Getaway Guide: Favorite Zoos, Near And Far
Some of our favorite stories revolve around animals we’ve encountered in the wild. Former KYW reporter Joe Donovan told a thriller about being treed by a moose in Newfoundland during an Air Force...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Top Restaurants To Go Sockless In Suburbia
There is a tradition among sailors that probably originated in nautical Annapolis. When warm breezes begin to blow, it’s time to burn the socks! Many of us simply tuck away all but the rattiest pair,...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: 2015 Chesapeake Boat Charters
Rent a vacation home at the shore and it’s called a “rental.” Rent a boat for a cruising getaway and it’s called a “charter.” The other big difference is the house doesn’t move, while the boat — which...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Nearby Zipline Courses
The sensation of flying through the air, harnessed to a cable, above treetop level at 50 miles an hour is exhilarating, thrilling, petrifying, challenging…pretty much all of the above. It’s called...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Fantasy Beaches
Coney Island in the 1940s. Now there was a beach. You and a million of your closest friends could park a picnic on the sand and find someone else’s hand in the basket — it was that crowded. Later, I...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Saratoga Springs
Get with me here: I don’t want to drive eight hours to reach a getaway destination. That’s a lost day. So, after four (tops five!) hours on the road, it’s time to make an overnight stop. Take in a new...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Basin Harbor, VT
Paddle a kayak out of a snug cove onto the waters of Lake Champlain and find an eye-filling panorama. The Green Mountains of Vermont to the east, the rugged Adirondacks of New York to the west, and...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Escape The Crowds During The Papal Visit
There is something truly inspiring about the arrival of a Pope in Philadelphia to celebrate an open air mass. The last time it occurred, in1979, over a million people crowded the Parkway, filled...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: St. Andrews
You don’t have to be a scratch golfer to be fascinated by the Middle Ages splendor of St. Andrews on the rugged North Sea coast of Scotland. Anyone who followed the British Open last week was also...
View ArticleGetaway Guide: Inner Harbor Cruisin’
There is an oasis of waterborne fun and adventure right in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Come by boat or direct from I-95 to the calm waters of the storied Inner Harbor and spend a day cruising on...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Hooking Dinner
What luck! My first ever fishing trip and the line is snagged, won’t budge, probably I think – hooked on a coral reef off Bermuda. My shipmates are talking about cutting the line. Then it takes off....
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Hurricane Hangups
Vacation plans are often set months or at least weeks in advance. Hurricane warnings can be a matter of days. And they frequently change course. So, how do we plan ahead for that shore, tropical...
View ArticleMore Top Fresh Air Eateries
I discovered fresh air lunching shortly after starting my first job in broadcasting. It was 1956 in Bermuda and like all first jobs, it involved living paycheck to paycheck. On this sunny day,...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses
There is a magical quality in a lighthouse. Collectively they have guided seafarers to safe harbors and destinations. They have sent out rescue parties in storm tossed seas to save those who foundered...
View ArticlePapal Weekend Getaway Update
There not much room at the inn if you waited till the last minute to book a get-out-of-town getaway for the Papal weekend. A lot has changed since our last update a week ago. If you recall, prices...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To A Cape May Autumn
Sixty-Three years seems like a lifetime. It’s that long since a city boy set eyes on pristine Cape May for the first time by sauntering into the Coast Guard Training Station in pegged pants and...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Columbus And The Virgins
With Columbus Day on the horizon, we tend to focus on the Admiral’s first voyage – the one in which he originally hoped to enrich himself and his family while throwing a few coins to Isabella, the...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Festival Time
Talk about climate change! When the climate around here changes from summer to fall, the harvest is in, the seasonal beers have been rolled out and there isn’t much to do with a corn field but create...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Regional Bus And Trolley Tours
Stranger in a big city? Staring at a map or GPS? Here’s another way of finding your way around the main attractions, enticing activities – even unique bars and restaurants that can be spotted from the...
View ArticleGetaway Guide To Winter Sailing
OK. You winterized the car, replaced summer clothes with chilly weather rags and had the heater serviced. Now there’s one more thing. Plan that winter getaway to a place where the sun shines, temps...
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