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New Mexico: Llama adventure and Albuquerque’s beautiful Hotel Andaluz
So how to end a wonderful trip to the Taos area with a big finish? Jeanne Kitzman of the Taos Tourism knew that answer by hooking Robert and me up with Stuart and Leah Wilde of Wild Earth Llama Adventures for a day hike into the Rio Grande Gorge. Robert and I drove north from…
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Great time In Taos, New Mexico: Graham’s Grille
I’ve already mentioned the beginning of our trip to New Mexico that Robert and I had taken a few of weeks ago. After we’d arrived in Taos, New Mexico and had checked into our room at the Historic Taos Inn, we started out on foot to see the sites. It wasn’t hard because of the…
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Advice for Avoiding Baggage Fees
How many times have any of us searched for great airfares only to be surprised by what seems to be hidden extra costs including baggage fees? Janet Morrissey of the New York Times addresses this problem in her article, “Avoiding Baggage Fees”. Ms. Morrissey discusses the many lengths that travelers have gone in order to…
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Celebrating New Mexico’s 100th Anniversary:the Historic Taos Inn
This year is New Mexico’s 100th anniversary of statehood, and, earlier this month, my husband, Robert, and I traveled to this amazing area to join the celebration. As a kid I had traveled by train through this part of the Southwest and, ever since, I’ve wanted to come back to really explore some of its…
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Cooking Classes at the California CIA at Greystone
I’ve written about my tour, dinner, and flavor bar experience at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. The final part of this culinary adventure and what I had been most looking forward to was the course, “Cooking at Home” that would be taught by Chef Andrew Wild the next day. After our great dinner…
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USA Science & Engineering Festival-Interview with Big Bang Theory’s Amy Farrah Fowler,Mayim Bialik
My son, Alex, and I are such big fans of the Big Bang Theory and, part of the present success of this top rated comedy has to be due to the talent of actress Mayim Bialik who plays Sheldon Cooper’s girlfriend, Amy Farah Fowler. Ms. Bialik, who in real life has earned a Ph.D in…
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Dinner at Napa Valley’s Greystone Wine Spectator Restaurant
By the time we had finished our tour of the CIA at Greystone, we were all pretty hungry. Especially me because, having just arrived from New York that day, I was still moving as if it were still Eastern Standard Time-three hours later. I had heard wonderful things about the Wine Spectator at Greystone including…
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Inside California Wine Country’s CIA at Greystone
I’ve mentioned before of my visit last month to the CIA at Greystone with my brother Bruce and my future brother-in-law Bill. After our CIA flavor bar experience, it was time to tour the 117,000 square-foot facilities of this California branch of the Culinary Institute of America. Situated in the heart of California’s wine country,…
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Creatures of the Deep-Behind-the-Scenes of the American Museum of Natural History
After attending a preview of the American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light”, a group of other media people and I traveled below the museum’s main floors to take a behind-the-scenes tour of its Department of Ichthyology (fish) that was led by Zachary Baldwin. This fourth year PH.D student showed us what he said…
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American Museum of Natural History- How to Trick a Firefly
After my preview of “Creatures of Light,” at the American Museum of Natural History, I donned my special “behind the scenes” tour badge and quickly followed our guide through a series of stairs and side doors to an area rarely seen by regular patrons. In a small conference room, Marc Branham, Associate Professor Department of…
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Travel Gal Kim Swidler 