No Man’s an Island: 18 Best Kept Islands
Need a vacation? Want to dig you feet into warm sand, feel a sweet breeze across your face, and sip on drinks with colorful umbrellas? Tired of the usual island…
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Bottom’s Up With Kiwi Wine: New Zealand
I’ve spent some time in New Zealand and loved everything about this country. Though it’s about the size of Oregon and has only 4 million people, the foods — especially…
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New Airport Treatment: Home Away from Home
Remember The Terminal with Tom Hanks? His character, Victor Navorski was an immigrant trapped in an airport terminal. Remember how he slept? Awkward on those uncomfortable seats. How he washed…
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Putting on the Ritz, Hawaiian Style: The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Maui
Lahaina, Maui, is a 19th century whaling village that has morphed into a touristy town filled with oceanfront restaurants and T-shirt shops. It wasn’t that way in the late 60s…
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Restaurant Reviews Con Salsa: BurritoEater.com
Charles Hodgkins is loco for burritos. So loco, in fact, that he has a Website called BurritoEater.com. He has reviewed 325 burritos (not tacos or enchiladas) at 170 San Francisco…
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Upscale Downhill Resort Planned: Ritz-Carlton, Northstar-at-Tahoe, CA
I remember when Northstar-at-Tahoe would only let so many people ski the hill on a given day. If you got there late and they had their quota, buh-bye! Now they’re…
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Picture Perfect Flexible Tripod: Gorillapod
We all hate schlepping around a big tripod. Now a company in Santa Cruz, CA called Joby has created a mobile, flexible solution. The Gorillapod is super light (45 grams),…
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A Boutique With 20/20 Vision: See Eyewear
A popular national eyewear chain now has a presence in SF on fashionable Union Street, as See Eyewear — Selective Eyewear Elements — showcases its styles made exclusively for them….
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I’m Being Followed By a Moon Shadow: Total Solar Eclipse, Turkey
If you’re not going to be at the eastern tip of Brazil, the North Atlantic, Northern Africa, anywhere in the Mediterranean or Southern Asia at 2 am Wednesday, visit The…
