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Animal Art, Zinfin-Dogs & Char-Bone-Nays: Art Bark Fest, Squaw Valley USA, California
Squaw Valley, which put itself on the international ski map by hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics, is going to the dogs. Big time. Next weekend, September 16 and 17, from 11am – 5pm, the Village at Squaw Valley will host the Third Annual Art Bark Festival with FREE admission as a benefit fund raiser for…
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Sit Your Butt Down: Smoker’s Café, Dublin, GA
I feel sorry for smokers. Well, not really. But they have fewer places to light up as state after U.S. state passes no smoking laws in restaurants. Even a few notable hotel chains like Starwood, Marriott and Kimpton have banned butts from their rooms. That’s why the sign reading “Bring Your Butts On In” in…
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Thin’s No Longer In: Madrid Fashion Week, Spain
Here’s the skinny on how Spain’s top fashion show is changing global attitudes towards anorexically thin models… they’re out. Organizers of the Pasarela Cibeles (Fashion Week) in Spain — coming up on September 18-22 — just made a statement to young women everywhere who idolize wafer-thin models (shown here from last year’s show) and blame…
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Sippin’ in Seattle: The Purple Café & Wine Bar
Imagine a cafe with a 5,000-bottle, 20-ft. spiral wine tower. Sounds like a grape lover’s dream, doesn’t it? Seattle is now home to the third Puget Sound location of the Purple Cafe & Wine Bar, which opened in July on Fourth Avenue and University Street across from the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. My husband and I…
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Feed Your Need For Excessive Speed: BMW Performance Driving School, Greenville, S.C.
If you just can’t drive fast enough to satisfy your need for excessive speed, there’s a place for you in the front seat of a Beemer. Just book a course at the BMW Performance Driving School. This $12.5 million facility and road course located in Greenville, South Carolina is perfect for everyone from beginners to…
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Stop Wasting Precious Wine: Drop Stop
You’ve opened a costly bottle of wine and started pouring it into a glass. But a few precious drops drop onto your white tablecloth, or worse, onto your guest’s sleeve. What can you do? Buy the Drop Stop Wine Pourer for a dripless pour. Often seen in restaurants and at bars, it’s a flexible, silver-colored…
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These Towns Are Made For Walkin’
I love a good walking town. There’s nothing more exhilirating than strapping on some comfy shoes and heading out to discover a new city — or reacquaint yourself with an old one. The American Automobile Association (AAA) has come up with North America’s Top Ten Most Walkable Cities. The AAA listing is based on information…
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Wine, Women & Light Wine Designed Specifically for Women: Sophie & Sophie, Holland
The Dutch make great beer, so I was surprised that they now also make a wine refresher just for women called Sophie & Sophie, a rosé sold in the small bottles shown here. Ingredients: • Wine (51%), • Dealcoholized wine (31%), and • Grape must (juice made from freshly pressed grapes,18%). Alcohol content is only…
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Ridin’ the Rails to Whistler, B.C.
All aboard! The Fairmont Chateau Whistler has teamed up with Canada’s newest luxury train, the Whistler Mountaineer, and put together a great train getaway. As part of the Rail Blazing package, you’ll travel in style and comfort along one of the world’s most scenic byways. The Sea to Sky Highway is the gateway to Whistler,…
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Arrive Via Vaporetti and Float Home: Cip’s Club, Hotel Cipriani, Venice
When I went to Venice during my college days, I can’t remember any of the restaurants where I dined. Maybe it’s because I was living on about $20 a day. On my next trip, however, I vow to splurge a bit at Cip’s Club, where the dinner traffic arrives on vaporetti (the city’s large floating…
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Sleek, Sexy Multimedia Player: BlackBerry Pearl
Those 5.5 million people who are addicted to their “CrackBerrys” have another reason to rejoice. The BlackBerry Pearl, Research in Motion’s newest multimedia device, will be introduced next Tuesday. It will contain RIM’s first camera (a 1.3 MP camera with flash and zoom), an MP3 player, a video player, along with their notable e-mail, text…
