After all, there are plenty of options for historic inns and bed & breakfasts located along the southern Maine coast, and especially in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport (even consider the Franciscan Guest Housewww.franciscanguesthouse.com[as in Franciscan Monks], just across the bridge over in Kennebunk Beach).No, better scratch the monks probably not our style.


We wanted to travel to Maine for the weekend and there are plenty of places to stay and we wondered why so many people ...

Updated 08-14-2010 at 02:06 AM by omegaet (updated)

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With my 25th wedding anniversary rapidly approaching and no ideas what to get for my wife, I spent hours scouring Luxury Link and other websites for ideas. When the Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Washington appeared as an auction item, I placed a bid and was elated to get the package. Not only are we getting four nights in a nicer suite with a fireplace and oversized whirlpool, but we're getting a welcome wine tasting, breakfast for two every morning, a lunch basket one day, $100 credit towards spa ...

I am heading to the house my father built. It's an old tobacco barn, converted to a home. It was started in the sixties and originally housed my grandmother's art studio, grandma and grandpa. All the interior doors were made by Dad--rough cedar panel with diagonal cross framing. Mom and Dad moved in after my grandparents passed away. All the land was lovingly landscaped and mowed for so many years--by Dad--riding over a couple of acres of not-so-flat-land. Bamboo that overgrew and invaded the patio ...

The day before I was to turn in my rental car, I went to a PEMEX gas station in Tulum, Mexico. I was supposed to return the car with half a tank of gas, which is the amount in the tank when I got possession of it. I figured that by the time we drove all the way to Punta Allen, back to Tulum, and then to the Cancun airport, there would be around half a tank of gas left.



All gas stations in Mexico are owned by the government, but that doesn't mean that the people who are ...

Sunday, 2/21/10, our journey to Guatemala begins. Leave the house at 2am to drive to Newark International airport for the flight to Guatemala City. Finally arrive in Guate at 2pm in the afternoon - 1 night stay at the Howard Johnson's in Zona 9 Guatemala city - free shuttle from airport and breakfast included - not bad for $56 a night when you just need a 1 night stay in Guate City.



Monday - day 2 of our journey begins. The shuttle to Lake Atitlan arranged by Elizabeth ...