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2009 Telluride Festival of the Arts: August 14-16, 2009
The 2009 Telluride Festival of the Arts will delight both food and art lovers like. Culinary enthusiast and fine art aficionados come together to share a common passion for food, art and entertainment. Highlights of the 2008 Festival will include chef demonstrations, food and drink seminars, a showcase dinner and Grand Tasting along with a nationally juried exhibit ofsome of the best artist in the United States.
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Girlfriends Getaway to Kiepersol Vineyards and Winery in Tyler, TX
October 10th is grape stomping! |
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Ever since my mother-in-law took me to Kiepersol, a wonderful vineyard and winery just outside of Tyler, TX for just a brief visit, I've always wanted to go back for the experience, but never found the time.
After reading about it again in Nancy Nichols' blog, we were determined to go, which we did and had a wonderful time. It is the perfect getaway for a weekend or longer. There is so much to do! |
| Cindy, Sharon and Carol enjoying the 2005 Merlot. |
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| Fabulous traveling music came from the movie SIDEWAYS soundtrack. We highly recommend staying at the Bed and Breakfast at Kiepersol to thoroughly enjoy the experience. Have dinner at the restaurant, take a tour of the vineyards. |
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Shangri La in Orange, TX re-opens
March 9, 2009.
After suffering damage from Hurricane Ike, the cypress and azaleas are going to be as wonderful as ever.
Visit the website for details.
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| We love Maryam Montague's take on all things Marrakesh. her blog literally takes you away via her third-person prose. Look for her new olive oil harvest and boutique hotel - in the process here. |
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TripKick is designed to make your hotel experience an effortless one. We prepare you with the little known facts about each hotel room so you can make an educated decision when choosing your perfect room.
Each hotel page on the site offers a variety of helpful information. You can use it before you’ve chosen your hotel, or once you’ve already booked your reservation. Click here. |
When we hear of great values and getaways, we'll list them here. Enjoy browsing!
March 2009 issue of D magazine has a great article by Nancy Nichols about traveling in Italy and cooking school. When it goes online, we'll link to it. In the meantime, more travel options here.
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03:04 PM CDT on Friday, April 18, 2008 By TRACY CABOT and MARSHALL WHITFIELD / Special Contributors to The Dallas Morning News
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Twenty-five hotels captured our hearts for this year’s annual roundup. |
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Celebrated
Weekends: The Stars' Guide to 50 of the Most Exciting Destinations
in the World by Mark Seal
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This original travel book takes readers to the top cities
in the world with very special tour guides-the top celebrities
of movies, television, and music who love their hometowns. Readers
of American Way magazine, the in-flight publication of American
Airlines, will be familiar with these famous tour guides. Over
300 celebrities share their favorite restaurants, hot spots, shopping,
hotels, cultural events, entertainment, and attractions. Some
of the celebrities and cities featured are Ashley Judd (Nashville),
Hugh Grant (London), Jamie Lee Curtis (Los Angeles), Dan Ackroyd
(Toronto), and Jackie Chan (Hong Kong)- and that is just the beginning.
All
the major travel destinations will be featured with current reviews,
directions, and suggestions for how every traveler can live like
their favorite Hollywood star-if only for the weekend
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"Be
A Tourist In Your Own Town"
Sometimes we can get away for a day, weekend or more. It just
feels better to get out of town with the family, friends or alone,
celebrate our relationships, see new vistas, learn about different
cultures and rejuvenate our soul.
Vacation
in your own back yard
Then again, like someone recently said, due to his wife's
illness, they would not be taking a vacation this summer, so he
decided to bring vacation to his home by redoing the back yard.
He brought in tropical plantings, including a banana tree, bouganvilla,
new chaise lounges, tropical umbrellas and outdoor cocktail tables
for each chair, Jamaican music, reggae, jazz, monogrammed beach
towels, robes, new outdoor tableware and swimming pool floats.
Set it all out by the pool, made some mojitos and they not only
had a mini-vacation at home, but can have one whenver the mood
hits.
This
series celebrates getting out to see our own towns. So many
new venues are opening and new exhibits are everywhere. Then there
are the things we've driven by every day going to work and never
stopped to see. Take the time now. Be a tourist in your own town.
Submit
your photos with location description at sadams@socialwhirl.com
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Dallas:
Right: Photo courtesy the Wyland Foundation from the ribbon cutting
in 1999.
Notice the guys in the cherry pickers.
On
right: WW82
“Ocean Life”
Texas Utilities Building
505 Akard Street Dallas, Texas
Back:
164 Feet Long x 82 Feet High
Side: 50 Feet Long x 78 Feet High
Dedicated April 16, 1999
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