Outward Bound Takes Adventurers FAR from The Beaten Path
- 03.03.10
- Adventure, Alaska, Backpacking, Beach, Bermuda, Florida, Kayaking, Maine, Mountaineering, Mountains, Outward Bound, Sailing, Travel Adventures
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Who says all vacations have to be luxurious? As schools across the U.S. prepare to let their students out on Spring Break, I’m thinking back to one of my favorite spring break experiences: Outward Bound.
My Apres Ski of Choice: Vermont Cheese!
- 02.16.10
- Eating, Long Weekends, Cheese, Food, Mountains, Road Trip, Ski Resorts, Stratton, Vermont
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As much as we enjoyed our time on the slopes, one of the highlights of the trip was a stop on the way home. Cut to the Grafton Village Cheese Company. This cute little shop in Brattleboro boasts all the wares that Vermont is famous for (minus the tombstones).
This Week’s Mental Vacation: Montana, USA
- 09.17.09
- Mental Vacation, Mental Vacation, Montana, Mountains, Yellowstone
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Montana is one of those random places that I really want to visit, and to motivate myself to plan, I’m featuring it as this week’s mental vacation.
This week’s mental vacation: Derbyshire, England
After watching Pride and Prejudice this weekend with my girlfriends, my mind keeps wandering to the lush moors of the English countryside.
Travers Day in Saratoga: History and Horseplay
- 08.25.09
- Local Events, BBQ, Horse Racing, Landmarks, Mountains, Saratoga, Travers Stakes, Upstate New York
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With the Travers Stakes this weekend, many will travel to Saratoga, a town lying in the foothills of the southern Adirondack Mountain region of upstate New York.
Today’s Mental Vacation: Whistler
- 08.19.09
- Eating, Local Events, Mental Vacation, BBQ, British Columbia, Canada, Cycling, Golf, Gondola, Mental Vacation, Mountains, Olympics, Ski Resorts, Vancouver, Water Sports, Whistler
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Today’s mental vacation takes us to Whistler. Located in the Canadian Coastal Mountain range of British Columbia, Whistler is known as THE destination for winter sports. Like most ski resorts though, Whistler is equally desirable in the warm months.
Today’s Mental Vacation: Chexbres, Switzerland
- 08.12.09
- Mental Vacation, Lake Geneva, Mental Vacation, Mountains, Switzerland, Wine
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We’ve had some of the warmest days of the year here in NYC. After enduring the heat with faulty air conditioning both at home and in the office, what I wouldn’t give to be on a lake a couple thousand feet above sea level enjoying a cool glass of Reisling. Instead, I guess I have [...]