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Ten Best Experiences in Vancouver
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Ten Best Experiences in Vancouver

1. Edible British Columbia Tours. For delights (and calories) per minute, it's hard to beat the food-focused tour of the Granville Island Public Market offered by Edible British Columbia (previously mentioned here). When our next trip to Vancouver...

June 1, 2006
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Fourteen
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Fourteen

With two good friends in tow, we're off to Vancouver to celebrate our fourteenth anniversary. This is our first trip to Vancouver, where stunning sights await around every corner: the water, the mountains, the clouds boiling up out of the Pacific...

May 27, 2006
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In the Beginning was the Word
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In the Beginning was the Word

On our last day in Dublin, I make a point to see the Book of Kells. Dating to 800 CE, this illuminated manuscript, containing the four Gospels, is the oldest book in the world. The book is kept in sealed display case at Dublin's Trinity College. We...

February 20, 2006
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The Newgrange Tour
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The Newgrange Tour

We're up early, down for breakfast before the folks at the Stillorgan Park have their act together, onto bus 46A, and on O'Connell Street about an hour before our tour leaves for the tomb at Newgrange. The tomb -- really, more of an observatory that...

February 18, 2006
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No Big Girl’s Blouse
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No Big Girl’s Blouse

Everywhere in Dublin, we're seeing huge ads for the McDonald's quarter pounder with cheese. The ads (see photo) show a close-up of the burger, paired with a huge and puzzling tag line: "It's no big girl's blouse." It's no big girl's blouse? I'm not...

February 17, 2006
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Dublin
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Dublin

So we're in Dublin. The Romans called Dublin "Hibernia," the land of eternal winter. Perhaps it's the work of global warming, but our two days here so far make Dublin seem more like the land of eternal spring. We've got blue skies, bright sunshine...

February 17, 2006
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Northwest Airlines and Domestic Partners
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Northwest Airlines and Domestic Partners

Update: I received a great letter from Northwest Airlines explaining the following incident to my personal satisfaction. Long story short: Rob Ander is an Air New Zealand employee. His award ticket, won at an Air New Zealand party, does not allow...

February 13, 2006
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Of Passports and Twelve Percent
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Of Passports and Twelve Percent

Twelve percent of Americans own a passport. Twelve percent. Fully seventy-eight percent of Americans have never bothered -- and do not plan to bother -- to see the world. For someone like me -- someone obsessed with travel, someone already ready to...

January 28, 2006
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2005 – The Year in Cities
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2005 – The Year in Cities

Jason Kottke at kottke.org published his personal "The Year in Cities" list for 2005 -- a list of all the cities he's visited this year, with asterisks indicating the ones he returned to multiple times. He encouraged other bloggers to do the same ...

January 11, 2006
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