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ADVENTURES IN BEIJING (PART 2)

Teri B.

April 28, 2013

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International Travel, Wining/Dining

ADVENTURES IN BEIJING (Conclusion) … Our itinerary continued with a visit to the Summer Palace, which was mostly used by the “Dragon Lady” or Empress Dowager in the late 1800’s. She was the 7th Emperor’s wife or concubine …. or whatever and mother of the 8th Emperor and hugely influential. A large man-made lake in the center […]

ADVENTURES IN BEIJING (PART 1)

Teri B.

April 26, 2013

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International Travel, Wining/Dining

ADVENTURES IN BEIJING (PART 1). From Hong Kong, our China Southern flight of 3+ hours was made somewhat tolerable (I’m OCD about the A/C and the flight had none that was discernable) by the Taiwan national sitting between us who spoke great English. A resident of North Carolina who happened to be in China on […]

SANTA BARBARA ORCHID SHOW

Teri B.

March 9, 2013

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Things I Love, Things You Should Know

Happily a recent journey required neither a lot of cash nor a huge investment of time. In fact, who wouldn’t want to play hooky and, at the same time, indulge in a favorite passion … anyone who knows me at all can guess this would involve orchids. Every year, my best re-bloomer, now with 8 […]

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY IN NASHVILLE

Teri B.

November 28, 2012

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U.S. Travel, Wining/Dining

  So hard to believe we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving already! Maintaining our family tradition since the kids went off to college, we vote on a city where we all four spend the holiday together .. this year Nashville got the nod. Firstly, it is a non-stop flight from LAX on Southwest. That is big, especially traveling […]

A Visit to Sunnylands

Teri B.

October 30, 2012

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Things I Love, U.S. Travel

I have had a long fascination with a rather magical place, about which I could only read and see glamorous photos. I recently got to visit that place in person. It is called Sunnylands … Entrance on Bob Hope Drive Grand entrance to the home   QE2 and Mrs. A in the 70’s For those […]

Teri B.

April 28, 2012

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International Travel, Things I Love

Continuing on our journey, we left Vienna for Salzburg after picking up our rental car, a very fuel efficient VW Golf – important considering gas prices here are somewhere north of $8 per gallon (and we Americans complain …). I have now driven in a total of 14 foreign countries (both left- and right-hand […]

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