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5 Most Miserable Spots to Vacation

By Susan Breslow
in :  World Travel
shower room at the Hotel Oleana, Bergen, Norway

Depending on where you travel, you may come to realize that leaving home was a terrible mistake. That's because every destination with a public relations budget endeavors to attract tourists and drive revenue. Yet every destination doesn't deserve a visit from you.

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Reflections on 35 years of travel-writing: Some Favorite Destinations

By Fyllis Hockman
in :  World Travel

When my 15-year-old granddaughter, Talya, asked me what my favorite destination was, I had to take a minute. After 35 years as a travel writer, my usual answer to that question is wherever I’ve been last, but I felt she deserved more than my usual flippant reply.

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A Dog Riddle

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF

We have 3 cats and 2 dogs in our home and those animals shed lots and lots of hair. And the hair (especially the soft cottony ones) are so light they go airborne like the Rono virus. Guess who vacuums the dander? My daughter who brought in the 3 cats? No way! My wife who adopted the 2 corgi dogs? Never! It's poor, forsaken, forgotten, unlucky me.

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Waiting to Exhale

By Skip Kaltenheuser
in :  World Travel
terra cotta warriors at an excavation, Xi'an, central China

I find myself in the centre of a massive pit, surrounded by thousands of rigid warriors tall enough to look down on me. Posture perfect despite their years – twenty-two centuries – they stand in defiant battle formation. Overwhelmed, I back up to photograph a wiseacre standing behind a warrior who is missing his head. I accidentally bump against the warrior behind me. Down he goes. Then down go a hundred, like dominos.

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The Incredible Chinese Gardens at Huntington Library

By Greg Aragon
in :  Travel USA
Chinese Gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

If you are looking for a beautiful and relaxing outdoor getaway for the day, the new Chinese Gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens are a spectacular sight to behold. Reopened to the public this summer, the Liu Fang Yuan, or Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the largest classical-style Chinese gardens in the world.

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Car Blinker

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
Car Blinker preview

Ole was hitch hiking. When a car pulled to the side of the road, the driver asked Ole to go to the rear of the car and help him check the right rear turn signal blinker light.

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Talking Dog

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
Talking Dog preview

A woman walks into a bar with his dog. "This is a talking dog. If this dog can answer my questions, who will buy me a drink?" she asks.

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The Fottle

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
The Fottle preview

An inventor wrote that: I went to the NZ Patent Office trying to register some of my inventions. I went to the main desk to sign in and the woman at the desk had a form that had to be filled out.

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Covid Blues

By Raoul Pascual
in :  Raoul's TGIF
Covid Blues preview

Oh my, things have really gotten bad! The recession has hit everybody really hard.

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The T-Boy Society of Film & Music’s Favorite Man Made World Wonders

By T-Boy Society of Film & Music
in :  T-Boy Society of Film & Music
St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow

On May 15, 2020, the T-Boy Society of Film & Music met via Zoom for the final vote in members' favorite Architectural Wonders. This easily turned out to be our most popular poll. There were virtually no repeats in members’ top selections, with no clear winners.

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