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California: Santa Barbara

Sophisticated living combined with a refreshingly laid-back California attitude in a drop-dead gorgeous landscape.
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California Wine Country: Napa

This mecca for passionate foodies offers some of the country’s most innovative cooking and cultivating.
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California: Los Angeles

Now that many of its beloved museums and monuments have undergone facelifts, it's time to revisit the City of Angels.
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California: San Francisco

From Nob Hill decadence to SoMa innovation, San Francisco blends old and new unlike any other American city.
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California Wine Country: Sonoma

Napa's neighboring wine country is renowned for great Pinot Noir vineyards, memorable boutique hotels and sublime restaurants.
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California: Carmel

Thanks to a host of activities, stunning landscapes and gorgeous resorts, the area surrounding the Pacific Coast's Carmel is a wonderful destination for the entire family.
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Zambia

A first-hand account of a philanthropic “reality" trip to Zambia that transforms the California families who sign up.
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California Wine Country: Sonoma: Where to Stay: Luxury: Les Mars Hôtel

For my most recent trip, I chose the classical Les Mars Hôtel, a sixteen-room Relais & Châteaux located just off the main square, where breakfast and evening wine are served...
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California: Los Angeles: Where to Stay: Overview

The hotel scene in Los Angeles is fragmented: depending on the type of your trip, the property that’s best-suited may change each time. Whether you’re there on business or for...
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California: Los Angeles: What to See & Do: Performing Arts: Walt Disney Concert Hall

Many feel that this Frank Gehry wonder in the heart of downtown is “L.A.’s Bilbao”—a spectacular stainless-steel structure of multiple curving façades, on a par with the architect’s acclaimed Guggenheim...
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California: Los Angeles: Where to Eat: Classics: Spago

In spite of now being part of a vast restaurant empire, Wolfgang Puck’s Spago still doesn’t miss a beat with superb service and eclectic cuisine influenced both by both the...
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California: Los Angeles: Where to Eat: Big Night Out: Lucques

In a few short years, owner-chef Suzanne Goin, a 2006 James Beard award winner, has turned this small place into one of the city’s most popular dining destinations. You sit...
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California: Los Angeles: Where to Eat: Relaxed but Refined: JiRaffe

It’s hard to believe that chef-owner Raphael Lunetta, the man behind this pure, fresh California-French bistro fare, is a local surfer boy. Open for dinner only, JiRaffe borders on being...
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California: Los Angeles: Where to Eat: Quick Break: Joe's

Upscale California cuisine on Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
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California: Santa Barbara: Where to Stay: Most Indulgent: San Ysidro Ranch

Santa Barbara and its upscale neighbor, Montecito, bill themselves as the American Riviera, and nowhere is that more true that at the area’s most renowned resort, San Ysidro Ranch. Originally...
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California: San Francisco: Where to Stay: Grand: Ritz-Carlton San Francisco

Old Guard San Franciscans flock to the 336-room Ritz-Carlton on Nob Hill to celebrate weddings and lavish charity dinners. The lobby always seems to be a swirl of social activity,...
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California: San Francisco: Where to Stay: Living Like a Local: Huntington Hotel & Nob Hill Spa

Fans of the genteel Huntington Hotel are low-key travelers who like the privacy and calm and its total lack of a pulsating sense of modernity. They thrill to the old-fashioned...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: coast of california

I am taking a trip with a girlfriend in July to the coast of California—she wants to relax by a luxurious pool and I want to be active – either...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: What to see and do during the day in Vienna

Vienna’s past under the Habsburgs is visible in so many places in the city and the Imperial Palace/Hofburg (http://www.hofburg.wien.info/hofburg-e.html ) in the city centre is a must see. Within the...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Tours for singles

In terms of active trip outfitters, Backroads, has a wide array of trips dedicated solely to single travelers, and they are offered all over the world from Ireland and the...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: Paris Apts.

I have not personally stayed at a Chez Vous apartment, but I’ve heard great things about this California-based company, especially about the modern, beautiful interiors which were designed by California...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: where to go in aug

California is gorgeous in September and out of the path of hurricanes. San Diego and Santa Barbara and Napa all have beautiful weather that time of year and tons of...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: golf school

There is great golf instruction connected with a lot of resorts in Arizona, California, Florida and along the east coast. Among the best are those at Sea Island and Kiawah...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: LA with kids for spring break

Shutters on the Beach and Beverly Hills Hotel in LA are great for families. Both have big pools and amenities for children. For our members there are also some good...
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Discussion Boards:Destinations: LA with kids for spring break

El Capitan Canyon in Santa Barbara has just been in touch with some great spa, wine and adventure packages for Spring. Choose from a Relaxation and Rejuvenation Spa Package from...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Best agency for furnished apartment rental in Paris?

Hello, Monique’s advice, asking a friend to visit the location if possible, is a prudent one. I have worked for many years with CHEZ VOUS, www.chezvous.com, which has beautiful Paris...
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Ask Advice:Questions and Answers: Montage vs. Peninsula

I ended up trying the Montage. But came back to The Peninsula within 24hrs. Found the rooms too dark for sunny California, and had to stay in a garden suite...
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Special Offer: El Encanto

Enjoy Continental breakfast, a $100 resort credit, private-label bottle of wine and a room upgrade upon availability.
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