has long been known for its beautiful beaches, but the city is so much more than a place to sun your buns. You don’t even need a car to see a ...

CHARLEVOIX: A Whale of an Adventure
2007-08-27 02:24:45
By Linda Fasteson Canada’s largest province is best known for the festivals and beautifully restored historic districts of its two major cities, Montreal and Quebec City. Beyond the charm and excitement of these dynamic urban areas is a world discovered by too few Americans. Here we find the Laurentians, the ...

Editor's Column WITH FEW RESERVATIONS
2007-08-25 17:39:52
THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS Story and photos by Peter I. Rose* The outer part of Cape Cod- which extends from the Chatham to Provincetown- is a very special place for local residents and transients. I am referring to birds not people. Many species of our feathered cousins are ...

RIGHT ROYAL BRITAIN
2007-08-24 05:14:18
BY NADINE CRESSWELL-MYATT When a poor befuddled man climbed into the queen's bedchamber in 1982 some of us understood his curiosity. What is it like to chat to the queen au naturale? What lurks behind her coiffured exterior? Oh to see the dirty tea cups, the grey helmet mussed ...

Festival time in Texas!
2007-08-22 03:45:28
by Maxine Sommers Do your interests run to festivals with wine, food and excitement? If so, San Antonio, Texas, provides a wonderful assortment of exotic and authentic Texas festival experiences … enough to fulfill your every wish. You ask for it- San Antonio has it. I include two of the ...
Texas

ESCAPE TO CANCUN
2007-08-20 02:32:00
Story by Andrea Gross; photos by Irv Green Don't underestimate the wisdom of the college set. When they dub a place worthy of a spring break invasion, it has to have certain attributes- mainly sun and fun. The same attributes, in other words, that you want for your own getaway. ...

Leave your worries behind in Long Beach
2007-08-17 03:40:07
A family-friendly Southern California City By Phyllis Steinberg Long Beach is Southern California’s fifth largest city but it has the ambience of a cozy, visitor-friendly town. It is a perfect place for a family vacation. Most of the restaurants have children’s menus and there is easy access to most of ...

QUEBEC CITY: A Quick Trip But Worlds Away
2007-08-15 04:02:12
By Linda Fasteson The flight from Boston was just an hour- and voila! We were sipping café au lait on Grand Allée, this continent’s Champs Elysées, in the capital of the province of Quebec, the cradle of French civilization in the Americas, swept up in the city’s romance and Old ...

Bargin' down the river melts away stress
2007-08-13 03:55:47
By Pat Woods As pink sky from the setting sun reflected on the river, a great blue heron gracefully glided above the water. We were enjoying a gala crab and prime rib dinner aboard the R/B River Explorer in a postcard setting at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois ...

Home On the Range
2007-08-10 03:16:32
My Trip to Steamboat Springs As a wine and travel journalist I receive invitations to visit many cities and countries. Often it is my teaching schedule that limits my ability to travel but on occasion the site leaves much to be desired. This was not the case when I was ...

China- It was great, like, whatever
2007-08-08 02:07:07
Story by Andrea Gross; photos by Irv Green "Bung jee la, it's great!" Liu Hua's eyes sparkled as she wrote the Chinese characters. "I show you Chinese, okay?" "Very okay," I answered. My husband and I were in China to teach English, but our students had decided language instruction was ...

Looking for Southern Hospitality?
2007-08-06 03:30:29
by Maxine Sommers Tucked away at the base of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the rolling hills of east Tennessee, Sevierville, is a great travel destination. Plus, it has the added bonus of being located near the well known communities of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Tourism is the ...

Lima blends ancient history with fine dining
2007-08-03 03:17:29
This Peruvian capital is worth a visit By Phyllis Steinberg People have lived in Peru since 10,000 B.C. when groups of hunters traveled the valleys and coastal areas of Lima searching for food. Today, this capital city founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535, is a blend of colonial and modern ...
History

Old is New Again in Mazatlan
2007-08-01 03:59:35
By Bob Schulman There was a time when a trip to Mexico usually meant driving down to one of the country’s wide-open border towns- places like Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez or Matamoros. For a few days you’d yell “ole” at the bullfights, bargain for souvenirs and belt out choruses of Cielito ...

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