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Luxury Hits New Heights :: Intercontinental San Francisco
It took years from blueprints to blue tower, but the Intercontinental San Francisco will open on February 28 at Fifth and Howard Streets in the popular SOMA district. It will…
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Glenelly Inn= Great Getaway:: Glen Ellen, Ca.
I always just assumed that I had been to Glen Ellen since I’ve been to Sonoma umpteen times, but much to my chagrin, when I arrived there last week, I…
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The butler did it (at Casino du Lac-Leamy)
The province of Quebec has some classy casinos, and a very cool one across the river from Canada’s capital city of Ottawa is Casino du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau. The adjoining…
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Inaccessible Accessibility :: Country Inns
My mother had a knee replaced recently, followed by a slow, painful recovery in the middle of a dreary East Coast winter. So I thought I’d take her on a…
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A Relaxing Regional Jet Journey :: Denver
Flying small jets to small towns generally makes me feel like an afterthought for the airline industry. Going to Grand Rapids or Cedar Rapids, Fresno or Pasco, Colorado Springs or…
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Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun! Where to Stay :: San Diego, Ca. Part 1.
If I’m not off traveling in some exotic country, I usually check in with my mom, who lives in Seattle, every morning. For the past month the conversation has gone…
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Florida’s South Beach is Art Deco Heaven
My husband and I spent two nights in Miami’s South Beach last week before going on a Cayamo songwriters’ cruise in the Caribbean. I hadn’t been to Miami for at…
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Chocolate from the Spa :: France, Indonesia, Pennsylvania
Love – and chocolate – have powers well beyond Valentine’s Day. And a great new trend, if for nothing but the aroma, is using chocolate in spa treatments. The French,…
