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Destination Review: Charleston, USA: An Art Lover’s Nirvana
Charleston, South Carolina is a piece of art all in itself. The city scene, its characters, and its eccentricities could be ripped out of the pages of a nineteenth-century novel. Adding to Charleston’s aesthetic are the artists themselves: sweet ladies weaving grass baskets in the old slave market and around the city, painters recreating city…
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Inspiration: New York, USA: Jackson Five, Terrorists Nothing
by Stephanie Block Where were you on 9/11? I know where I was- on a secret trip to NYC. It didn’t stay secret very long… Crack, crack. Boom, boom. The pyrotechnic canons exploding to Slash’s guitar solo at the 30th Anniversary Michael Jackson concert at Madison Square Gardens? Actually, sadly, the onomatopoetic explanation detailed, to…
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Opinion: California, USA: All My Exes Live in Santa Monica
It was a bold idea to tempt fate and risk the mixture—New Years and a clean slate on the one hand, and my ex-fiancé on the other. Wouldn’t it have been safer to stay in San Francisco with my friends for New Years? Gone to the same old places? Seen the same old faces? Why…
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Solo Travel: Diving Into Your Desires
“Whatever you can do or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius, magic and power in it. Begin it now.” —Goethe Helen, Athens, Greece: “I’ve never thought about what I want. I’ve spent my life giving to others and fulfilling their needs. When I sit and think about what I want, I get uncomfortable–that…
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Diva Says: Determining Your Time and Place
“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”—Nelson Mandela “We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”—Nelson Mandela You should have a stack of reviews, brochures, and books about the destinations you’re thinking about exploring. You probably…
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Croatia: Journey to the Sea
by Thuc Nguyen In April of 1998, I walked past a travel agency in South London that advertised cheap plane tickets to Croatia. I had been in England for over half a year and needed to spend some time elsewhere, but dreaded going to well-known destinations such as Paris or Ibiza. Even Prague was filling…
