Gallagher's Travels

Where's Mary?

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We'll let you know next month!

Answer to last month's Where's Mary: City Park, Toronto.

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• June 21, 2009

Stylish in Seattle

Kilts. They swing from the hips, pleats dropping to just above or below the knee. In Seattle, they are likely to be Utilikilts, a wash-and-wear kilt made from cotton duck. The brainchild of Mexican-Polish Steven "Krash" Villagas, Utilikilts sport various pockets and loops to hold tools like screwdrivers and hammers, even small saws.

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• July 3, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: Washington

St. Louis Hosts All-Star Game

The movie and song of yesteryear—"Meet Me in St. Louis"—had as its backdrop the 1904 World's Fair held in St. Louis. That same excitement of the World's Fair is building as this rabid baseball town will soon host the 2009 Major League All-Star Baseball game on July 14, 2009 at Busch Stadium.

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• July 3, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: Missouri

Six New York City Hotel Renovations: More Reasons to Visit the Big Apple

From boutique 118-room lodgings to a super-sized hotel in mid-Manhattan, the Big Apple, recession or not, is inviting guests to stay in grand style in renovated and refurbished hotels.

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• June 21, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: new York

Hawaiian Plantation Life Revisited at Waipahu's Village Museum

Hawaii's Plantation Village Museum is nestled in the low rolling hills of Waipahu, fifteen miles northwest of bustling downtown Honolulu. Slumbering peacefully in the shadow of the pale slender smokestack of the now expired Oahu Sugar Mill, the museum village transports visitors back in time—a time not too distant—a time when "sugar was king" in Hawaii.

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• June 21, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: Hawaii

Hiking: A Georgian Caucasus Adventure

For the last ten years, I've promised my Georgian friend Lali that I would visit. She had lived in the U.S. for twenty years, become a U.S. citizen, and then almost ten years ago moved back to where her roots and heart are: Tbilisi, Georgia.

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• May 14, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, Russia

Disney Alternatives

Weary of the queues at Disney World, Epcot Center, and the like?

Why not treat yourself and family to more back to basics places?

An hour southwest of bustling Orlando is Polk County, Florida.

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• May 13, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: Florida

Bistro Bijoux: Beachside Charm

Bistro Bijoux, a restaurant and wine boutique, brings a touch of the south of France to the beaches of northwest Florida. Located in the Village of Baytowne Wharf at the 2400-acre Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, the award-winning Bistro is an intimate oasis serving coastal cuisine with a New Orleans flair.

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• April 19, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: Florida

Grand Manhattan Getaway Now? Deals Too Good To Pass Up

I spent the first morning of spring inside a snowglobe.

It felt that way as fat flakes swirled around skyscrapers outside the windows of the quiet Sky Lounge on the 39th floor of the New Yorker Hotel. The snowfall gave way to a crisp long weekend of vigorous, soul-satisfying re-visitations. Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, art from world masterworks to freshly erupted manifestos to amusing visual jabs at celebrities and common citizenry.

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• April 19, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: New York

Winter in Jackson Hole, the Tetons, and Yellowstone

I do not consider myself a world traveler although I have been to the majority of our 50 states (I still have the southern Gulf states to visit), taken many fishing trips and tours to Canada, several excursions to Mexico, a few cruises and scuba diving excursions among the Caribbean Islands, about a dozen trips to Europe in both summer and winter and an adventure into the jungles of northern South America on a Jeep tour. But high on my list of impressive experiences have been my two trips to Jackson Hole and to the Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in winter.

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• April 12, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, States: Wyoming

Costa Rica—Touring the 'Rich Coast' with Caravan Tours

This year we finally decided to take that trip to Costa Rica that we had thought about for many years. We were constantly hearing what a great destination the "rich coast" was, and some friends had recently traveled there and raved about the tour company they used. Costa Rica has become a very popular destination in the past ten years; and after our trip with Caravan Tours, we understand why.

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• April 12, 2009
• Posted in Destinations, Costa Rica