Travel
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Mexico City: Chic destination for pocos pesos
Dec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - MEXICO CITY - Move over greasy tacos and tacky trinkets: Mexico City is home to a vast network of chic museums, top-notch restaurants and trendy night clubs. There's eve...
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Go guideDec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Freebie! Holiday tour See a farmhouse decked in greens, and savor the aroma of holiday treats during the guided "1890s Christmas House Tour." Guests will strol...
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On the roadDec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Classical pass You don't need the checkbook balance of a Bill Gates or Warren Buffett to take in world-class classical music. The Sunday Salon Series of innovat...
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Here's a ski trip with two e's: easy and economicalDec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Every year when the white stuff starts piling up at my door, my plans start to go downhill. Usually, it doesn't happen until early February. But this year, with the econ...
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2009 will be the year of the travel deal
Dec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - The value of the U.S. dollar is surging, gas prices are at their lowest levels in four years, and hotel rates are softening. If you can afford a vacation, 200...
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Snow fun the name of the game in Jackson HoleDec 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Q: I plan to take my family to Jackson Hole, Wyo., in February or March. What is considered the skiing (and other snow fun) season there? What's to do besides skiing...
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Winter visit to New York City may be best of the yearDec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - New York City, with its reputation as America's most magnetic, cosmopolitan and urbane welcoming center, arguably dazzles more in winter than in any other season. In su...
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New interstate road map takes shape for bicyclists
Dec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - At first glance, everything seems out of place on the map of a new interstate road system taking shape across the nation. Interstate 95 runs down the stunni...
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Michigan skiing: Deals, choices for Midwesterners
Dec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - BOYNE FALLS, Mich. - For most of his 66 years, Tom Fanning has been an avid skier, relishing the challenge of steep mountainside runs in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. B...
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Some ideas for shutting out unwanted noise from your seat neighborsDec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - It's getting down to the wire and I've got nothing," said Nancy, my old flying partner, who was panicking about what to buy for her pilot husband who has everything. "I ...