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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

    ByEileen Ogintz 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!

    ByEileen Ogintz 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

    ByEileen Ogintz 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

    ByEileen Ogintz 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

    ByEileen Ogintz 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

    ByAndy Yemma March 9, 2012November 10, 2025

    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.

    ByEileen Ogintz 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

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2012December 5, 2025

    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

    ByEileen Ogintz 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

    ByEileen Ogintz 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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