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Getaway Guide: Big Apple Neighborhood Acronyms
New York City landmarks do not move; they stay put. But the neighborhoods they inhabit have a way of changing names and boundaries. The city has gone acronym berserk and hot neighborhoods have suddenly...
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Getaway Guide: The Toronto Blue Jays’ Stadium
“Following the Phillies” can have different interpretations. It could mean nesting into the lounger and clicking the remote, heading to a ball park in South Philly or jumping in a car, plane, train or...
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Getaway Guide: Boat Guest Safety
The excitement over summer’s approach sometimes involves the anticipation of invitations from boat-owning friends for a weekend of fishing and cruising aboard everything from compact fishing skiffs to...
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Getaway Guide: Cape May Point
When your tires get wet, you’re there. “There” is Cape May Point at the very tip of the New Jersey shore, just below the Mason-Dixon line. A constant parade of visitors migrates to this unique spot in...
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Getaway Guide: The Captain John Smith Water Trail
Bet you didn’t know that June is National Trails Month. It’s the perfect time for celebrating America’s vast system of historic and recreational trails. The weather now is generally ideal for hiking,...
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Getaway Guide: The Gardens Of Summer
If there’s a garden, Mary will find it. Wherever travel takes us, while I search out ships and boats, my chief mate discovers the beauty, the floral fragrances and the sculptures that define some of...
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Getaway Guide: Star-spangled Baltimore
Two-hundred years ago this coming September, the National Anthem was penned in Baltimore by Francis Scott Key, who saw that “our flag was still there” as the British were bombarding the city. Of...
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Getaway Guide: Shore House Cooking
A funny thing happened “On the Way to Cape May”: That shore vacation for Mom or whoever does the cooking in your house became a working vacation. You rented a house with a kitchen instead of a hotel...
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Getaway Guide: Milford In The Poconos
How did a sleepy little Pocono Mountain town become Shangri-La on the Delaware? In the case of Milford, Pennsylvania, location helped. Then there was the history, an influx of artists, artisans, chefs...
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Getaway Guide: MORE Sunday Drives
The idea of a Sunday drive in the country was to get away from the familiar yet stay within an hour of home and just enjoy a leisurely day of meandering. But having a destination in mind creates a bit...
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Getaway Guide: A Senior Day Trip To Philly
One of the joys of retirement is the ability to get up and go, even if it’s just a day trip. To sweeten the pot, there are discounts — and even free! — stuff, making fun that much more affordable for...
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Getaway Guide: Mohonk Mountain House
As the Hudson Valley rises from its namesake river to the mountains, a castle appears out of the frequent morning mist. Mohonk Mountain House, a sprawling complex of connected buildings, is set among...
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Getaway Guide: Fall In The Pocono Mountains
Fall is one of my favorite seasons to ramble through the nearby Pocono Mountains. The summer crowds are gone, skiers haven’t arrived, driving is a scenic pleasure and the region is alive with...
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Getaway Guide: Exploring The Mountains Of Western Pa. In Fall
Go west, young leaf-peepers. The colors of fall are already sprinkling the mountains that cradle the Pennsylvania Turnpike from the Susquehanna River to the Ohio Gateway. The Catoctin, Kittatinny and...
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Getaway Guide: A Big Apple Museum Crawl
Museums are much more than big imposing buildings stuffed with relics of the past. In nearby New York, they come in all flavors, from large to as small as a rowhouse. While they do contain...
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Getaway Guide: Fall At The Jersey Cape
When fall settles in at the Jersey shore, birders come out in droves. So do nature seekers, diamond hunters and breach strollers. It’s a special time at the southernmost tip of the Garden State where...
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Getaway Guide: Trips For ‘Loners’
Silent screen star Greta Garbo was famously quoted as saying, “I want to be alone.” She denies it, but the quote stuck and is often uttered by loners who echo Garbo’s claim to have actually said, “I...
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Getaway Guide: A Weekend In New Hope
There’s always a ray of sunshine just beyond those frostbitten cheeks. For instance, the waning days of winter are some of the best to visit local getaway spots, whether for a day-trip or destination...
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Getaway Guide: Favorite Pubs, Both Near And Far
It’s that time of year to celebrate the most universal of all entities – the Irish pub. No matter where we travel, the warmth and flavors of Irish pub food, companionship and a common language are...
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Getaway Guide: Follow The Phillies
Popcorn, peanuts and Cracker Jacks plus a road trip turns a day at the ball park into a destination getaway. Baseball season is on the horizon, and nearby major league cities are beckoning. So, where...
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