Dazzling Colors & Camel Races: Pushkar Fair, Nov. 12-15, Rajasthan, India
Once a year, the people in India travel across hundreds of kilometers of arid desert to attend the Pushkar Fair in the state of Rajasthan. Though it’s best known as…
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Green With Envy: Conde Nast Traveler’s Green List
Via ShoppingBlog.com: The September issue of Conde Nast Traveler has announced its annual “Green List” –– ranking the creme de la creme of ecotourism. For 2005, the top score goes…
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Quality Cal-Med Cuisine: Quince, San Francisco
One of the hottest, most intimate restaurants in San Francisco’s fashionable Pacific Heights district, even when it’s foggy overhead, is Quince. It opened early this year and features a blend…
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Grill of My Dreams: Rutherford, CA
The Rutherford Grill in Napa Valley is surrounded by some of the world’s most famous vineyards. As part of the elite Hillstone Restaurant Group featuring exceptional cuisine, gorgeous design and…
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TV To Go: AV700 Mobile DVR from Archos
Do you love your TiVo so much you want to marry it? Addicted to watching movies anytime, anywhere? Tired of schlepping your laptop to see them? Then you may want…
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Prize-Winning Boutique: Hotel Pulitzer, Barcelona
The luxurious Hotel Pulitzer in Barcelona is definitely a feast for the senses. How? Let us count the ways: 1) This four-star boutique hip hotel is smartly styled and features…
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Purple Feet: Eldorado Great Italian Festival, Reno, NV, Oct. 8-9
Remember the “I Love Lucy” episode where she stomped grapes with an Italian woman? Looks like you, too, can go splat-splat in a vat at the Reno Great Eldorado Italian…
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Asian Squash
Asian squash is very different in flavor and the way it looks from any squash grown in the United States. It can be oblong or round in shape with a…
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Boutique Critique: The Hip Hotels Atlas
How do you define hip? What qualifies as a cool boutique hotel? What extra or special amenities must one offer to earn this nomenclature? Ask Herbert Ypma, creator of a…