http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/ en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:48:06 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:08:47 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Faneuil Hall lights it's Christmas tree Saturday http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/faneuil_hall_li.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/faneuil_hall_li.html Events Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:48:06 -0500 Festival of Sweets this weekend in Burlinton, VT http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/for_every_sweet.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/for_every_sweet.html Events Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:43:18 -0500 Plymouth holds Food Fest during Thanksgiving Celebration http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/a_quahog_thanks.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/a_quahog_thanks.html Events Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:23:31 -0500 Artful Gift Show in maine this weekend http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/maines_got_artf.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/maines_got_artf.html Events Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:58 -0500 Running late after a break, one student rushes into Ataguttaaluk High School, while two other students are unconcerned about being late. It's mid-afternoon at Ataguttaaluk High School in Igloolik. Michele and I have parked ourselves by the desk of... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/bring_me_a_seal.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/bring_me_a_seal.html Canada Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:40:45 -0500 It wouldn’t be Christmas without a trip to the New York Botanical Garden’s magical “Holiday Train Show” in the Bronx. The “Big Apple” tradition that began 18 years ago features garden-gauge trains rolling past an array of more than 100... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/holiday_train_r.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/holiday_train_r.html New York Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:17 -0500 It’s a wonderful feeling to know you’ll need to come back to a place before you sit down. Eyes wide and fresh from the plane, we head to Bar Juanito in Jerez De La Frontera, Spain, for a crash... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/new_joe_7.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/new_joe_7.html Europe Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:47:46 -0500 Belle Brooke Barer’s bracelet. The tough part about attending this weekend’s Paradise City Arts Festival in Marlborough, Mass. is deciding what to buy because the 175 exhibitors from around the country create enticing and original work in clay, glass,... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/artful_decision.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/artful_decision.html Massachusetts Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:54:08 -0500 Artcirq rehearses for the Olympics The other day, on a bitterly cold morning in Igloolik, Michele and I suited up in four or five layers and started walking to the airport to meet up with Artcirq, the Arctic circus.... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/did_you_say_a_c.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/did_you_say_a_c.html Canada Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:26:19 -0500 Hotel Urbano at Brickell, Miami’s first boutique “art hotel,” is celebrating its January grand opening, offering guests their first night for $20.10 when booking two nights or more Jan. 1-29, 2010. Guests who book this offer will receive a... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/deal_miami_in_j.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/deal_miami_in_j.html Florida Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:21:22 -0500 I’ve done my fair share of articles on the increasingly popular trend of placing green roofs on buildings, used to absorb rainwater and cool the structure, thus saving on energy costs. But I knew something was up last night when... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/steve_a_greenho.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/steve_a_greenho.html Food Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:12:36 -0500 On my slog into Florida’s Big Cypress Swamp for Ways to the Glades NPR producer Greg Allen walked a few feet ahead with a microphone -- carefully – as the Glades photographer Clyde Butcher shared his world and art. Listen... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/into_the_glades.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/into_the_glades.html Florida Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:11:17 -0500 Painted faces and warm clothing were the trend for Halloween in Igloolik, Nunavut, this year with temperature at about 30 below zero Fahrenheit, with wind chill factored in. You couldn't have asked for a better Igloolik Halloween: Bright moonlight,... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/_painted_faces.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/_painted_faces.html Canada Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:12:14 -0500 A view of Iqaluit, Nunavat's capital, taken Thursday Oct. 29 in late afternoon (3:46 p.m.) IGLOOLIK, NUNAVUT – I'm here, near the top of the world, to write about Artcirq, an Inuit circus in the high Arctic region of... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/_a_view_of_iqal.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/_a_view_of_iqal.html Canada Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:13:34 -0500 Paradise City is redHot this weekend http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/the_jewel_in_th.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/the_jewel_in_th.html Events Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:27:29 -0500 When I die, I’m sending friends to scatter my ashes in a couple of my favorite places around the world. Barcelona’s La Boqueria food market will be one of those spots. I’ve said it before: I’d trade a meal... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/new_joe_6.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/new_joe_6.html Food Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:36:00 -0500 2 Vermont Shows offer arts and crafts http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/vermont_gets_cr.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/vermont_gets_cr.html Events Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:06:43 -0500 We were really impressed with the Spanish Room Mate hotel chain when we were researching our Spain guidebooks, so we were delighted to get word of the chain’s winter promotion at Room Mate Grace just off Times Square. Rooms start... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/hip_spanish_hot.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/hip_spanish_hot.html Deals Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:20:06 -0500 I thought my horseback days were done when I took my last pony ride at the age of 8. But my friend, Patti Nickell, a devotee of all things equine, had other ideas. A few years ago her enthusiasm... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/stable_home.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/stable_home.html Food Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:48:48 -0500 Tribute to Louis Armstrong this weekend in Portland http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/a_tribute_to_lo.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/a_tribute_to_lo.html Events Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:39:32 -0500 Wolf Night this Friday in Hartford http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/all_about_wolve.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/all_about_wolve.html Events Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:31:10 -0500 Every December, the Country Inns in the White Mountains, hosts an Inn to Inn Christmas Cookie Tour, and trust me, it's a delicious event. Fueled by butter and sugar and cider and tea, you can nibble your way through the... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/did_somebody_sa.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/did_somebody_sa.html Events Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:56:44 -0500 Dixie's selling Tupperware like no other http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/no_party_like_d.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/no_party_like_d.html Events Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:30:34 -0500 Thanksgiving like it was meant http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/an_historic_tha.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/an_historic_tha.html Events Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:36:59 -0500 National Indian Pudding Day this Friday http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/the_proof_is_yo.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/the_proof_is_yo.html Events Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:35:08 -0500 Back in July the French government decreed a whopping tax cut for diners. The country’s menu prices always include a 15% service charge (what we call a “tip”) as well as all the government taxes. The Sarkozy government proposed a... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/french_cut_meal.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/french_cut_meal.html Europe Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:31:42 -0500 Come January, you're going to be pining for warmth and sunshine. Here's a sweet deal that makes it possible, but given these rates for this property, act quickly. The Silver Anniversary Package at the Boulders Resort, in appropriately named Carefree,... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/january_sunshin.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/january_sunshin.html Deals Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:38 -0500 Taste of Newport on Sunday http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/tasting_for_cha.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/tasting_for_cha.html Events Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:37:26 -0500 If you're planning on venturing to the Big Easy for the Saints game on Nov. 30, you might want to book the New Orleans Marriott's Tailgate Touchdown package. The hotel is within walking distance of the Superdome. Package rates begin... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/a_saintly_offer.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/a_saintly_offer.html Events Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:43 -0500 It might be my inner Red Sox fan talking, but the best pizza we found in New York was in Boston. This is completely unscientific but while in New York, I had to make a choice between burgers or... http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/new_joe_5.html http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2009/11/new_joe_5.html Boston Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:16:47 -0500