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Lens-Artists Challenge #171: Weird and Wonderful

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Sir Francis Bacon With Ann-Christine’s choice of topic — Weird and Wonderful — for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, we were reminded of a recent trip to Lexington, Kentucky, and a stay at 21c Museum Hotel. It’s not that the hotel was weird by […]

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For a night in Marrakech: Riad Les Yeux Bleus

Although I’ve heard from many people traveling to Marrakech that it’s difficult to book a night at Riad Les Yeux Bleus, but please give it a shot as early as you can. Near all the action of the city yet in a very quiet place, Riad Les Yeux Bleus is tucked away in the […]

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Getting to Monhegan

Once you’ve fallen in love with the idea of seeing Monhegan Island for yourself, you have to figure out how to get there. And, as you might expect, it’s easier to get there during tourist season (May to Columbus Day in October) than it is off-season. Since we were coming from Castine “up north,” we […]

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Stay the Night: London’s Grovesnor House, a JW Marriott Hotel

Settled squarely in the Mayfair section of London with a posh Park Lane address, Grosvenor House puts you in the center of uptown luxury. But with a focus on gentility, service and personal attention, it’s much more than just a place to stay. The Welcome Nothing spoke more to us after a long inter-continental […]

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Staying calm at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Hotel

Stay calm? At the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center? Is that not an oxymoronic question in itself? With 2,711 guest rooms and 171 suites on six floors, you would think it an impossibity to indulge in rest and relaxation. Especially when an event such as the conference I attended last week — Learning Forward 2014 […]

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Knoxville’s Biscuit Fest just keeps getting butter and butter!

Downtown Knoxville packed ’em in on Biscuit Boulevard as the fifth annual International Biscuit Fest kicked off Saturday, May 17, 2014. Long lines of folks waited for fluffy, doughy creations filled with anything from pork belly to paw paws. About 25,000 (according to the headline article in the May 18th News-Sentinel) stood waiting for booths to open and […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life

This week’s WordPress challenge — Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life — brought me back to Las Vegas where I remembered streets filled with happy people seeking something quite different from what they experience at home. Some “streets” were really overpasses where pedestrians crossed over to the other side or paused to look below at the traffic. […]

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Five things to do in a day: St. Petersburg, Florida

Of course, we all want ample time to explore a city lined with mature, moss-filled trees. A city where world-class art museums, shops sporting local crafts, and hotels with beckoning porches await us. A city like St. Petersburg, Florida. But that’s not always the case. With only one day to explore and hit the high […]

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Visiting Coeur d’Alene? Go up, up and away!

Whenever I think of Coeur d’Alene now, I think of the color blue, a color that defines this lovely town built on a dreamy blue lake in the middle of Idaho, a state known for its forest greens and soft brown fields of grain. Looming large over the downtown area is The Coeur d’Alene, a […]

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Stunning sunsets from the Lodge at Sandpoint

Our trek through the Inland Northwest took us from Spokane, Washington, up Highway 2 through Green Bluff, an area boasting over 30 apple orchards and numerous at-home entrepreneurs. From there, we drove north toward Bonners Ferry, Idaho, but only made it to Sandpoint when near-darkness and weariness overtook us. Had we known that Sandpoint would become […]