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November 30, 2009
There’s something to be said for direct flights to out of the way places. We are taking Jet Blue’s new nonstop service from JFK to St. Lucia, a small island near Martinique and Barbados. But instead of taking all day with connections in Miami or San Juan, we arrive in a little more than four hours. Nice!
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Beach Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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November 29, 2009
I'm perched in a wooden treehouse lazing on a cushy double mattress atop a white sand beach along Mexico's Riviera Maya. Overlooking the turquoise Caribbean Sea, I'm about as far away from holiday hoopla and craziness as I can get when the beach butler comes by to see if I need anything.
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Last Minute Deals, Travel Topics, Weekly Column
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November 27, 2009
Check out the lights! Four million--really--blue and green and clear ones on trees and buildings. Welcome to Dollywood. Of course it is named for star Dolly Parton who grew up in a two room cabin not far from here, pigeon forge, TN—you can even see a replica of the cabin where she grew up with 11 brothers and sisters and it seems one bed.
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Backyard Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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November 26, 2009
I haven’t stopped eating—corn fritters made from corn meal milled at the historic Old Mill that is on the National Register of Historic Places--continuously operating for 170 years. I started the day at The Log Cabin with country ham and fresh biscuits.
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Backyard Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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November 25, 2009
Trivia question: What is the most visited National Park? (Hint: It isn’t Yellowstone, Yosemite or the Grand Canyon) It’s Great Smoky National Park—more than 550,000 acres that straddle Tennessee and North Carolina that attracts more than 9 MILLION visitors a year.
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Backyard Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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November 24, 2009
I know when the new baby comes to visit it's tempting to put your grandchild in the same crib you used as a new parent. DON'T!
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Eileen's Blog
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November 23, 2009
The Living room is beautifully decked out for the holidays with greenery, wreaths and a tree in all its glory. On the mantel in my bedroom, Santa shares space with golden elk and garland festooned with bright red holiday balls and ribbon. Even the lamp is tied with a big red and gold holiday bow and there’s a poinsettia (albeit a silk one) in the bathroom.
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Backyard Vacations, Destinations, Families & Groups, Lodging, Travel Diary, Travel Topics
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November 23, 2009
I just got back from two entirely different kinds of destinations that are winners for entirely different kinds of families.
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Eileen's Blog
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November 22, 2009
As if traveling with the kids over the holidays weren't tough enough, this year we must contend with airline surcharges and swine flu, as well as all the usual annoyances and delays that go along with traveling -- especially with children -- during the busiest travel weeks of the year.
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Weekly Column
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November 15, 2009
Life has a way of changing planned celebrations. Jean Anne McKiernan and Richard Sandano were planning a big Brooklyn, N.Y., wedding when they discovered—very happily—they were going to have a baby.
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Cruises & All-Inclusive, Travel Topics, Weekly Column
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