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Florida Keys’ top six spots
The chain of islands, some mere flyspecks on the map, spill off the southern tip of Florida barely attached to the continent by a string …Read More
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Chillicothe, Mo., home to a slice of history
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Kate’s stylish but sensible fashion on display in NY
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Travel Briefs 10.28.12
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Luxury, history mingle at The Breakers in Florida
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Chillicothe, Mo., home to a slice of history
CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — When I-70 was built in 1956, that spelled toast for Chillicothe, Mo., the city known as “The Home of Sliced Bread.” America’s first interstate project connected Kansas City, Mo., with St. Louis. Chillicothe (pop. 9,500) is at the intersection of smaller Highways …
Kate’s stylish but sensible fashion on display in NY
NEW YORK — A new exhibition is hailing the fashion sense of Katharine Hepburn, whose trademark khakis and open-collar shirts were decidedly unconventional in the 1930s and 40s, when girdles and stockings were the order of the day. The fiercely independent Hepburn famously once said: …
Travel Briefs 10.28.12
Gastronomic delights await San Diego visitors Heading to Southern California anytime soon? You might want to consider the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival (Nov. 14-18), the region’s largest wine and culinary event, featuring 200 wine and spirit purveyors and 70 of San Diego’s …
Luxury, history mingle at The Breakers in Florida
PALM BEACH, Fla. — No place in this storied playground of the rich evokes as much history as The Breakers, and no one knows the sprawling resort’s story better than Jim Ponce. Sixty years after first coming to work as a front-desk clerk at the …
Travel Briefs 10.21.12
Conde Nast calls Charleston, S.C., best tourist town Last year, Conde Nast Traveler magazine’s Readers Choice Awards voted Charleston, S.C., the top tourist town in the United States. This year, they went one better. The magazine announced its readers have now voted Charleston the top …
Mike Bjorn’s store/museum — A Wisconsin men’s clothier that’s never boring or out of style
KENOSHA, Wis. — Some road trips are tailor-made. And Mike Bjorn’s Fine Clothing & Museum (of Suits and Hangers) fits the bill. The clothing and curios store is located in a meandering former Kresge’s department store in downtown Kenosha, Wis. In terms of inventory, Bjorn’s …