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India’s bustling beauty enthralls
I sat in a mass of traffic, as the blare of horns closed in. Meanwhile, six family members sat sidesaddle on a motorcycle seat; they …Read More
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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 of 42 bridges. Known for its independent spirit, the Keys are a place apart with attractions and activities both conventional …
Travel Briefs 11.04.12
East Coast tour gets special touch from filmmaker Burns Connecticut’s tourism industry is getting a boost from documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Burns recently announced that he has joined with a luxury tour group, Tauck Tours of Norwalk, on a redesigned eight-day tour of New England’s …
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: …
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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 …
DENVER’S WILD BACKYARD
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Downtown Denver’s skyscrapers are only minutes behind me as I take a right at a car parts shop, followed quickly by a left just before the 18,000-seat stadium that is home to the Colorado Rapids, a professional soccer team. Suddenly, I’m …
The City makes the scene
SAN FRANCISCO — The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in “Vertigo” is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. A few miles down the bay is Alcatraz, where Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery prevented missiles from launching and …
TRAVEL BRIEFS 10.14.12
Vermont offers scary trips with ‘Haunted Highways’ The Vermont Department of Tourism has launched “Haunted Highways,” a vacation package that focuses on ghost stories and ghost-related lodging. The department says tourists can travel from the “Bennington Triangle” in the southwestern part of the state where …
