Skip the Shuttles in New York City

If you want to save money, but waste valuable time, take the Super Shuttle from La Guardia to your Manhattan hotel. My time in NYC is always limited — there’s way more I want to do than my time will allow. So when 3 hours of my time is totally wasted in transit, I get steamed. So would you … Read the rest of this entry »

Camp GetAway. Only Gals, Only Fun.

One of the many charms of Camp GetAway is that it offers a wide range of activities in which you can participate or not. If you’d rather hike or read a good book while others are trying their hand at archery, that’s fine.

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Camp GetAway: Summer Camp Experience for Gals Only

Pack Your Sleeping Bag and Send Yourself to Camp

May 23rd, 2008

by tish

Yes, I did say sleeping bag. And yes, I really mean “send yourself to camp.” Ginny and I did it this spring and rediscovered the pleasures of childhood “away camp” that’s now tailored to a gals-only environment. We went for a re-energizing weekend at Camp GetAway in the San Bernardino Mountains outside L.A. and San Diego.

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Santa Ynez Valley and Solvang: More Value, Less Costly than Napa

Just started up my computer this morning and noticed an article on MSNBC about recession-proof travel and Dollar-Friendly Destinations. The only U.S. destination listed is the Santa Ynez Valley — the area in which Solvang is located. Wow, Solvang! It’s not only a spectacular area, a delightful little town, but an excellent value for your travel dollar.

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Hadsten House in Solvang — Many reasons to stay even longer!

Our Solvang accommodations could not have been better. We chose the Hadsten House Inn and Spa right on the main street of Solvang. A perfect location for walking around town, the inn was also a terrific choice for beautiful accommodations and dining. You’ve got to check out its Web site and see what I mean about luxurious room accommodations! And I would highly recommend its brand new spa — the Haven Day Spa — that offered a terrific range of services. Ginny and I indulged ourselves in the 75-minute massage! Probably the best massage treatment I’ve ever had! Seriously.

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Our Perfect Girlfriend Getaway: Captivated by Solvang.

The Danish certainly know how to delight visitors. Just came back from what my friend Ginny and I consider “The Perfect Place for a Girlfriend Getaway.” And we do mean perfect. We visited an authentic Danish community in California.

Solvang charms you even before you get into town. It’s located in the Santa Ynez wine valley — rolling green hillsides with a big blue sky overhead. A bit north of Los Angeles, just outside Santa Barbara. The air smells fresh and springlike. Flowers dot the countryside. Exactly what we needed as we had just left (if only temporarily) a long, cold winter in the Midwest. (Get the rest of the story)

Visit 2 East Coast Cities on 1 Roundtrip Airfare

You’d love to visit New York again. But you’re dying to see Boston … or maybe Philadelphia or D.C. You can only afford one trip this season. Which city will you choose? Now you don’t have to choose just one city after all.

Introducing 2-city roundtrip travel on Midwest Airlines and an inexpensive fare between cities on the brand new Bolt Bus. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s Up in DUMBO?

New York City’s DUMBO area (Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass) has long been known for its unique and upscale furniture shopping, art galleries and coffee shops. Now DUMBO is bursting at the seams with upscale and downscale (bohemian) fashion. Get the scoop before your next trip.

Manhattan Vintage Clothing, Antique Textile Sale

If you enjoy vintage clothing and appreciate the quality of antique textiles, get on a flight to New York! More than 80 antique textile and vintage clothing dealers will be featured at this Vintage Clothing & Antique Textile Show & Sale. Friday/Saturday — April 25-26. Check out the information at Manhattan Vintage. For the very best nonstop flights from Milwaukee or Kansas City — at very competitive fares, visit midwestairlines.com.

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A High Wire Act Over the Georgia Treetops

The third leg of the mid-air tour was to be done on a high wire — a single wire traversing 60-80 feet of open air. Oh, we had side wires to hold on to and we did for dear life. But it turned out to be something we just stepped out and did, although quite carefully.

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Georgia Tree Canopy Tour Gets More Challenging

The zip line we had just traversed was fun. I kept my eyes open. I took in all the beautiful scenery. And I landed on my feet. It went fast, but no butterflies or flip-flops in my stomach as the zip line was more horizontal than vertical. No big plunge as on a roller-coaster or bungee jump. Very, very fun. Then we discovered that the next several legs of the canopy tour did not involved flying in the air, but walking on air! Oh-h-h my!

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X-Tremely High Flying Getaway in Georgia

Maybe you’re an adventurer, an X-Treme sport nut. Maybe you can’t even remember the first time you traversed a zip line. But Jamie, Loralee and I are not really X-Treme — well at least we weren’t X-Treme until we took the zip line “plunge” in Georgia. Now we think of ourselves as pretty X-Treme, I guess. We went out to Historic Banning Mills (just outside Atlanta) specifically to put ourselves to the test — the Tree Canopy Tour looked like fun, but could we really do it?

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