Located in Upstate New York, the Finger Lakes are linear shaped lakes that look just like. . . well, the fingers of a hand. There are 11 lakes, so that would be two hands plus an extra finger, and they all combine to provide an attractive recreation area for anyone trying to escape the craziness […]
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When you think of a beach vacation, the beaches of Hawaii probably come to mind. But how do you narrow down your vacation to the right island? You first need to decide what activity level you want. Are you looking for exciting night life? Or just some sun, surf and sand, and a little peace
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Think of wine, and you likely think of the Bay area of San Francisco. Think a little more, and you probably think of Napa. You can’t really go wrong with Napa, bBut if you stop there, you’d be missing out on a whole lot of great wineries – located on the other side of the
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For my last trip to New York City, I approached the planning process in a completely new way: instead of spending hours looking through dozens of sites for deals, lists of hotels, distance to landmarks, comparing prices and star ratings I used one tool: the Livability Calculator from New York magazine’s Neighborhoods issue, which I
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The New York magazine devoted its most recent issue to Neighborhoods and in the process of trying to decide which one was the most livable, they ran into some very interesting challenges. Unlike other rankings based on the opinion of an editorial group, they decided to arm themselves with as much information that would quantify
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