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Where the hell is Rhinebeck, New York

Where the hell is Rhinebeck, New York

It’s the wedding of the century or the weekend, depending on who you talk to. Chelsea Clinton is tying the knot to some guy (his name is Marc Mezvinsky, and eventually will get his own Wikipedia page, he doesn’t have one now). While the media just won’t shut up about this wedding, we’re more...
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Gulf tourism will cost $23 billion to fix

Gulf tourism will cost $23 billion to fix

The oil has stopped gushing and the media has gone on to cover other breaking stories. Oh, there may be a couple of hundred million gallons of oil still floating around, but, well, whatever, if there’s not fresh video of birds dying, what’s the point of covering it? Sadly, that is case of our...
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Riding out of history: King Tut’s chariot awaits NYC

Riding out of history: King Tut’s chariot awaits NYC

King Tut, who’s been dead for about 3,300 years, should be aware of the following rules in New York City. Parking, when you can find it, is very expensive. And that’s only if you can find it. Double parking, while illegal, is often the preferred method if you’ve just got to run into the...
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Chicago: Live in a museum for 30 days, collect $10,000

Chicago: Live in a museum for 30 days, collect $10,000

Some trips are an adventure. Now Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry are offering a once in the lifetime adventure that will never let you leave the confines of its walls. The museum wants one person to live there for 30 days. That’s 24/7 inside the museum. When people leave, you stay — able...
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LAX goes Pink’s

LAX goes Pink’s

It only makes sense that Los Angeles International Airport would get the hotdog stand for the stars. Pink’s hot dogs, which, according to the LA Times Travel Blog, has been steaming up wieners to Hollywood’s finest for seven decades has now opened up a stand at LAX. Passengers haven’t had this much access to...
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Hitched: Jax Beach’s Casa Marina Hotel named top wedding venue

Hitched: Jax Beach’s Casa Marina Hotel named top wedding venue

If you're looking to tie the knot, or just kick back for a long weekend, check out Jacksonville Beach's hidden secret, Casa Marina Hotel.
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Aim High – Oakland is

Aim High – Oakland is

Oakland – the highest city in California at sea level is aiming higher. Come November, you may want to think of Oakland as a vacation destination. If you plan your vacations around where you can get high, you’re probably aware that California has an initiative on the ballot in November to legalize marijuana. Chances...
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Hey Everybody, Let’s puke

Hey Everybody, Let’s puke

Before I go off half-cocked (and I don’t mean like the complaints I get at home), in the interest of full disclosure I have to admit that I’m old, I’m tired, I’m occasionally irregular and I’m worn out from having to occasionally outrun hordes of syphilitic cavemen as I walked to school 231 miles...
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Dreamliner makes international debut

Dreamliner makes international debut

The Boeing 787 — that super plane about to enter fleets around the world — made its first international debut by flying non-stop from Seattle to Farnborough, United Kingdom. The big beauty of a bird will be on display for Monday and Tuesday at the Farnborough Air Show and then will pack up and...
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Good deal, bad deal, no deal? Discount programs that do/don’t suck

Good deal, bad deal, no deal? Discount programs that do/don’t suck

We’re starting to see that SmarterTravel.com is actually pretty intelligent about the way it approaches things. Reporter Sarah Pascarella took a stab at all of those pay for a discount cards and found out — most of them are not nearly as good of a deal as you might think. The City Passes Pascarella...
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