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Focus on moms
Mothers Day takes new meaning at Barefoot & Pregnant, the first spa in the West to cater exclusively to pregnant women and new moms ( www.barefootandpregnant.com or 415/388-1777). Stacy Denney opened her Larkspur, California-based spa in 2003, about a year before giving birth to her first b
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One perfect day biking in The Dalles, OR
Why go now: Unlike the coast, this town gets loads of sun in May--and a new wine bar and bike trail give you a reason to stick around.Vitamin D fix: Portland averages 2 to 3 inches of rain this month; the Dalles gets half an inch.Lay of the land: Its 84 miles east of Portland on the Columbia Ri
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Lucky 5 travel planner
WHERE: From I-8 east of Pine Valley, take the Sunrise Hwy.
(County S1) exit and drive north 24 miles to the junction with
State 79. Julian is another 6 miles north via State 79.
WHEN: Ranger-led hikes on Lucky 5 lands: September 8 and 14.
Mt. Laguna Observatory evening tours: Friday and Satur
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 101
A fiery tongue of lava licks the Pacific, sending glowing steam into the tropical air. Four thousand feet above, hot clouds rise from a rip in a volcanic valley.Welcome to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, on the Big Island of Hawaii. Hawai‘i Volcanoes N.P. offers dramatic proof that the Hawaiia
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Main Street revival in Vancouver
Once a down-at-the-heels strip of dry cleaners and creaky antiques shops, Main Street in Vancouver, B.C., from roughly Kingsway to East 33rd Avenue is now dotted with smart restaurants and quirky shops. Credit the free-spending young urban couples and single-Prius families who over the last two
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Music city
Jimmy Maks is just about exactly what youd expect of a jazz club ― dark, sultry, and, tonight, packed. Darrell Grant strides on stage, sits down at a glistening black upright piano, and plunks out what seem to be a few unrelated notes that glide into a smooth, opening riff. He looks up, gives t
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San Francisco Pacific Heights weekend travel planner
IT’S NO MYSTERY why the city’s A-list chooses to live here, in stately rows of elaborate and unnaturally tidy mansions at the crest of the hill that shoots up from the Marina into Pacific Heights. The view is all open sky and sparkling bay and (far, far below) pastel cubes of stucco that look l
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Secret Sausalito
Phil Frank is known for writing the Farley comic strip for
the San Francisco Chronicle. But he got his start exploring the
goings-on of Sausalito. Among his piles of sketches is a drawing in
which a blockhead-looking character by the name of Arthur Art
Colony announces his intention to run for
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Five great childrens bookstores in California
LONG BEACHOnce Upon a Story. The fairy castle decor provides a magical setting for story times featuring costumed characters. Fine childrens literature, plus a few shelves for good grown-up books. Open daily; story time 10:30 a.m. Thu. 3740 E. 4th St.; 562/433-6856.LOS ANGELESChildrens Book Wor
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Chow Town
Chow Town Vital StatsYear founded: Incorporated on Nov 10, 1879; designated as a city on Dec 3, 1990Population in 1980: 96,000Population in 2004: 176,000Average February temperature: 7.5°C (46°F)Dates of Chinese New Year events: Approximately Feb 2–15 (New Years Day is Feb 9)Percentage of Asian
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Julias Morgans genius
Architect Julia Morgan had a genius for moderation. Although
shes known for building William Randolph Hearsts extravagant
mansion at San Simeon, what made her work so memorable was her fine
sense of proportion.
Julia Morgan looked at the whole environment ― she never
just plopped something dow
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Northwest movie palaces
Pleasure
palaces
IDAHO
Boise
Egyptian Theatre. First-run films.
700 W. Main St.; (208) 342-1441.
Sandpoint
The Panida Theater. Opened in 1927, this theater hosts
popular and classical music events, plays, and variety shows in
addition to screening alternative movies.
300 N. First Ave.
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China in Seattle
Its Monday morning, and South King Street in Seattles
Chinatown is buzzing. Behind the counter at the Ten Ren Tea Co.
(506 S. King St.; 206/749-9855), Jennifer Wong is
instructing patrons on the qualities of green tea―its best,
she says, when brewed at 180°; otherwise it becomes
bitter.
A few
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Glacer National Park 101
A sacred place for Blackfeet Indian vision quests, Montana’s Glacier National Park can be painted in colors: green Lake MacDonald, red brick wall bordering the Going-to-the-Sun Road that bisects the park, the startling blue Birdwoman Falls plunging into the green hanging valley below, the white
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Market trends
You couldnt build the Farmers Market today. No research
would ever suggest that the public would flock to a tightly packed
group of food stands and souvenir shops, with nothing better for
visitors to sit on than green folding chairs that look like
something bought secondhand from a community c
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Five great Mothers Day brunches at Phoenix
Acacia. From lemon-ricotta blintzes to sushi, this airy room with a mountain view has something for everyone. Younger palates can enjoy Fluffernutter sandwiches and fruit kebabs. $80, $25 ages 5-12. At the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale, 10600 E. Crescent Moon Dr., Scottsdale; 480/513-5085.Marq
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Five great tearooms in Northern New Mexico
AlbuquerqueThe St. James Tearoom. Flaky scones, dainty savories, and 59 loose-leaf teas offer the Duke City a taste of Victoriana. $$$; Tue-Sat by reservation. 901 Rio Grande Blvd. N.W., Ste. E-130; 505/242-3752.Los LucerosIces Tea Room. In her intimate sunroom, farmer Gayle Ice dishes up chick
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Dogged blooms
A small tree casts a big spell in the Sierra foothills this month and next, as dogwoods unfurl their showy blooms.In the wild, Pacific dogwood produces creamy white, saucer-size flowers that look like doves landing on thin, dark branches, notes professor Marcia Braga, head of environmental hort
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Seattles new waterfront
Online bonus:
Take a
photo tour through the sculpture park
Its hard to overstate the effect Alexander Calders
Eagle has had since landing in Seattle.
The
Eagle, a 39-foot-tall, bright red steel stabile, is one of
21 monumental sculptures gracing the citys sparkling new Olympic
Sculpture Par
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Take a trip to Bistro Boudin for good eats, San Francisco history, and (more importantly) an afternoon of fun
Next time that summer fogs got you feeling blue, cheer up with a trip to Boudin at the Wharf, the new flagship outpost of the San Francisco original. More Broadway than bread shop, the showy new addition to Fishermans Wharf has bakers kneading, throwing, and shaping hundreds of loaves of sourdo
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