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Web site offers varied accommodations optionsLaura's place in New York's Little Italy has a dingy bathmat, and she wears a Santa hat. Don's pad in Hell's Kitchen is all white, a cloud with four walls. Cristina's NoLita studio is flooded with natural light and includes laundry facilities, but the bed is...
SF Gate Sunday, August 02, 2009Find those perfect gifts in Truckee's shopsThe colorful, optimistic mixed-media art of Truckee's Carole Sesko spoke so loudly to me during a stay at Cedar House last year, I visited her studio. She told me that the creative
energy of the mountains, Donner Lake and of course Lake Tahoe attracts a...
SF Gate Sunday, August 02, 2009Salinas' Steinbeck Festival focuses on fantasyFor 29 years, the Steinbeck Festival, honoring Salinas' favorite son, has been one of Monterey County's biggest events. This year, the focus on magic swords, medieval craftsmanship and the Holy Grail might lead attendees to think they've wandered by mistake...
SF Gate Sunday, August 02, 2009Plane with 16 people missing in Indonesia's Papua provinceJakarta - A small plane with 16 people on board went missing in Indonesia's eastern province of Papua on Sunday, the state Antara news agency reported. The Twin Otter plane, belonging to the state-owned Merpati Nusantara Airline, was travelling from ...
Earth Times Sunday, August 02, 2009Washlet offers cleansing sprays, blow-dryTOKYO - "Birds do it, bees do it, even all the Japanese do it . . . ." Apologies to Cole Porter.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, August 02, 2009Personal Journey: Heat, dust, labored breath - then majesty and joyWith its rugged Western landscape and otherworldly rock formations, Moab is a strange and beautiful place. Located in eastern Utah, Moab experiences its hottest temperatures in July. During our visit last July, we had higher-than-normal temperatures in the triple digits.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, August 02, 2009A new twist on budget cabinsIn the competition among cruise lines for best budget cabins, Norwegian Cruise Line is taking a leap on its newest ship, the Norwegian Epic, which is scheduled to sail into the Caribbean in the spring.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, August 02, 200910 for the RoadYou can plan now to attend these weekend events, occurring in a few weeks and within a day's drive of Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, August 02, 2009Senior Traveler: Tips to avoid light-fingered localsOn its Web site, the U.S. State Department warns travelers in a general safety advisory: "Beware of pickpockets." Then it lists some situations that might signal pickpockets' intent, including jostling or pointing out something that might have spilled on your clothing.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, August 02, 2009Though huge, Tokyo is easy to navigateTOKYO - Tokyo is huge. If you stand on the top level of the highest skyscraper and do a 360-degree turnabout, you will see city all the way to the horizon. It has parks, but no suburbs. High-speed roadways run through canyons of architecture, but numerous side streets, large and small, define neighborhoods, and each 'hood has its own main street and koban, or police-station cubicle.
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