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Friday, Jun 14, 2013

Much Ado About Madoo Garden Party! Garden Cocktail Party & Garden Market Preview Sale Celebrating 20 years of the Madoo Conservancy. 6-9 PM. Silent Auction & special live auction presented by Jamie Niven. Join us for delicious Swedish-inspired hors d'oeuvres from award-winning chef Görgen Tidén, special Madoo cocktails from Hendrick's Gin and wines from the Wölfer Estate Vineyard. Our auction lots feature trips to Sweden, beautiful garden furniture. and wonderful home accesso

If you’re a jazz fan living in California, you look forward to the summer season of festivals & winery shows in nice venues and great weather.  None is more highly anticipated than the Thornton Winery Champagne Jazz series in Temecula, this year celebrating their 25^th anniversary.  And as usual, the lineup of talent is stellar with names like Michael McDonald, Dave Koz, Kenny G, Spyro Gyra, Bobby Caldwell, Boney James, & Chris Botti.

But this Saturday June 15 will be truly exceptional with David

Italy is a great summer destination, bringing together amazing weather, world-famous food, and countless cultural treasures. If you hire a car in Italy for the summer, there are some things you should know, the most important of which is that there's a thing called the ZTL that you should keep an eye out for. Nothing gets foreign drivers fined more quickly in Italy than accidentally wandering into a ZTL.

ZTL stands for Zona a Traffico Limitato, and it's an area in the centre of the city in whi

Downtown Galveston is abuzz with new shopping options!  The Scentimental Perfumery by Valerie Villarreal and Texas Cowgirl are leasing newly renovated space from Mitchell Historic Properties in the Dargan and Tobyn building and Old Galveston Square respectively on the Strand near the newly opened Cariloha and Del Sol near Saengerfest Park.

The Scentimental Perfumery by Valerie Villarreal opens on Sat., June 15.  The shop is the newest addition to the Old Galveston Square family of shops at 2211 S

El mercado chino está de moda. Sea por el motivo que sea, cada industria y sector de la economía mundial quiere un pedazo de este enorme pastel. El turismo no es la excepción. Costa Rica no se ha quedado sentada, por lo que se ha lanzado a la caza activa de viajeros de este país. Fuentes gubernamentales afirman que se proyecta un aumento de cinco veces el número de visitantes del gigante asiático para los próximos tres años.

Según datos del Gobierno, más de 10.000 habitantes de la tierra del sol

We started you off on a cross-country road trip with Summer Travel Part 1. Now we're revving our engines for the next leg, which sees us passing through the“Cradle of American Culture” to the Badlands out West.

"Cradle of American Culture": Tour the Mississippi Delta to see the roots of much of American culture. Visit historic private homes in Vicksburg and Memphis, and enjoy a coffee reception at Mont Helena Manor, a magnificent example of Colonial Revival architecture. You can also tour the Del

Summer is coming and beaches are always the top choice of many tourists. Here are the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam that Lonely Planet magazine advises tourists to visit when they come to Vietnam.

1. Nha Trang

Many domestic and foreign visitors have visited Nha Trang for many years. Nha Trang is considered as the most beautiful beach in Vietnam with blue sea and an endless stretch of white-sand.

2. Mui Ne

Mui Ne beach with blue sea, white sand-dunes has captivated many people. It is blessed in f

When touring to Dai Lai tourist area in Phuc Yen Township, Vinh Phuc Province, tourists will have a chance to admire the wonderful natural scenery with a 500-hectare lake amidst an area of magnificent mountains and forests.

Moreover, a series of hotels, restaurants and entertainment areas around the lake will complete the setting and offer more options for tourists to kick back and enjoy their holidays. But it wasn’t always like this.

In the past, the lake area was a neglected valley on the side o

Egypt Shore Excursions for you from Alexandria port  to visit Cairo and the Pyramids and Safaga Port to visit Luxor .

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Your email inbox has 50 new messages. Your boss needs that top-priority presentation on her desk by midday. Your phone won't stop ringing. Your smart phone is buzzing with more email and text alerts. Your work team has called an impromptu crisis meeting requiring your immediate attention. Your key assistant is out sick and your client orders are out of control. You're still trying to figure out how to get Billy to soccer practice and Betsy to her ballet recital across town with only 15 minutes b

If it's true that 1-minute of video is worth 1.8 million words, then hotels and travel destinations may have found the "holy grail" that converts the grazing online process of looking at hotels, to actually booking them.

And there isn't a hotel or destination in the world that isn't seeking the business alchemy that converts lookers into actual customers.

Generally, the hotel's website is held responsible for making this magic happen.

Of course service that exceeds the client's demands, locat

Hanoi is famous for not only tourist attractions but also famous for good and traditional dishes. Hanoi Imperial Hotel would like to recommend you top 5 good dishes in Hanoi which you should not miss to try when travelling to Hanoi.

1. Phở (Noodle soup):

The dish was invented in the early 20 century and become one of the most famous foods in Hanoi. Pho or noodle soup is appeared anywhere from street vendors to high end restaurant chain Pho 24. Some is served with chicken and some with beef. Each type

7 SIGHTS OF THE SHETLAND ISLES - THE COSIEST BUS STOP IN THE WORLD / LA MAS CONFORTABLE PARADA DEL BUS EN EL MUNDO! - ISLAS SHETLAND

The cosiest Bus Stop of the World - Shetland Isles La mas confortable parada del bus en el mundo - Islas Shetland

Can you show me a cosiest bus stop than this one???
¿Me puede mostrar una parada de autobús más confortable que éste???

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7 SIGHTS OF THE SHETLAND ISLES  - THE COSIEST BUS STOP IN THE WORLD / LA MAS CONFORTABLE PARADA DEL BUS EN EL MUNDO!  - ISLAS SHETLAND

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The typical characteristics of Cu Lao Cau island are smooth sloping sandy beach, blue seawater, endlessly hills and mountains that create charming landscape...

Binh Thuan Province is rich in human and natural potentialities that are good advantages for developing tourism and service sector. The province has the coastal line of nearly 200 km with many beautiful beaches such as Mui Ne, Ca Na, Cu Lao Cau and so on. Cu Lao Cau is a small and young island rising in the middle of the sea, located in Tu

If you plan to pay a visit to Phu Quoc – the largest and the most beautiful island in Vietnam in this summer, you should not miss 10 interesting activities below.

Phu Quoc island is listed as the spotlight of Southwest region tourism by Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. There will be many types of tourism here such as: adventure tourism, ecotourism, and relaxation tourism. Besides, the orentation of tourism development in Phu Quoc is to focus on ecotourism and marine ecology, along with

Your email inbox has 50 new messages. Your boss needs that top-priority presentation on her desk by midday. Your phone won’t stop ringing. Your smart phone is buzzing with more email and text alerts. Your work team has called an impromptu crisis meeting requiring your immediate attention. Your key assistant is out sick and your client orders are out of control. You’re still trying to figure out how to get Billy to soccer practice and Betsy to her ballet recital across town with only 15 minutes b