Travels
February 2016 sponsored by: Amercian Express
Paws Up Resort
Blackfoot Valley, MT
By: Nancy DePalma
If nights spent licking sticky marshmallow off your fingers, reading by flashlight, and listening for the call of the wild all while tucked into a sleeping bag inspire nostalgic thoughts of childhood, you’re not alone. &n ....
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La Verrière Estate
Provence, South of France
By: Jessica Colley
Where do you go to relax? While a beach vacation is often the answer to this question, there are alternatives that offer a dose of culture along with a relaxing environment. I found this out firsthand driving along a tw ....
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Ritz Carlton San Fran
San Francisco, CA
By: Chuck Taylor
The Captain announced over the PA, “We're flying to my favorite place on the planet - San Francisco.” With a grin fueled by déjà-vu my spirit lightened. The city by the bay shines even on the foggi ....
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The Moorings Village
FL Keys Coolest Resort
By: Charles Greenfield
Islamorada in Spanish literally means "Purple Island," a name that contains some truth when the western sky glows with the fading tropical colors of a Florida Keys sunset. Unlike Key Largo, which increasingly resemble ....
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July 2015 sponsored by: Jet Blue
Vail, CO
Summer Time Fun
By: Chuck Taylor
One of the best days of my life was opening day at Vail in 2005. A tremendous winter storm had just dumped over five feet of snow on the mountain. The sun was shining and the conditions had never been better! It's hard to b ....
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The Summer House
Nantucket Island
By: Chuck Taylor
Todd English is a busy man. Being a celebrity chef, restauranteur, author, entrepreneur, and television personality isn’t as easy as you’d think. How does a guy like Todd ever find time to smell the roses? ....
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May 2015 sponsored by: michaelslimo.com
Paris, France
My Best Friends Apartment
By: Jessica Guff
My best friend has an apartment on the Rue Christine, a small, charming street in the centrally located 6th Arrondissement of Paris’s Left Bank. She doesn’t use it as often as she’d like, but I am always ....
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Le Gray Hotel
Beirut, Lebanon
By: R. Daniel Foster
Nothing symbolizes the return of this former “Pearl of the Middle East” quite like downtown’s Le Gray. While this is a contemporary, coolly-elegant hotel, the warmth of its luxury hotelier owner, Gordon Campbe ....
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