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Disneyland, Happiest Place on Earth?

9. April 2009

Disneyland is many things to many people. It's memories past and future. It's magic. It's expensive. It's a good walk spoiled. Wait, that last one is golf, but still, there's a lot of walking. Disneyland used to be one man's dream - the original magic kingdom, but it has since morphed into something much bigger, and though purists may disagree, perhaps better. Remember that when you're standing in line behind crying kids and screaming parents. It's the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down, and quite frankly, it's pretty magical.

Guest Blogger: Jeff’s Post-Flight Recap

17. July 2008

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Editor’s Note: Jeff Gates’ is off and running again. Catch up on his posts from last summer or his first post from his most recent trip to Spain. This is his second post from Spain. Jeff is the New Media Lead Producer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Managing Editor for its blog, Eye [...]

Guest Blogger: Jeff Hits the Road, Again

7. July 2008

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Editor’s Note: Loyal readers will remember Jeff Gates’ posts from last summer, when he took his family on an all-American vacation to Yosemite, Las Vegas and the Sierra Nevadas. Happily Jeff is hitting the road again this summer, first to Spain and then to the Pacific Northwest with his family. This is his first post [...]

Guest Blogger: Vagabondish

28. January 2008

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Why we travel: The View from Viator (click here) Editor’s Note: At Viator we are big fans of Vagabondish: The Travelzine for Today’s Vagabond. So much so that we’ve agreed to swap posts on the critical question of “why we travel.” The following is by Amanda K, an Australian travel addict, writer and English teacher who’s [...]

Don George in Kenya & Tanzania, Part 4

20. November 2007

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Editor’s Note: The following blog post is by Don George from his recent trip to Kenya & Tanzania. Don, a pioneering travel writer and editor for 25 years, is the host and creator of the adventure travel web site Don’s Place and the editor of the literary travel magazine RECCE. MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE – [...]

Don George in Africa, Part 3

29. October 2007

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Editor’s Note: The following blog post is by Don George from his recent trip to Kenya & Tanzania. Don, a pioneering travel writer and editor for 25 years, is the host and creator of the adventure travel web site Don’s Place and the editor of the literary travel magazine RECCE. His seven books include “Travel [...]

A Contemporary Family Vacation: The End

10. October 2007

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Editor’s Note: This is, alas, the final post in a series from Jeff Gates, the New Media Lead Producer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Managing Editor for its blog, Eye Level. Jeff’s family vacation has officially come to an end. Don’t despair, you can re-read all of Jeff’s posts here. San Francisco and the [...]

New York City: Things to Do for $20 or Less

28. September 2007

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New York City: Things to Do for $20 or Less

Editor’s Note: The following post is by Laura Z, the online marketing guru at Blurb; Laura also writes about her voracious book consumption on a different site. Lady Liberty A few weeks ago, my boyfriend visited his parents in Manhattan and seemed on the verge of not coming back to California. I flew out to fetch [...]

A Contemporary Family Vacation: Yosemite

18. September 2007

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Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of posts from Jeff Gates, the New Media Lead Producer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Managing Editor for its blog, Eye Level. Jeff is on a family vacation, which sounded like a great excuse to publish his trials and tribulations from the road. You [...]

A Contemporary Family Vacation: The Eastern Sierras

7. September 2007

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Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of posts from Jeff Gates, the New Media Lead Producer for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Managing Editor for its blog, Eye Level. Jeff is on a family vacation, which sounded like a great excuse to publish his trials and tribulations from the road. You [...]