Review: Event Review Scotland: The Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival features eight concurrent festivals, including the International Festival and the Fringe, showcasing diverse art.
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Style: Operation Spring Clean Resolution: Clearing the Clutter
by Cheri Eplin Spring is in the air! So much for new years when everyone promised to make changes to improve their lives. You know the drill: lose weight, quit smoking, and be nicer to people, blah, blah, blah. Truth is, not many resolutions last beyond the first week. Many promises we make to ourselves…
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Wellness: USA: Out West
by Christine Ann Guth Those of you who know me are aware that if something disastrous yet strange is going to happen, it is going to happen to me. I don’t just back into any car—I back into a CNN van covering the Presidential primaries and carrying a $100,000 camera. I don’t have just a…
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Culture: Iceland: Johnny Jet’s Iceland Journal
www.JohnnyJet.com —Teresa * * * * Johnny Jet’s Journal Greetings from—you may not believe this—Iceland! I was fortunate to be invited on Icelandair’s inaugural flight from the West Coast (San Francisco) to Reykjavik, and tour Iceland for a week. I admit it: At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go. I checked out…
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Destination Review: Oxford, UK: An American Girl’s Guide to the City of Dreaming Spires
by Christie O’Keefe A mere ₤10 bus fare and 90 minute ride from central London lies the ancient university city of Oxford. Often neglected by guidebooks and passed over by travelers, Oxford offers a slice of English culture and history dating back to the 8th century. It is, of course, most famous for being the…
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Style: Enter Every Room with Relish
by Patti Mangan and Kendra Frisbie I’ve been surrounded. Inundated by vestiges of travels past and travels to be. Engulfed by travel newsletters, mileage program literature, newspapers, magazines, menus, matchbooks, pottery, and other bits and pieces I’ve gathered along the way. It’s sadly true. I had the May 1997 issue of Travel & Leisure, along…
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Wellness: Ecuador: Mother-Daughter Galapagos Adventure
by Janet Bein, Young at Heart Diva I didn’t think twice about inviting my daughter Orli to join me for a cruise of the Galapagos Islands. This opportunity to explore the equatorial waters off the coast of Ecuador was sufficiently tempting that she was willing to plead with her boss for some extra vacation days….
