
July 2014 sponsored by: Amercian Express

The Migis Lodge
Sebago Lake, Maine
By: Amy van Arsdale
The Migis Lodge is nestled on 135 acres amongst some of the oldest majestic second growth pines on the shores of Sebago Lake in Maine. Migis' heritage dates back to the native Penobscot Indians and the translatio ....
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May 2014 sponsored by: Jet Blue

The J House Hotel
Greenwich, CT
By: Chuck Taylor
Greenwich is an interesting town. Great shopping. Great food. Great hotels? The town has several legacy choices such as the Homestead Inn and Delamar, but if you’re looking for contemporary digs you’ve be ....
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Squaw Valley Resort
High Sierras
By: Dr. Brett Denkin
With no direct flights from New York I headed to Squaw Valley, California via Seattle making use of my three-hour layover to catch up on history of the resort. Having hosted the Winter Olympics in 1960, Squaw Valley is often re ....
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October 2013 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com

Mexican International
Food & Jazz Festivals
By: Barbara Barton Sloane
Emerging from a cool plunge in the deep blue sea of Banderas Bay, I settle back in our little motorboat which gently rocks side to side as it glides towards densely forested cliffs and an intensely azure grotto. The sun i ....
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September 2013 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com

Key West
Florida Keys
By: Charles Greenfield
Indisputably, Key West is family. Since the 1880s, the Wolkowskys, my mother’s people, have laid claim to this six-square-mile island at the end of the Florida Keys, a mere 90 miles from Havana. Great-grandfather Abraham ....
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June 2013 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com

Notre Dame des Cyclistes
Les Landes, France
By: John M. Edwards
While I was house-sitting a 15th-century farmhouse in historical Gascony, with a backyard view of the snow-capped Pyrennees, I decided one bracing morning over a café du lait to hire a bike and make a pilgrimage to one o ....
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San Francisco Highlights
Halfway to the Stars
By: Barbara Barton Sloane
Its golden sun seemed to be shining just for me as I landed at San Francisco’s International Airport. I was eagerly awaiting my visit but I had only a few days to explore and experience. Although the city’s nu ....
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February 2013 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com

Quito, Ecuador
Casa Gangotena
By: Barbara Barton Sloane
The “Navel of the World” was the inauspicious and lackluster Quechua name old-time Quitenos called their city. I am delighted to report that Quito lacks luster no more! Today, this largest and best-preserved h ....
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