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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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A Cotswolds Stay: Lords of the Manor Hotel and Restaurant

Sometimes you yearn for a bit of luxury in your life. And if you’re staying in the Cotswolds of England, that bit of luxury — and more — can be found at the award-winning Lords of the Manor Hotel and Restaurant in Gloucestershire known for fine cuisine and lovely English gardens. A former rectory, Lords of […]

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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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Livin’ large in a Tiny House: Flat Rock, NC

When you wait ’til the last minute to make hotel or B&B reservations wherever there’s a huge festival, you just may be out of luck. And we were. No rooms in Hendersonville, North Carolina, during Apple Festival 2016. Sold out. Nothing much on any of the tried-and-true websites we rely on for lodging. And that’s […]

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Sleeping in Gainesville: The Laurel Oak Inn

Now don’t get us wrong here. We stay in plenty of chain hotels and appreciate their standardized accommodations. But when we have leisure time the morning after a stay, we look for bed-and-breakfast inns where the owners are friendly and open, the breakfast is something we’d love to post on Pinterest, and the rooms are […]

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GreenRose of Raus B&B: Great place to stay on The Jack Trail

You know how it is. You go to a site you want to visit (like Jack Daniel Distillery in Middle Tennessee), and you search the internet for somewhere nearby to stay overnight. But you’re not sure that what you see is what you’ll get. Well, we got lucky! One of the bed and breakfast inns […]

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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 […]

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Three Sisters Tour: Don’t Miss Sunset at Blue Lake Ranch, Hesperus, Colorado

The second day of our New Mexico journey took us from the Casa Blanca Inn in Farmington to the town of Shiprock on the Navajo reservation where I conducted a workshop for teachers. (Click here for post on Casa Blanca Inn.) Wanting to combine work with pleasure, my husband and I booked the second of the Three Sister Inns […]

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Three Sisters Tour: Colorful Southwestern Decor at Casa Blanca Inn, Farmington NM

When a business opportunity training teachers in Shiprock, New Mexico, opened up in November, I jumped at the chance to work and then sight-see in this state that has always been on my Bucket List. I searched the Internet only to find that Shiprock lacks accommodations, but, lucky for me and my husband, we found […]

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Even Better Than I Remembered: Chattanooga’s Mayor’s Mansion Inn

Years ago, my husband and I dabbled in antiques, and I wrote a column for the Busy Bee Trader featuring shops, restaurants, B&Bs — just about anything that the Busy Bee readers would want to visit in their publication area. And that’s how I came upon a lovely Victorian Romanesque home-turned-inn at the cornerstone of the […]