Tag: amtrak
member name: Ellen Wojahn
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December 07, 2006 05:12 PM EST --
If ever there was a weekend to get out of town, this one was it. Rain and snow was in the forecast and, thanks to Thanksgiving and the biggest in-state football game of the year, roads were sure to be . . .
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December 19, 2006 10:04 AM EST --
Click here to read Part 1
We hadn't known what to expect of a holiday tree-lighting; perhaps a few hundred people watching the mayor . . .
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May 16, 2007 04:14 PM EDT --
Lorraine stood on Bleecker Street looking perplexed. She turned her walker this way and that, scanning the blocks for something she evidently wasn't finding. "Where's the center of Greenwich . . .
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September 13, 2007 03:12 PM EDT --
We were looking for an end-of-the-season hurrah, something that would qualify as what our family calls the annual "Suck the Marrow Out of Summer" trip. (Sorry, but that's what we call it.) . . .
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March 20, 2007 09:42 AM EDT --
Forget historical sites, scenery, culture, and all that other sightseeing stuff. Sometimes we travel just to shop, right?
Well, fellow shoppers, if it's a full-day shopping experience you're . . .
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April 10, 2007 10:05 AM EDT --
From little wheels on a stroller to big wheels on a wheelchair, my family's experiences with Orlando, Florida -- the world-renowned land of the theme park -- have been shaped by those not able to sight-see . . .
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January 08, 2007 11:04 AM EST --
Want to feel what it's like to live through a tornado? Or, pilot a riverboat down the Mississippi? Or, step into a sound booth to try your pipes at recording a pop song? Then, come along with me and . . .
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March 05, 2007 05:52 PM EST --
When I asked my son if he wanted to go to Seattle, he gave me the rolled-eyes treatment. "Hilarious," said the 14-year-old.
You see, Seattle is a running joke in our family. When Ian was little, . . .
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April 24, 2007 10:04 AM EDT --
Whenever somebody asks me about touring Washington, D.C., my stock response is: “Do it! Everything’s free!”
That’s a bit of an overstatement, of course, but not by a lot. . . .
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January 22, 2007 09:48 AM EST --
I've never liked counting sheep. When insomnia hits, I mentally trace my steps from Boston's Public Garden to the harbor. It's a complicated, zigzagging route, but one that remains familiar . . .
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May 17, 2007 09:20 AM EDT --
[Continued from Part I]
Amtrak serves New York with 14 different routes coming from the north, west, and south. The newest, fastest and best-known of these is the Acela Express, which plies the Northeast . . .
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January 02, 2007 06:13 PM EST --
If there is a sure-fire way to regress to the unfettered joy of childhood, for me it may be to travel north out of Flagstaff, Arizona, headed for . . .
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March 26, 2007 01:31 PM EDT --
Throw a dart at a map of the southwestern United States and, if you nearly miss the whole map, you've probably hit El Paso, Texas. It's wa-aaay down there, just across the Rio Grande from Ciudad . . .
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September 25, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
In my favorite train movie, I am a 20-something ingénue, footloose and fancy free in Europe. I'm also lithe and French, which is somehow harder to imagine than being a couple of decades younger, . . .
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June 13, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
You will be forgiven if your first impression of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the springtime doesn't quite match the postcards. The sun does not blaze in March or April. The turquoise paint, so popular . . .
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August 28, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
Two of the things Chicago is best known for are its museums and its live music. With three days of convention behind us and way too much McCormick Place sterility leaving us eager for visual stimulation . . .
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August 21, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
Okay, I've done the research, and I'm here to tell you that none of the labels and slogans commonly associated with Chicago apply. "The Windy City?" Not in August, when it's a breezy . . .
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