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Just back from: Buenos AiresBy Maria Martinez Florence, San Anselmo I went because: I wanted to reconnect with relatives whom I had not seen in 14 years. Don't miss: Puente de la Mujer (Bridge of the Woman), the ultramodern and dramatic bridge designed by Spanish architect, engineer and...
SF Gate Sunday, September 20, 2009Make yourself at home with Joseph SwanRod Berglund is well known as the owner-winemaker of Joseph Swan Vineyards, the historic Russian River Valley winery specializing in vineyard-designated Pinot Noir and old-vine Zinfandel. What's probably less known is that the Sonoma County native is also an...
SF Gate Sunday, September 20, 2009Go now: The Lost CoastThe Lost Coast is hardly lost. Anyone spending more than a week in California usually hears of the rugged coastline that no highway can penetrate. Yet even the most adventurous rarely reach this slice of Middle Earth straddling Mendocino and Humboldt...
SF Gate Sunday, September 20, 2009Taiwan government to take over loss-making high-speed railTaipei - The Taiwan
government plans to take over the loss-making high-speed railway in an effort to restructure the operating
company, press
reports said Sunday. According to the
economic Daily News, board members of the Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corp ...
Earth Times Sunday, September 20, 2009Eight highlights of Hong KongHONG KONG - I grew up hearing stories about Hong Kong. My parents lived there until they were teenagers, before moving to America. I knew that before a typhoon, cockroaches flew like mad in the skies. I knew that you could toss coins down to
Street vendors and they would throw a snack up to your apartment window. I knew that housing could be so cramped in H-shaped tenements that a whole floor might share a bathroom. But all of that was based on memories from my parents growing up in the '50s and '60s.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, September 20, 2009Gaming Traveler: On a long-term roll in VegasLas Vegas' well-earned reputation for escapism comes in no small part from the nature of its entertainment. Whether it's the flashy showgirl revues of years past or the contemporary acrobatic fantasies of Cirque du Soleil, the emphasis has been on the sensory and mood-lifting.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, September 20, 2009Whose Ozarks are prettier? It's a two-state skirmishHARRISON, Ark. - The Ozarks spread like a lush green belt across the nation's middle, spilling over southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, September 20, 2009Personal Journey: Fulfilling a Yellowstone yen to prance with wolvesSometimes in life, you need to take an action that makes a statement, not for the rest of the world, but just for yourself. That's what I did in the fall of 2007, when I journeyed to Yellowstone to visit the wolves.
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, September 20, 2009A little bit of colorSmall compacts containing multiple shades of cream or powdered makeup in mini sizes are a great travel alternative to toting a big bag of full-sized individual shades. But prepackaged combos may contain colors you don't want. And what happens when you use up one indispensable shade before the rest of the batch?
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday, September 20, 2009Barrels of funMUNICH, Germany - The last thing I
expected as I slid my fingers through the handle of my first tankard of beer in Munich was 10,000 voices erupting in a ragged rendition of Hang On Sloopy. There was no mistaking it, even when sung with a German accent.
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