#BestFacialEver: The Lake Austin Spa
We left husbands, otherwise occupied at a college reunion in Austin, one recent afternoon for a getaway—via water taxi no less—to the Lake Austin Spa Resort,
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Fairmont dominates a hip new downtown Austin
We recently stayed at the year-old, 37-story Fairmont Austin, situated by the lush greenery of Palm Park and Waller Creek, with 1,048 rooms and 60 suites.
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In Denver: learning to make tamales for the holidays
Tamales are a traditional holiday treat in a lot of the American Southwest and South of the Border. I’ve loved them since I was a kid growing up in Texas. But I never knew how to make them.
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A New Adventure: Re-Learning How to Scuba Dive in Belize
I had been to Belize once before on a venture grant from Colorado College six years ago when I last went scuba diving
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Morgan’s Wonderland: An ‘Ultra-Accessible’ facility for people with special challenges
Morgan’s Wonderland is the very first theme park of its kind. The park has welcomed more than 1.6 million guests from all 50 states and 73 countries in its first decade
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Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad
Eileen interviews Walt Disney World’s Imagineering Creative Director Kevin Rafferty, who is overseeing the development of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railroad, opening March 2020.
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In Denver, a huge new taste of Maine!
Maine Shack in Denver has a devoted following who come for the five varieties of Lobster Rolls, chowder and much more
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Explore Mural Art in Aruba
It’s tempting to spend your entire holiday splashing in the warm turquoise water but there’s much to do in Aruba beyond the beach
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A wedding in Santa Fe and an unexpected Halloween Treat
The morning after the wedding we found a note on our door inviting us to a “Fur Friends Costume Contest” that afternoon to benefit the Espanola Humane Society, which has found adoptions for more than 152,000 dogs and cats over the years. How could we pass this up, Trooper seemed to ask us.
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How I got the “money shot” in Custer State Park
After some explicit can’t miss instruction I went to the road, dodged an occasional car, fended off a few mountain lions, and took this photo that may not win me an award, but is definitely the coolest night photo I’ve ever taken
