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The Empire Builder — Amtrak’s train with a view
The warnings started days before we were to board the train to take us home from Seattle to Chicago. “We are contacting you to advise …Read More
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Inn a perfect respite for rail travelers
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New York City’s oldest piano player grows younger as he performs
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One more piano bar option in NYC
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Inn a perfect respite for rail travelers
They are affectionately known as “foamers,” and the staff at the historic Izaak Walton Inn in Montana — now owned by a former Chicagoan — can spot them from a mile away. They are ecstatic that you can literally walk to the hotel, which sits …
New York City’s oldest piano player grows younger as he performs
There are a thousand things to do when visiting New York, but you must stop at Nino’s Tuscany on West 58th Street. A lovely piano player named Irving Fields, 97, is the oldest piano player in New York.
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New York museum to display Munch’s ‘The Scream’ Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” which sold for nearly $120 million at auction, will go on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The museum announced Tuesday that the iconic image will be on display …
One more piano bar option in NYC
People are certainly face to face at Brandy’s Piano Bar, 235 E. 84th St. on New York’s Upper East Side (212-744-4949; www.brandyspianobar.com). I wandered into Brandy’s around 11 p.m. on a Friday and the place was packed with neighborhood 20- and 30-year-olds and a table …
Travel In Brief — 09.16.12
FEEL THE ‘LOVE’ Escape to the Cayman Islands this fall courtesy of a special “Fall in Love” 2-for-1 getaway that includes a fifth night free at a number of Grand Caymanian resorts including The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa and the Grand …
Oregon wineries target high end of the market
CARLTON, Ore. — Driving southwest from Portland an hour or so through the suburbs, you hit the heart of Oregon’s wine country rather suddenly. Here the mountainous Coast Range slopes to the Willamette Valley floor, which is smothered with vineyards that produce some of the …