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Take a culinary trip through Oregons Willamette Valley
This is July in Oregons Willamette Valley ― hot, sunny days when everything seems to be in season: all the berries, the tree fruits, the tomatoes and early corn. The valley has long been a source of plenty, shipping hops and wine grapes across the country. But the best of the best ― like the su
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Take a history lesson in Olde Town Orange
[P]Nostalgia with a twist describes Old Towne Orange these days. [CP][P] The late-19th-century buildings are protected by their National Register of Historic Places status, but whats in those storefronts has changed. [CP][P] Between the consignment malls packed with antiques and vintage goods a
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Stalking style and history
Most of downtown is not as fully realized as the emerging
arts acropolis along Grand. But with a growing
population―many moving into converted lofts in historic
buildings―the areas ongoing evolution is apparent.
Improbably, it has even become cool.
At the Downtown L.A. Standard hotel, the big
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Fall above Fraser
The little community of Fraser, Colorado, no longer qualifies as a well-kept secret―not since the recent explosion of second homes spilled over from neighboring Winter Park. But the countryside still harbors a few surprises. One is County Road 50, a scenic treasure unknown to most except longti
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The new Antique Mile
Even the most streetwise Albuquerquean would be surprised by a ramble along Fourth Street Northwest as it passes through Alameda and the Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.The streets traditional Antique Mile has been given a dose of glamour, with new destinations existing side by side with
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Five winter wildlife areas
The following are open year-round; call ahead for weather and road conditions.NEAR DENVER1. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife RefugeA clean blanket of snow makes it easy to forget that this 5,000-acre refuge was once a chemical-weapons factory site. Now its a sanctuary for wildlife, an i
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A trip to Spain
It reaches only five stories high, but Hotel Andalucía is the tallest hotel in downtown Santa Barbara, where strict building codes have helped maintain a Castilian charm, even in the 21st century.With its arches, wrought-iron detail, and red-tile roof, the new boutique hotel is worth a splurge
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Make your own Meritage
The last time I conducted experiments using beakers was in
third-period high school chemistry class. A recent visit to Urban
Wineworks in northwest Portland took me back to those vanished days
- though this grown-up chemistry lesson yielded far more enjoyable
results than anything I ever did f
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Blue Hawaii
The bodyboarderJosh Wills loves getting tubed in the surf. As a three-time U.S. bodyboarding champ, the Hawaii native has become a fixture at world-class breaks around the Islands. And even though he has traveled the world in search of perfect waves, hed rather ride in Hawaii than anywhere else
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San Joses Santana Row
Finished three years ago, Santana Row already has the ambience
of a much older neighborhood. An amble beneath the mature oaks in
the park at one end of the linear outdoor mall feels a bit like
walking through a European village. Large sculptures by French
artists Andre Dumonnet and Christine Fo
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Southern California summer, San Pedro
The panoramic view from San Pedros Angels Gate Park is unlike any other youll find in Southern California. Take in giant, clawlike cranes at work at the nearby Port of Los Angeles; sailboats heading out to blue-water destinations; and in the distance, the golden hills of Catalina Island. Below,
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The new London West Hollywood
CROSSING THE POND IS as easy as crossing Santa Monica Boulevard, where you can nab a taste of jolly old England in Santa Monica’s Little Britain. From Boddingtons on tap to clotted cream with scones to recent editions of the Daily Mail, here are three spots made for Anglophiles (but unlike in L
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Fall in love with Bend
Whoever visits bend, moves to Bend, people warned. So frequently, in fact, I took it to be the official motto of this always sunny central Oregon playground ― a blessedly bipolar high-desert home base, where you can trail-run along the rushing Deschutes River in the morning and hit the snowy sl
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Blossom season
With the threat of frost gone by April and the high-country soil prime for planting, the window for finding just the right tree is small. Tree shopping ― okay, and a little gallery hopping ― is reason enough for a scenic family outing into the hill country north of Santa Fe. Snow still caps the
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Southern California
• Average July sunny or partly cloudy days, San Diego:
25.9
• Average July water temperature, Santa Barbara:
63°F
• Peak wave at Newport Beachs Wedge, July 1996:
20+ feet
Let other beaches brood as solemn as Heathcliff. Southern
California beaches are the most extroverted coasts on earth. F
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Edmonds through the back door
He looks like many an American in Paris: royal blue Oxford shirt half-tucked into boxy Dockers, reciting French with a really bad accent from a dog-eared phrase book. But this traveler is no tourist. Rick Steves is the hardest-working man in the travel biz. And the phrase book hes clutching is
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Iconic Yosemite landmarks
Stark granite, pristine meadows, and giant sequoia trees lure visitors to Yosemite National Park each year. See quintessential Yosemite at these 10 iconic destinations.
Cooks Meadow
See where Ansel Adams snapped some of the valleys famous views while strolling or biking the Cooks Meadow boardw
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Silver
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The Jagged Edge
The worlds wildest places do not ordinarily sit in the
backyards of its most populous cities, but the Farallon Islands, an
archipelago of 10 rocky islets 27 miles west of the Golden Gate
Bridge, are anything but ordinary. Visitors approaching by boat
have been known to gasp when they first glim
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San Pedro sea show
Its not every day you can view life from a worms point of
view. But at Cabrillo Marine Aquariums recently opened Exploration
Center in San Pedro, children and adults can be the worm
meandering through an oversize simulated mudflat. If that doesnt
grab you, wander into the crawl-under tank and o
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