HOLIDAY HAVENS It's not too early to book a Yuletide getaway (Inside Bay Area)
IT'S BEGINNING to look ? well, actually nothing like Christmas....more...Bedford Springs Resort returns to its roots (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
The renovated resort rises, reborn, an elegant Greek revival redoubt nestled in the Allegheny Mountains, in Bedford County....more... Fall In Love With Autumn Travel (CBS News)
Though many people vacation in the summer, more Americans are postponing their travels until autumn rolls around so they can take advantage of lighter crowds and lower prices. Here are some great places to visit....more... O'Hurley waltzes into the home market (Los Angeles Times)
Actor John O'Hurley may soon be dancing with the stars in another ZIP Code. ...more... Cohoctah Twp. tiler devoted to preserving precious history (The Ann Arbor News)
Larry Mobley is building a bridge, piece by piece, between old and new. It's a mission that blends his passion for historic preservation, his love of art and his need to make a living....more... In the lion's lair (The Australian)
GETTING to the front gate of the house in Ravello, on the Amalfi Coast, has taken time and effort. I false-started nearly 25 years earlier when I mistook Rapallo, on the Ligurian coast, for the lair of literary lion Gore Vidal. His hillside fastness is actually more than half a country, and half a day, away to the south....more... Restaurant reviews: Sept. 27 (Contra Costa Times)
The following are shortened versions of full-length restaurant reviews that have run recently in the Times. The date the original review ran and its overall rating is in parentheses....more... Barton Inn is in business (The Buffalo News)
LEWISTON ? The Barton Inn Hotel and Spa on the Niagara River has opened for business ? partly, at least ? but it has come with a cost....more... One of Fitchburg's oldest houses on the market (Sentinel & Enterprise)
FITCHBURG -- The chimney is much bigger than most so it can support several fireplaces. The whole house faces southward onto Thomas Street to capture as much as sunlight as possible during the day; and some of the exposed wooden beams inside still...more... |