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I Heart My City: Jennifer’s Abu Dhabi

Island Tips — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:57:44 +0000

Jennifer Garcia-Alonso is co-founder of The Purple Passport , a web-based collection of chic, one-stop-shop guides to experiencing the world’s cities in style. She is a New Yorker who has been living in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United …

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I Heart My City: Jennifer’s Abu Dhabi

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Floating On Heavenly Days – Castaway Winter Beach Bash

Island Tips — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:56:47 +0000

I always tell people, spend at least one day on the water when vacationing in the Caribbean. Nine times out ten, it will turn into their favorite part of the entire trip. Always a highlight for this Castaway. One of the perks of attending

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Floating On Heavenly Days – Castaway Winter Beach Bash

Behind the Lens: Macduff Everton in Japan

Island Tips — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:30:14 +0000

Chiiori guest house in the Iya Valley of Shikoku Travel photographer Macduff Everton has been around the world to cover stories for National Geographic Traveler magazine. His most recent assignment took him to the island of Shikoku in Japan for a January/February…

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Herculaneum: Pompeii’s mud-covered sister city

Island Tips — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:19:57 +0000

Naples, Italy You've probably heard of Pompeii, home of ash-covered treasures, as well as the bodies of unfortunate victims of Vesuvio's eruption in 79 A.D.? New excavation techniques using plaster casts were formulated, amazing art was discovered…

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A California Sunset, Cambria and Louisiana Gumbo…

Island Tips — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:30:53 +0000

Since I left my beloved California in the late 1980s and moved my life to Venice I’ve often been asked: What do you miss the most? It never takes me long to reply and check off the first three things on my list: family, friends and the weather . Often I stop there…

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Escape the Winter Blues with a Trip to L.A.

Island Tips — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:27:32 +0000

Most of the time, I love living in a part of the country that has four distinct weather seasons. But when winter’s grip is deep and strong, as it is now, I find myself longing for a warm respite. Oh, to be in Los Angeles, where February’s average temperatures range from 49 degrees F to 69 …

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Taking a Historical Sunset Cruise on the Kona Coast with Body Glove Hawaii

Island Tips — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:32:20 +0000

Body Glove Hawaii offers a very nice historical sunset dinner cruise that we had a chance to enjoy on our recent visit to Hawaii’s Big Island. The dinner, entertainment and sunset was very good, but what I especially enjoyed was learning the …

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Carnival Ecstasy Review

Island Tips — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:03:27 +0000

What’s better – new mega boats or the smaller, older ships like the Carnival Ecstasy? While I can’t answer the first part, I can say that the Ecstasy is an extremely fine ship and was as clean and polished as the Carnival Victory that …

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A Lake District hike for softies

Island Tips — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:57:52 +0000

A wild camping trip in the Lake District is designed to take you out of your comfort zone – and with unpredictable weather and testing terrain, it certainly delivers I’m bursting. Crossing my legs. Trying not to picture rivers or waterfalls. I’ll do anything to …