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  • A handsome, lightweight rain jacket for your super dog!
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    A handsome, lightweight rain jacket for your super dog!

    ByEileen Ogintz June 18, 2019July 16, 2021

    Trooper’s never liked wearing dog jackets. But we found this one from Free Country — very light weight and water repellent with a soft underside that seems to suit Trooper well.

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  • You Can Score a Good Hotel Deal at a Time You Want and Need to Travel
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    You Can Score a Good Hotel Deal at a Time You Want and Need to Travel

    ByEileen Ogintz June 17, 2019July 5, 2021

    The IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) Global is enabling families to save at least 20 percent at participating hotel stays this season — through Sept. 15

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  • Why DID We Pick The Whitehall for Our Wedding 37 years ago?
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    Why DID We Pick The Whitehall for Our Wedding 37 years ago?

    ByEileen Ogintz June 14, 2019July 5, 2021

    The place just felt right – as it does for guests today. It was small, for one thing and a convenient locale on the city’s Gold Coast

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  • Making the most of summer vacation
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    Making the most of summer vacation

    ByEileen Ogintz June 13, 2019June 29, 2023

    You don’t have to plan every minute of summer vacation (even if you are going to Walt Disney World). The unexpected — good and not-so-good — is what make a vacation memorable. Tell that to the super-planner in your house!

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  • LANCASTER: A HIDDEN GEM IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
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    LANCASTER: A HIDDEN GEM IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA

    ByEileen Ogintz June 12, 2019July 9, 2021

    Amish Country in PA contains a vibrant city, with excellent hotels, charming shops, galleries, nightclubs, theatres and nationally acclaimed restaurants.

    Read More LANCASTER: A HIDDEN GEM IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIAContinue

  • United’s New Nonstop from Newark to Naples Makes Visiting This Southern Italian City Easier
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    United’s New Nonstop from Newark to Naples Makes Visiting This Southern Italian City Easier

    ByEileen Ogintz June 11, 2019July 14, 2021

    Until recently, the only way to get to Naples from the United States was via a connecting flight. That changed on May 22, when United launched its inaugural daily nonstop flight from Newark to Naples

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  • Dinner and drinks in a Galaxy Far Far Away
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    Dinner and drinks in a Galaxy Far Far Away

    ByEileen Ogintz June 10, 2019June 28, 2023

    Fans of “Star Wars” can now join Jedis in training in drinking inter-galactic blue milk at Disneyland and, beginning August 29, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando

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  • Dinosaur National Monument – a great place to unplug and explore
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    Dinosaur National Monument – a great place to unplug and explore

    ByEileen Ogintz June 9, 2019July 14, 2021

    Dinosaur National Monument includes 211,000 acres of wilderness across high desert peaks and river canyon across two states, Colorado and Utah.

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  • Is Sixty the New Forty?
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    Is Sixty the New Forty?

    ByEileen Ogintz June 7, 2019July 7, 2021

    Every one of the passengers on our 73-mile trip on the Yampa River had a different reason for being there

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  • River rafting guides living their dreams
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    River rafting guides living their dreams

    ByEileen Ogintz June 6, 2019July 5, 2021

    OARS is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season—forecast to be one of the best for white water rafting in many years because of this past winter’s abundant snowfall

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