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  • Touring the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia
    Families & Groups | Cruises & All-Inclusive | Destinations | Weekly Column

    Touring the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia

    Byuser March 29, 2012June 28, 2023

    The city’s medieval walls helped protect the city and there was tremendous international publicity decrying the bombing of this historic city and in favor of granting Croatia diplomatic recognition.

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  • Luxe and lots of powder at Deer Valley UT
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    Luxe and lots of powder at Deer Valley UT

    Byuser March 28, 2012July 16, 2021

    For those who can afford luxe on the slopes, tt doesn’t get any better than the ski-in, ski-out Montage (with its own Compass Sports rental shop and ski valet where they buckle and unbuckle your boots) and Deer Valley

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  • Good eats in and around Park City UT
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    Good eats in and around Park City UT

    Byuser March 27, 2012July 16, 2021

    Here as well as at neighboring Deer Valley –which led the industry in providing good mountain eats—we’re seeing ever better food with an emphasis on what is locally sourced.

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  • Meet Holly Flanders – and make time for yourself on the slopes
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    Meet Holly Flanders – and make time for yourself on the slopes

    Byuser March 26, 2012July 16, 2021

    Flanders teaches women’s ski workshops at Canyons—I thoroughly enjoyed one a few years ago—but now has a new mission—to convince women they need to make that time, no matter what else is going on in their lives.

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  • Remembering a great adventure in the high Chilean desert
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    Remembering a great adventure in the high Chilean desert

    Byuser March 25, 2012July 16, 2021

    It’s only 10 a.m. but I feel like we’ve been going all day. That’s because we left our hotel Tierra Atacama before dawn—I’d never seen such bright stars across the desert sky—on our way to the highest geyser field in the world—El Tatio Geisers at 14,190 feet!

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  • A visit to see the biggest Budda in the world
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    A visit to see the biggest Budda in the world

    Byuser March 22, 2012July 16, 2021

    Not just any giant Buddha but the Tian Tan Buddha, the world’s largest outdoor sitting Buddha — some 98 feet tall and weighing 250 tons, his humongous right hand raised to deliver a blessing to all.

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  • Getting out of your comfort zone is a good thing – just ask the kids
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    Getting out of your comfort zone is a good thing – just ask the kids

    Byuser March 19, 2012July 5, 2021

    It’s no secret that the snowsports industry wants to encourage more minorities to hit the slopes. But that’s not easy with lift tickets costing over $90 at many places, not to mention all the gear that’s needed. (Even long underwear and the right socks can be expensive.)

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  • Prepare for Take Off in a Stress Free Way
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    Prepare for Take Off in a Stress Free Way

    Byuser March 16, 2012July 5, 2021

    Yes, we get reserved parking at the airport. No, we’re not VIPs or parkers with special needs.

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  • Lower Manhattan is New York’s must-see destination
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    Lower Manhattan is New York’s must-see destination

    Byuser March 15, 2012July 10, 2021

    We’re talking about Lower Manhattan — specifically the area south of Chambers Street that’s surrounded by water on three sides. In 2011, a record 9.8 million tourists visited Lower Manhattan — 800,000 more than the previous year.

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  • When you take the kids, you take what you can get!
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    When you take the kids, you take what you can get!

    Byuser March 14, 2012July 16, 2021

    When we suggest stopping for some soup, Mel sees her opening to leave us. “I have a PB&J in my pocket,” she says, “I want to keep skiing!” …So much for family time.

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  • Timeout for some spa time in Beaver Creek, CO
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    Timeout for some spa time in Beaver Creek, CO

    Byuser March 13, 2012July 16, 2021

    Family ski trips can be a lot of work, especially for moms-all the schlepping, all the shopping for groceries and cooking. Certainly moms deserve some “me” time on ski trips and there’s no better place than a spa like this to enjoy that.

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  • Back to the 19th Century at the historic Hotel Jerome
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    Back to the 19th Century at the historic Hotel Jerome

    Byuser March 12, 2012July 16, 2021

    The glitterati of the day came from around the country for the opening on Thanksgiving eve 1889. The hot and cold running water, flush toilets and electric lights were the ultimate in luxury for a town used to icy outhouses and miner’s camps.

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  • An unscheduled stop on American Airlines raises big questions
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    An unscheduled stop on American Airlines raises big questions

    Byuser March 11, 2012July 16, 2021

    When our non-stop flight on American Airlines made an unscheduled stop because the pilot found out he was not qualified to land at our destination, it raised all sorts of questions.

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  • Fresh powder aplenty for First Tracks on Aspen Mountain
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    Fresh powder aplenty for First Tracks on Aspen Mountain

    Byuser March 9, 2012July 16, 2021

    There are options for First Tracks every morning, but on Wednesdays for $25 you are treated to this sumptuous spread and then the chance to ski down the mountain any way you like,

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  • Eileen’s advice on flying nannies in ABCNews.com blog.
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    Eileen’s advice on flying nannies in ABCNews.com blog.

    Byuser March 8, 2012July 16, 2021

    Eileen’s advice on flying nannies in ABCNews.com blog. The service could work especially well for a mom or dad traveling solo with a couple of young kids.

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  • The Silver Queen Gondola on Aspen Mountain
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    A trip down memory lane for a pair of ski bum brothers

    Byuser March 8, 2012June 28, 2023

    Years ago, they drove 18 hours from Texas, staying in the cheapest place they could find, eating greasy burgers and paying just $25 for lift tickets. Now they’re back in Aspen with their kids.

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  • Snow-shoeing to a gourmet meal in the shadows of Aspen, CO
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    Snow-shoeing to a gourmet meal in the shadows of Aspen, CO

    Byuser March 8, 2012July 16, 2021

    The highlight—after the snowshoe in the wilderness–is the food—Pine Creek Smoked trout, … Colorado elk bratwurst, a smoked trout melt on sourdough and buffalo tenderloin..

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  • Inside the Ice Age Discovery Museum in Snowmass CO, where Mastodon bones were discovered recently
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    Back to the Ice Age on Snowmass Mountain

    Byuser March 7, 2012July 16, 2021

    Incredible! Just in the past two years Snowmass Mountain in Colorado, famous for its ski slopes, has become the site of one of the largest finds of Ice Age animals on the planet.

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  • To Aspen-Snowmass for a trip down memory lane
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    To Aspen-Snowmass for a trip down memory lane

    Byuser March 6, 2012July 16, 2021

    You’re never too old to take the kids. And they’re not too old for a trip with mom and dad. Sometimes, that can include a trip down memory lane—on snow.

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  • Thirty years later son learns dad was right about Aspen
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    Thirty years later son learns dad was right about Aspen

    Byuser March 5, 2012July 16, 2021

    Turns out, my dad was right. Aspen and neighboring Snowmass — where we spent the first three nights — lived up to the old man’s hype. And then some.

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