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Hollywood: A Local’s Guide to Bargain Fun

Hollywood: A Local’s Guide to Bargain Fun Words and photos by L. Paul Mann Hollywood is well known the world over as California’s ultimate tourist destination. Millions of tourists visit the iconic...

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Nassau

NASSAU By Vern Hobbs “Nassau! Cool! Are you staying at the Atlantis? I hear it’s fabulous! Maybe the Crystal Palace — largest casino in the Caribbean, you know,” my favorite bartender exclaimed upon...

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John & Mary Nolan’s Ireland

John & Mary Nolan’s Ireland As tourist destinations go, it’s hard to beat Ireland for overall satisfaction. Its small size makes it easy to see many of the main tourist attractions with room to...

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Prague

PRAGUE By Vern Hobbs They say forbidden fruit is sweeter, and everyone knows the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. So it was three decades ago, when I was first smitten with the charms...

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Austerity Travel Tips

Austerity Travel Tips By M. Alberto Rivera By the time this hits the newsstands, gas prices will probably have reached $5 a gallon or more and your side will most likely cramp with pain, real or...

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Cape Breton Island

“It’s the part that looks like a lobster claw,” my wife said, explaining Cape Breton Island’s geographic relationship to the rest of Nova Scotia. It was time to escape the equatorial heat of deep...

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South of The Border: Hamer, SC

South of The Border: Hamer, SC M. Alberto Rivera It’s hard to beat South of the Border for classic, roadside Americana kitsch. If you’ve ever driven on I-95 in either North or South Carolina, then...

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The Mothman Festival, Point Pleasant, W.Va.

The Mothman Festival, Point Pleasant, W.Va. M. Alberto Rivera If all you know about the Mothman comes from that unwatchable snoozefest of a film starring Richard Gere, then take a moment to wipe it...

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Southeastern Arizona

Southeastern Arizona - In the Footsteps of Buffalo Soldiers, Gunslingers, and Miners By Vern Hobbs www.flying-fish-creative.com “Draw, varmint!” I said in a low voice, bent slightly at the waist, eyes...

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Transylvania

Transylvania • By Dicky Funston • “… Sometimes, as the road was cut through the pine woods that seemed in the darkness to be closing down upon us, great masses of greyness which here and there...

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Bok Tower Gardens

Bok Tower Gardens • Vern Hobbs This month, as we honor our veterans and observe Thanksgiving, consider a destination, not far from home, that represents one man’s gratitude to his adopted nation. Bok...

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Estonia: Land of Song

Estonia: Land of Song By T. Bennison “So he paused. And the Grinch put his hand to his ear. And he did hear a sound rising over the snow. It started in low. Then it started to grow. But the sound...

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Haiti: A Land Forgotten

Photo: Ezra Millstein Haiti: A Land Forgotten By Dan Reiter Last November, I took a charter flight into the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, with Habitat for Humanity’s annual Carter Work Project. Our...

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Mykonos

Mykonos By Vern Hobbs www.flying-fish-creative.com Sinking in boredom, I paged mindlessly through the cable news channels. On one, an animated commentator dissected the most recent GOP debate. On...

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The Blasket Islands

THE BLASKET ISLANDS By Tobin Bennison “One day there will be none left in the Blaskets of all I have mentioned in this book — and none to remember them. I am thankful to God, who has given me the...

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Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park By Vern Hobbs “Man, when you’re out there, surrounded by fourteeners, I dunno … just does something to your soul!” my gypsy-blooded neighbor exclaimed, struggling to find...

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Seville, Spain

SEVILLE, SPAIN By Tobin Bennison Every country is far more varied than it first seems to the casual traveler — experience, for instance, will teach one that France is defined as much by Marseille is...

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Mermaids, Sponge Divers, and Optimists

Mermaids, Sponge Divers, and Optimists By Vern Hobbs Funny, isn’t it, how little, insignificant glances sometimes inspire us to action and set plans in motion? It was a magazine cover (I can’t remember...

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De Leon Springs

De Leon Springs Water. There’s really nothing quite like it.    We’ve got gallons of the salt variety to spare here in Florida, and that’s what seems to draw the most attention, skirted as it is by...

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A Journey Less Encumbered

A Journey Less Encumbered      Escape to the Backus Museum & Gallery By Vern Hobbs - www.flying-fish-creative.com Conventionally speaking, a journey involves physically moving from one location to...

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