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Asheville Inn and Restaurants

June 24, 2015 Leave a Comment

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  We spend our Asheville weekend at the Cumberland Falls B&B, a pretty, comfortable, beautifully landscaped inn in the Montford Historic District, about a mile from the city center. Although our room was comfortable and nicely furnished, the highlights were the staff and the breakfasts. The staff was very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful in …

Filed Under: Asheville, Cities, Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Restaurants Tagged With: Hotels, North Carolina, restaurants

Surveying the New and the Old of Charlotte, North Carolina

June 24, 2015 Leave a Comment

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  Our first, very brief visit to the state’s capitol city. It is, overwhelmingly, a city of new. New high rises and retail developments, new stadiums, new light rail system–mostly big, and mostly flashy. The biggest in the city–the corporate emblems of the city are Bank of America (which, being boomers, we …

Filed Under: Charlotte, Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Restaurants Tagged With: Hotels, North Carolina, restaurants

Exploring and Eating our Way through Eureka, Ferndale and Arcata California

May 28, 2015 Leave a Comment

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All three of these Humboldt County towns have their charms; especially in the form of grand, well-maintained Victorian mansions and homes. Each of the towns’ growth and prosperity was funded by a different source. Arcata, for example, earned its initial fortune by selling mining supplies to aspiring gold prospectors: Eureka from lumbering, it’s Trinity gold […]

Filed Under: Cities, Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Humboldt County Tagged With: Hotels, Humboldt, restaurants

Toronto: Queen Street Chronicles

June 6, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Toronto has gone through a revolution over the last decade. From a rather sleepy, even provincial city, it exploded during the boom years and continued growing (albeit at a much slower rate) during the Great Recession. Rapid population growth, and projections for much more of the same, prompted the city to proactively encourage (and in […]

Filed Under: Cities, Ontario, Sightseeing, Toronto Tagged With: art, Canada, Hotels, Toronto

San Antonio–Capitalizing on its History and its Water

April 24, 2013 Leave a Comment

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San Antonio is Texas’s second largest city. Considering its size, however, it is very accessible. It is also pretty and hospitable. Its tourist appeal centers largely on two of the city’s two most iconic sights: The Alamo, which serves as a poignant symbol of the state’s commitment to freedom, perseverance and sacrifice; and The River […]

Filed Under: Cities, Dining, Nature & Hiking, Texas, United States Tagged With: Hill Country, historic sites, Hotels, restaurants, San Antonio, Texas

Enjoy a little wine with your Travel?

March 9, 2013 Leave a Comment

Check out Bed and Breakfast.com’s new list of the world’s best Vineyard B&Bs. https://www.bedandbreakfast.com/toplists/top-10-vineyard-inns

Filed Under: Hotels, Wine Tasting Tagged With: B&B, Hotels, wineries

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