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Highway to heaven
From the first light of morning, Hana turns your world upside down.On the far windward edge of Maui, Hana faces east, so dawn is the show, as if the day cant wait to begin. For anyone accustomed to the sundown sea of the West Coast, theres a disorienting moment as the clouds over the ocean brig
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The Northwests best late
PRIEST POINT PARK, OLYMPIA, WASea in the forestGeorge Vancouver called South Puget Sound the sea in the forest because the quiet waters keep beaches narrow, so trees shade the waters edge at high tide. Its heaven for birds and seals, and shell middens show that people have used this place for
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Sail away
Sailing is for heroes. Sailors hop to it, and in an emergency, they can be counted on to reef the mainsail and batten down the hatches.I am no sailor. In dire circumstances, such as the time my husband crashed our rented houseboat (repeatedly) into a dock, I have been known to jump around, sque
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Learning to live small
Life in
the Pearl
Moving to the Pearl often means accepting less space. We
asked Pearl District residents Jeff Alden (whose condo is shown at
right), Clair Callaway, Becky Porter, and Shaun Sjostrom for their
best tips on living small.
Dont cram. The fastest way for a small place to loo
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Viva Oaxaca!
Mole. One word, two syllables: mo-lay. The essence of Oaxacan food, mole is the ultimate sauce — the slow, perfect blending of complex flavorings. Its what establishes a Oaxacan cooks or restaurants reputation.These days, the reputation and quality of food from the Mexican state of Oaxaca (pron
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Your travel guide and map to Canadas Okanagan Valley
Download our Okanagan Valley winery map and guide
By Margo True, Sunset food editor
My favorite scene in the Disney classic Fantasia is the one in which the Earth evolves at warp speed, from a dark mass to a frenzy of erupting volcanoes and thundering dinosaurs. Normally, wine tasting does no
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Grazing Vancouver
The ol boys down at Memphiss World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest thought it was a hoot that these two guys from Canada were nosing around the smoking pits, peppering everyone with questions about woods and rubs and sauces. So the cooks guards were down and they pretty much spilled the b
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Designs best friend
Four years ago this month, Raymond Long, a music writer from New York, unleashed his vision of the ultimate furnishings store on San Francisco. Den has become a destination as much as a shop in the once-more-on-the-rise Mission District, offering design ideas to homeowners in need of inspiratio
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Going global in Denver
Take a drive down Federal Boulevard and youll encounter dozens of small restaurants specializing in world-spanning cuisines. We list our favorites from five ethnic categories; all are casual and inexpensive and offer sit-down service as well as takeout. Expect to wait for tables, since reservat
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Paso Robles Travel Guide
Getting there: Paso Robles is off U.S. 101, about 3 hours north of Los Angeles and 3 hours south of San Francisco. For more information on wine touring, contact the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance (800/549-9463).Paso Robles has become one of Californias most exciting wine regions. Ten years a
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Feeling at home in Minturn
WHERE: From I-70 just 4 miles east of Vail, take exit 171
and head south 2 miles on U.S. 24 to Minturn.
CONTACT: Minturn Town Office, (970) 827-5645.
ATTRACTIONS
Dogsled tour of Camp Hale. Reserve half-day trips with Nova
Guides. From $240 per sled (fits two adults).
www.novaguides.com or
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Vegas outdoors
PART I: DESERT ADVENTURESRED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAWander past petrified sand dunes, waterfalls, and red-tailed hawks on a free guided hike with Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association, or explore on your own by car, foot, bike, or horseback. $5 per car; main entrance to the pa
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Inexpensive Beverly Hills
As a kid growing up in working-class Los Angeles, I thought Beverly Hills was a faraway place reserved for privileged playboys and the Hollywood haves. Rich people lived in Beverly Hills; I watched Beverly Hillbillies on TV. I bought baubles at Target, not Tiffany. And I was in my 20s before I
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Get rocking in Kanab country
Deep within the serpentine chasm of Wire Pass, the sandstone walls narrow to a passage just 2 feet wide. The curving rock is luminous, glowing in shades of red as the labyrinth winds for a half-mile before opening to an amphitheater-like expanse beneath towering cliffs.GETTING THEREKanab is 83
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Secrets of the Outer Richmond
While my friend Hilary and I folded ourselves onto the floor cushions at Khan Toke Thai House (5937 Geary Blvd.; 415/668-6654), she wondered aloud why every time she goes out to dinner these days, she finds herself in the Outer Richmond.The answer is that despite its reputation for fog-blankete
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Oregon Caves, Cave Junction, OR
A fascinating passageway into the underworld beckons in
southwestern Oregon. Enter it and leave behind the mountaintop
perfume of hot firs, plunging into the 41° cavern. On a
90-minute guided tour, explore its narrow tunnels, lofty chambers,
and mineral formations, both glorious and ghoulish.
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View from the shore
Pointing to the fishing pier from his bait shack on the Edmonds
waterfront, Bud Christensen can hardly contain his enthusiasm.
Building that is one of the best things the state of Washington
ever did! And Ill tell ya, when the salmon are running, there can
be 100 people out there ― pullin em in
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Seattle, Washington restaurants
MORNING CUPEvery morning, Dillon hits Georgetowns All City Coffee, where he pulls up a chair at the long wooden table and chats with fixtures of the community. Great conversation leaves the gang caffeinated and inspired. $; 1205 S. Vale St.; 206/767-7146.CULT LUNCHYoull bond with the person nex
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Winter fun in McCall
Everyones hoping for a cold snap this month in McCall, Idaho. Not because theyre fans of frostbite, but because subfreezing temps will keep the powder dry on the just-opened ski runs at the regions new Tamarack Resort.And chilly days will aid construction and preservation of the stars of the to
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Mothers Day tea stops in Seattle
Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Bask in elegance in the Georgian
restaurant, with high ceilings and walls painted 11 shades of
yellow. Tea includes smoked salmon on pumpernickel, a Pike Place
Market fruit tart, and more. 2-4 daily; $25. 411 University St.;
www.fairmont.com/seattle
www.queenmarytearoo
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