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ON THE TOWN 

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CRUZ 

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COVER: PHOTOGRAPH BY FABRICE TROMBERT/RETNA; NEXT PAGE: PHOTOGRAPH BY GENE ALMENDINGER (PHOENIX), 

JEAN-FRANÇOIS GRATTON (EVENTS); ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELE ROSENTHAL (REEFS) 

ON THE TOWN: DALLAS/FT. WORTH Get the dish on Dallas’ hometown 

star chefs • The area’s best vintage shopping spots • New hotels breathe 

new life into historic buildings • An inside look at the thriving alt-country music 

scene • Plus not-to-be-missed attractions, cultural events, fun facts and more. 

“ Alternative country is a very stripped-down, gutsy, gritty 

merger of country, rock, folk and blues.” (Page 49) 

FEATURES 

053 MOUNTAINS 

OF KNOWLEDGE 

Colorado locals 

reveal their 

favorite runs, 

restaurants and 

more in Vail and 

Breckenridge. 

060 PICKING 

A WIENER 

The search is on 

for the Windy 

City’s best hot 

dog. Will our 

intrepid Chicagoan 

fi nd it? 

064 SOCIAL 

SCIENCE Learning 

has never been so 

fun than at science 

cafés popping up 

across the country. 

070 PENELOPE 

CRUZ: LOST IN 

TRANSLATION 

The “Spanish 

Enchantress” 

has yet to have a 

major American 

hit. Will the highly 

anticipated Nine be 

her fi rst? 

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NOVEMBER 2009 GO MAGAZINE

004 CONTENTS 

LET’S GO The top 10 mustdos 

in Phoenix 009 This 

month’s greatest events 012 

Get in gear for ski 

season 015 The creatures 

inside Miami’s artifi cial 

reefs 017 How to look 

beautiful on a budget 018 

Nerd alert! Hotels fi t 

for geeks 021 Spotted: the 

best food trucks in New 

York City 022 Director 

Kevin Smith on his New 

Jersey hometown 024 

IN EVERY ISSUE: 

077 In Business Take notes with digital 

voice recorders • Are netbooks right for you? • 

Performance reviews can help your bottom line • Local currency takes off 103 GO Guides Discover the 

best places to shop, dine and explore in each city we serve. 144 More For You See a list of more than 100 

channels available onboard through XM Satellite Radio. Also, look over AirTran Airways’ programs, route 

map, clothing and infl ight beverage offerings. 153 Puzzle Pages Crossword and Sudoku 

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CEO’s Letter 

Snorkeling in Aruba 

WELCOME ABOARD AND 

THANK YOU FOR FLYING 

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS. 

As we pause to celebrate Thanksgiving this month, there’s no better 

time to refl ect on all the reasons we have to be thankful. Like 

many of you, I’m grateful fi rst and foremost for the people in my 

life—family, friends, neighbors and work associates. 

As a nation, we can be thankful, even in this season of challenge, for the 

great fortune of living in a country brimming with freedom, promise and 

opportunity. Our society continues to extend to each of us the “blessings of 

liberty” that generations have struggled to secure. 

I’m also thankful for those who put themselves at risk on our behalf, from 

police offi cers and paramedics to fi refi ghters and other fi rst responders. 

And I’m thankful beyond words to the military men and women protecting 

our way of life and advancing the cause of freedom overseas. The sacrifi cial 

service of these heroes and their families is an inspiration to us all. 

On a professional level, I’m thankful to work alongside the outstanding 

Crew Members who build the success and reputation of AirTran Airways 

on a daily basis. I also appreciate the patronage of customers like you. We 

know we work for you, and we strive to deliver the best possible experience 

on every fl ight. 

Thanks to your support and the ongoing work of our Crew Members, 

AirTran Airways continues to add new fl ights and destinations, bringing 

low fares to more people and making more places affordable. 

AirTran Airways has long been the go-to choice of Floridians and Florida 

vacationers, and we keep 

growing in the state. Next 

month, we add Key West, our 

10th Florida destination, and 

roll out more Sunshine State 

nonstops serving Boston, 

Chicago, Pittsburgh, Columbus, 

OH, and Branson, MO. 

And that’s not all we’re 

doing to make it easy for you 

to enjoy some well-deserved 

sun and surf this winter. 

While continuing service to 

Cancun and San Juan, we’re 

adding three new tropical 

destinations. Flights to Aruba 

and Nassau, Bahamas, begin 

next month, with service to 

Montego Bay, Jamaica, scheduled 

to start in early 2010. 

In September, I asked our 

customers to support oil 

speculation reform and help 

stop the excessive speculation 

many experts believe 

is increasing oil prices and 

market volatility. If you’ve 

sent a letter or email to your 

elected representatives, I want 

to thank you and let you know 

you’re making a difference. 

Right now, we can protect 

our economic future, if 

Washington acts quickly to 

end runaway oil speculation. 

If we wait, we increase the 

risk that a new oil price 

spike could harm or delay 

our economic recovery. To 

learn more, visit www.stop 

oilspeculationnow.com. 

Thanks again for fl ying 

with us and have a wonderful 

Thanksgiving. We look 

forward to welcoming you 

aboard another AirTran 

Airways fl ight very soon. 

Cordially, 

Bob Fornaro 

Chairman, President and CEO 

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2 Barrio Cafe Forget combo 

plates and chips and salsa. 

This colorful, noisy eatery 

takes diners on an upscale 

spin through southern Mexico, 

courtesy of the talented chef 

Silvana Salcido Esparza. For 

dessert, order the famous 

churros, stuffed with goat’s 

milk caramel. www.barrio 

cafe.com 3 Phoenix Art 

Museum Make a beeline for 

the museum’s contemporary 

gallery to check out artwork 

made from surprising and 

unexpected materials like 

computer-controlled LED 

lights, charred wood struck by 

lighting and mirrored glass. 

www.phxart.org 4 Paris Envy 

Feeling Continental? Stroll to 


2 3 4 

5 6 7 

8 9 10 

this tiny but très jolie shop, 

which stocks a well-curated 

collection of French-inspired 

furniture and fashions, bath 

and beauty products, and 

home and garden accessories. 

www.parisenvy.com 

5 Downtown Phoenix Public 

Market If you’re downtown on 

Wednesday night or Saturday 

morning, drop by this urban 

farmers market, where you 

can buy local and organic 

produce, check out funky 

crafts, enjoy live music or just 

take in the community spirit. 

www.downtownphoenix 

publicmarket.com 6 Char’s 

Has the Blues Catch live 

blues, funk and soul at this 

low-key local institution. Open 

seven days a week, it has the 

kind of feel-good vibe that 

makes everyone who steps 

in feel like a regular. www. 

charshastheblues.com 

7 Arlecchino Gelateria There’s 

often a line out the door for 

the heavenly gelato, made 

with all-natural ingredients 

by native Italians Marina and 

Moreno Spangaro. Try the 

Cortina, a blend of toasted 

almond and lingonberry, or 

any of the intense fruit fl avors. 

www.arlecchinogelateria.com 

8 Xtreme Pursuit Paintball 

Let your inner warrior out at 

this 30,000-square-foot arena, 

one of the largest indoor 

paintball facilities in the US, 

complete with bunkers, sniper 

towers, 500 tons of dirt and 

professional referees. www. 

westworldpaintball.com 

9 “Chiles & Chocolate” 

Savor the Southwest at this 

annual culinary festival. On 

Nov. 14-15, explore the Desert 

Botanical Garden’s glorious 

grounds, watch cooking 

demonstrations and take a 

fl amenco dancing lesson. 

www.dbg.org 10 Scottsdale 

ArtWalk There’s no better 

way to experience Scottsdale 

than at “America’s original 

artwalk.” Thursdays from 

7pm to 9pm, more than 100 

galleries are open to art lovers 

and people-watchers. www. 

scottsdalegalleries.com 

—Karen Werner 

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EVENTS 

November 

NOV 

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 22 2 

Nov. 10-15 

Columbus 

International Film 

+ Video Festival 

COLUMBUS The people 

behind the longest 

continuously running 

juried film festival in the 

country consider digital 

video a “revolution on 

par with the first printing 

press.” At the festival, 

now in its 57th year, 

you can enjoy works 

captured in pixels and 

on celluloid. 

www.chrisawards.org 


A standing archer 

Nov. 14-Dec 6 

2009 Christmas House 

ATLANTA This decked-out home celebrates 

its 35th anniversary by gathering 19 interior 

designers, landscape architects and florists to 

capture the spirit of the season in one luxurious 

home. Tours takes place Wednesday through 

Sunday, and the proceeds benefit the local Tony 

Award-winning Alliance Children’s Theater. www. 

atlantachristmashouse.com 

Begins Nov. 19 

“Terra Cotta Warriors: 

Guardians of China’s 

First Emperor” 

WASHINGTON, DC More than 

2,000 years ago, Qin Shihuangdi, 

China’s first emperor, 

took large armies across Asia 

to form a unified country—and 

he even had an army built from 

clay to guard him on his trip 

to the afterlife. Fifteen of the 

figures, along with more than 

100 objects from his tomb, will 

be displayed at the National 

Geographic Museum. www. 

terracottawarriorexhibit.com 

Nov. 13- 13-22 3- 3-2 3- 3 -2 -22 

Gilbert e t Da Days 

a ys y 

PHOENIX N Get e 

iin th the 

Western spirit, starting 

with a reenactment of 

a Pony Express ride on 

the 13th. There will be a 

parade featuring horsedrawn 

carriages, and, of 

course, you can get your 

fill of ridin’, ropin’ and 

buckin’ bronco action 

at the rodeo. www. 

gilbertpromotional 

corp.org 

Nov. 19 through Jan. 3 

Banana Shpeel: A New 

Twist on Vaudeville 

CHICAGO The Marx Brothers, Buster 

Keaton and Judy Garland all got their 

start in vaudeville shows, which featured 

a little bit of everything: music, 

comedy, dance and acrobatics. This 

brand-new show from Cirque du Soleil 

offers a modern take on this once 

hugely popular form of entertainment. 

www.cirquedusoleil.com

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DEC 

PHOTOGRAPHS BY WANG DE GANG (WARRIORS); JEAN-FRANÇOIS GRATTON 

(BANANA SHPEEL; MCH SWISS EXHIBITION (BASEL/ZURICH) LTD (ART BASEL) 

Dec. 3-6 

Art Basel Miami Beach 

MIAMI See the newest cutting-edge art at the most important art 

show in the country. Located at the cavernous Miami Beach Convention 

Center, more than 250 galleries from around the world exhibit 

work from more than 2,000 artists. There’s also an endless supply of 

related parties all over the city. www.artbaselmiamibeach.com 

Nov. 27-29 

Festival of Trees 

BALTIMORE Celebrate 

Christmas early by getting 

lost among more than 500 

intricately decorated trees, 

gingerbread towns designed 

by local artists and elf-sized 

toy train gardens. Take part 

in the silent auction, the proceeds 

of which help children 

with developmental disabilities, 

to really get into the 

holiday spirit. www.festival 

oftrees.kennedykrieger.org 

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 

Nov. 27 through July 4 

“Benjamin Franklin: In 

Search of a Better World” 

ST. PAUL, MN Ben Franklin, the multitalented 

Founding Father, did a lot more than 

discover electricity and sign the Constitution. 

He was also a printer, almanac writer 

and newspaper publisher. At the Minnesota 

History Center, see some of his possessions, 

many of which have been handed down 

in his family and rarely seen by the public. 

Also enjoy more than 40 interactive exhibits 

designed to reflect his wit, charm and 

curiosity. www.mnhs.org 

Dance 

Parties 

Cut a rug at this 

month’s dance 

festivals. 

LOS ANGELES 

NOV 12-15 

Los Angeles De 

Tango Festival 

www.ladetango.com 

ABOUT THE EVENT: Th is 

tango festival featuring 

workshops and live music 

is hosted by Miriam Larici, 

a gold medal winner on 

“Superstars of Dance.” 

BEST FOR: People with roses 

in their teeth, fans of the 

movie Take the Lead 

NEW ORLEANS 

NOV 20-21 

Thank you, Gregory! 

A Tribute to the 

Legends of Tap 

www.nobadance.com 

ABOUT THE EVENT: Th is 

tap performance is a 

celebration of tap legends 

like Fred Astaire, Bill 

“Bojangles” Robinson and, 

of course, Gregory Hines. 

BEST FOR: Th ose who like 

the sound of metal on 

wood, fans of the movie 

Happy Feet 

SAN FRANCISCO 

NOV. 20-22 

San Francisco Hip 

Hop DanceFest 

www.sfhiphopdancefest.com 

ABOUT THE EVENT: Now in 

its 11th year, this was the 

fi rst festival dedicated to 

hip-hop dance. 

BEST FOR: B-boys, b-girls, 

fans of the movie Step Up 


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ROUNDUP 

Snow Goers 

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VACATION, YOU’LL NEED THE RIGHT STUFF. SEE 

HOW THIS YEAR’S GEAR MEASURES UP. 

CRESCENT MOON 

Gold Series 

10 snowshoe 

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crescentmoon 

snowshoes.com 

FUSE 

34 Special 

snowskate 

$200, www. 

fusesnow.com 

HAMMERHEAD 

Pro performance 

sled 

$350, www. 

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sled.com 

BURTON 

The Method 

snowboard 

$1,500, www. 

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BLIZZARD 

Magnum 8.1 

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY MICHELE ROSENTHAL 

ADVENTURE 

WRECK- 

REATIONAL 

SPORTS 

Exotic sea creatures— 

and the divers who seek 

them out—abound in 

Miami’s artifi cial reefs. 

SINCE THE 

FIRST ABANDONED SHIP 

was sunk off of Miami’s coast in 

1920, Florida’s environmental groups 

have used everything from old military 

carriers to bridge debris to create one 

of the largest artifi cial reef districts in the 

country. Th ese days, the unusual ecosystems 

attract recreational fi shermen, snorkelers 

and divers alike. Here, two locals—Charlie 

Hudson, author of Islands in the Sand: An 

Introduction to Artifi cial Reefs in the 

USA, and Cliff Kunde, copublisher 

of Coastal Angler Magazine— 

give their top sightseeing 

recommendations. 

HOT OR NOT 

DEBATING WHETHER 

YOU SHOULD PACK 

A WETSUIT OR NOT? 

CHECK THE WATER 

TEMPERATURE* 

BEFORE YOU GO. 

BISCAYNE BAY 

MILWAUKEE 43° 

PORTLAND, ME 47° 

* Average recorded November temperature (except 

Hot Springs, NC, which is 103° year-round) 

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 53° 

SAN FRANCISCO 53° 

ATLANTIC OCEAN 

LOS ANGELES 64° 

JULIA TUTTLE REEF 

During lobster season 

(through March), these 

crustaceans pause midmigration 

to hang out in 

nooks and crannies in 

the construction debris 

that makes up this reef. 

THE ORION 

Spiny oysters so rare 

they were of interest 

to the Smithsonian 

Institute have been 

found in this 120-foot 

steel tugboat, the first 

intentionally sunk by 

Miami’s artificial reef 

program. 

DADE SPORTFISHING 

COUNCIL REEF 

This set of purposefully 

sunken ships houses 

tropical fish, like French 

angelfish, yellow 

angelfish, grunts and 

mangrove snapper. 

MIAMI BEACH 76° 

SAN JUAN, PR 81° 

SOUTH BEACH REEF 

This concrete and 

limestone reef is so 

close to South Beach, 

you can reach it without 

a boat. Grab some fins 

and a snorkel to see the 

eels and turtles that call 

the spot home. 


KEY BISCAYNE 

SANCTUARY 

Because spear fishing 

is illegal in this set of 

reclaimed ships, the fish 

are so fearless they’ll 

come up and bump you 

in the nose. 

SCOTT MASON 

CHAITE 

Resting 240 feet below 

the surface, this steel 

ship is only for the most 

experienced divers. It 

attracts amberjacks, 

marlin and even 300pound 

goliath grouper. 

HOT SPRINGS, NC 

(35 MILES FROM 

ASHEVILLE) 103° 



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1493—after 

his famous, 

poem-inspiring 

voyage 

in 1492— 

Christopher 

Columbus 

set off on a 

second trip 

to the New 

World. This 

time, he 

discovered 

an island 

known as 

Boriken— 

meaning 

"the great 

land of 

the valiant 

and noble 

Lord"— 

populated 

by Taino 

Indians. 

The island? 

Puerto Rico. 

He called 

it San Juan 

Bautista 

(after St. 

John the 

Baptist); a 

year later, 

it was 

renamed 

“rich port” 

and quickly 

became 

Spain’s most 

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HOME TURF 

BANK ON IT 

Director Kevin Smith has made the New Jersey town 

of Red Bank a vital character in many of his fi lms. 

Anyone who’s seen a Kevin Smith movie knows that several of them are partly love letters to New Jersey. Th e 

town of Red Bank has been the most important silent character, as seen in his most acclaimed work, Chasing 

Amy. Although Smith—who grew up in nearby Highlands and lived in Red Bank until 2002—moved to 

California a few years ago, he couldn’t let go of the local comic book store he owns and visits with his family 

as oft en as he can. As he says, “When I go back to Red Bank—now that’s like going home.” 

What is it about Red Bank that won you 

over? “Red Bank is the cradle of civilization, 

man. Riverview Hospital was 

where I was born and then, 29 years 

later, had my kid. Chasing Amy was 

set there, so it delivered to me and 

kept delivering. People were always 

really sweet to us. It’s a great place 

to raise a kid. Th e beautiful scenic 

views by the water are just amazing. 

Red Bank is also somewhat historical in 

terms of jazz and the war eff ort. What’s now 

Th e Galleria Red Bank (www.thegalleriaredbank. 

com; a boutique and dining area) was a manufacturing 

plant for military uniforms in World War II.” 

You made a local music shop a big part of Chasing 

Amy. What’s the store like? “[When I was growing up], 

most days we just went to Jack’s Music Shoppe (www. 

jacksmusicshop.com). It’s a great place if you’re into 

many diff erent kinds of music. Th ey have new and classic 

instruments. I know many big-name musicians swear by 

the place. Music has always been a part of Red Bank.” 

Speaking of music, Count Basie is from Red Bank, 

right? “Yep, and the Count Basie Th eatre (www. 

“Red Bank is the cradle of 

civilization, man. Riverview Hospital 

was where I was born and then, 29 

years later, had my kid.” 

countbasietheatre.org) has gotten some 

top musicians over the years. I told you 

that music is a big part of this town! 

Th e Dublin House (732-747-6699) is 

also good for live music, though not 

necessarily jazz.” 

What are some of your favorite 

restaurants in town? “Juanito’s 

(732-747-9118) has tasty authentic 

Mexican food and Broadway Diner 

(732-224-1234) is fun—perfect when you just 

want to sit back and feel what a classic New Jersey 

diner is all about.” 

Tell us about your comic book store, Jay and Silent 

Bob’s Secret Stash (www.jayandsilentbob.com). “If 

you love comics, then you’ll be in there forever. You’ll 

fi nd rare comics and new stuff that will blow you away. 

I also like the vibe—it’s somewhere you can just talk 

about your favorite issues for hours. I don’t like a store 

that just shoves you in and out like a factory. You can see 

a lot of the props and things we used in my movies, if 

you’re into that.” —Eric Butterman 

(opposite page) Kevin Smith at his comic book store Jay and Silent Bob’s 

Secret Stash; (above) Blue Heads perform at the Count Basie Theatre 


025


PHOTOGRAPH BY SHARON STABLEY (TOP) 

FAMILY MATTERS 

CREW CUTS APRIL WOODSON EXPLORES THE CASINO-FREE 

SIDE OF ATLANTIC CITY WITH HER KIDS IN TOW. 

Some might call April Woodson a walking 

contradiction. Despite living in Atlantic 

City—one of the most popular gambling 

destinations in the US—the AirTran Airways 

Station Manager doesn’t really like casinos. But 

staying away from the slots and poker tables has 

enabled her to learn everything else the Jersey 

Shore has to off er. “In Atlantic City, it’s not just 

casino aft er casino. I like that,” says Woodson, 

who moved to the city last June. 

Th e single mom likes to explore 

her new hometown with her children, 

Anthony, 17, and Taleigha, 5, and her 

mom, who visits almost every month. 

“Having family time is important,” 

Woodson says. 

Th is year, Woodson will get to 

watch Taleigha experience the 

Christmas lights and dancing topiary bears at 

Atlantic City Outlets the Walk (www.acoutlets. 

com) for the fi rst time. “I hear it’s all lit up with 

Christmas decorations, so I’m excited to see 

that,” she says. She also plans to take the kids to 

the Atlantic City Aquarium (www.acaquarium. 

com) to observe—and in some cases, touch— 

their favorite sea creatures. 


Ripley’s Believe it 

or Not! museum 

Like many families, the Woodson clan bonds 

regularly over a shared meal. Anthony, a sports 

fi end, is a huge fan of Th e Irish Pub (www.the 

irishpub.com) on St. James Place, which is plastered 

with classic photos of baseball players. And 

Tony’s Baltimore Grill (www.baltimoregrill.com) 

is one of Woodson’s favorites. “Tony’s has great 

chicken and snacks. Th e kids love it,” she says. 

With the holidays coming up, there is one 

important task on the family to-do 

list: shopping. “My son’s really into 

fashion, so he’s always looking for 

clothes,” she says. And for this, 

Woodson is willing to hit the casinos 

for the amazing shops inside. She’s 

planning to take the kids to Pier 

Shops at Caesars (www.thepiershops 

atcaesars.com) and Th e Quarter at 

Tropicana (www.tropicana.net/thequarter), 

which off er stores ranging from high-end 

designer boutiques to more kid- and teenfriendly 

shops. While the casinos are usually 

packed, Woodson isn’t tempted to 

join in. Her No. 1 activity is a sure 

bet: spending time with her family. 

—William Sokolic 

PERSONNEL PICKS 

Name: April Woodson 

Position with 

AirTran Airways: 

Station Manager 

Home base: 

Atlantic City 

Favorite thing about 

her job: “I have a lot of 

favorites: interacting 

with customers, making 

sure they get to their 

fi nal destination and 

being a team player.” 

Must-visit place in 

Atlantic City: Ripley’s 

Believe It or Not! 

Museum (www. 

ripleysatlanticcity.com). 

“They have 20,000 

square feet of things 

you’d never believe 

could happen,” she 

says. It counts a lock of 

George Washington’s 

hair and a 27-room 

miniature wood-carved 

castle among its 

treasures. 

Best place for the 

kids to work off some 

energy: “The Sun 

National Bank Flyers 

Skate Zone (http:// 

atlanticcity.fl yers 

skatezone.com) off ers 

public ice skating sessions 

almost every day.” 

TO LEARN more about what to do, where to 

eat and where to shop in Atlantic City, turn 

to page 108 in the Go Guides.


PHOTOGRAPH BY SHARON STABLEY (TOP) 

FAMILY MATTERS 

CREW CUTS APRIL WOODSON EXPLORES THE CASINO-FREE 

SIDE OF ATLANTIC CITY WITH HER KIDS IN TOW. 

Some might call April Woodson a walking 

contradiction. Despite living in Atlantic 

City—one of the most popular gambling 

destinations in the US—the AirTran Airways 

Station Manager doesn’t really like casinos. But 

staying away from the slots and poker tables has 

enabled her to learn everything else the Jersey 

Shore has to off er. “In Atlantic City, it’s not just 

casino aft er casino. I like that,” says Woodson, 

who moved to the city last June. 

Th e single mom likes to explore 

her new hometown with her children, 

Anthony, 17, and Taleigha, 5, and her 

mom, who visits almost every month. 

“Having family time is important,” 

Woodson says. 

Th is year, Woodson will get to 

watch Taleigha experience the 

Christmas lights and dancing topiary bears at 

Atlantic City Outlets the Walk (www.acoutlets. 

com) for the fi rst time. “I hear it’s all lit up with 

Christmas decorations, so I’m excited to see 

that,” she says. She also plans to take the kids to 

the Atlantic City Aquarium (www.acaquarium. 

com) to observe—and in some cases, touch— 

their favorite sea creatures. 


Ripley’s Believe it 

or Not! museum 

Like many families, the Woodson clan bonds 

regularly over a shared meal. Anthony, a sports 

fi end, is a huge fan of Th e Irish Pub (www.the 

irishpub.com) on St. James Place, which is plastered 

with classic photos of baseball players. And 

Tony’s Baltimore Grill (www.baltimoregrill.com) 

is one of Woodson’s favorites. “Tony’s has great 

chicken and snacks. Th e kids love it,” she says. 

With the holidays coming up, there is one 

important task on the family to-do 

list: shopping. “My son’s really into 

fashion, so he’s always looking for 

clothes,” she says. And for this, 

Woodson is willing to hit the casinos 

for the amazing shops inside. She’s 

planning to take the kids to Pier 

Shops at Caesars (www.thepiershops 

atcaesars.com) and Th e Quarter at 

Tropicana (www.tropicana.net/thequarter), 

which off er stores ranging from high-end 

designer boutiques to more kid- and teenfriendly 

shops. While the casinos are usually 

packed, Woodson isn’t tempted to 

join in. Her No. 1 activity is a sure 

bet: spending time with her family. 

—William Sokolic 

PERSONNEL PICKS 

Name: April Woodson 

Position with 

AirTran Airways: 

Station Manager 

Home base: 

Atlantic City 

Favorite thing about 

her job: “I have a lot of 

favorites: interacting 

with customers, making 

sure they get to their 

fi nal destination and 

being a team player.” 

Must-visit place in 

Atlantic City: Ripley’s 

Believe It or Not! 

Museum (www. 

ripleysatlanticcity.com). 

“They have 20,000 

square feet of things 

you’d never believe 

could happen,” she 

says. It counts a lock of 

George Washington’s 

hair and a 27-room 

miniature wood-carved 

castle among its 

treasures. 

Best place for the 

kids to work off some 

energy: “The Sun 

National Bank Flyers 

Skate Zone (http:// 

atlanticcity.fl yers 

skatezone.com) off ers 

public ice skating sessions 

almost every day.” 

TO LEARN more about what to do, where to 

eat and where to shop in Atlantic City, turn 

to page 108 in the Go Guides.

Credit: Jason Wynn 

Credit: Gilley’s Dallas 

 

 

Photo Courtesy of the AT&T Performing Arts Center 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit: Justin Terveen 

Credit: DCVB

PHOTOGRAPH BY JEREMY WOODHOUSE/GETTY IMAGES 

On the Town 

DALLAS/FT. WORTH 

Dallas skyline from 

Reunion Tower 

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This fall, the Dallas Area 

Rapid Transit’s Green line 

connects Dallas’s northwest 

with the artsy Fair Park and 

Deep Ellum neighborhoods, 

making a day at a museum 

followed by a night in some 

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The Fair Park Esplanade 

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Square (www.sundance 

square.com)—now home 

to Leddy’s Ranch—was 

the first building west of 

the Mississippi to feature 

“manufactured air,” 

otherwise known as air 

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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY KIMBELL ART MUSEUM (MICHELANGELO) 

QUINTESSENTIAL 

Mariano pulling from 

the original frozen margarita 

machine 

MARGARITA MAKER 

Long before the frozen 

margarita machine was 

the ubiquitous taco stand 

accessory it is today, it was a 

fixture in Mariano’s Hacienda 

(www.marianosrestaurant. 

com), where founder Mariano 

Martinez invented the 

contraption back in 1971. 

These days, the machine itself 

resides in The Smithsonian in 

Washington, DC, but guests 

can still order a frosty drink— 

in traditional, strawberry, 

pomegranate or mango—in 

the original location. 


THE AGONY 

AND THE ECSTASY 

Despite his fame, Renaissance artist 

Michelangelo produced just four known 

easel paintings in his entire life. As of September, 

the Kimbell Art Museum (www. 

kimbellart.org) in downtown Ft. Worth 

became the only museum in the US to own 

one of them, The Torment of Saint Anthony, 

which, incidentally, was the artist’s first 

painting (he finished it at the age of 13). 

Michelangelo’s The Torment of Saint Anthony 

DID YOU KNOW? Dallas is the site of the nation’s first planned shopping 

center, Highland Park Village (www.hpvillage.com). Opened in 1931, the 

9.9-acre site has been called the prototype for destination shopping. 


033

034 


QUINTESSENTIAL 

Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck (www.wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants) 50th floor of Reunion Tower 

Ghostbar (www.n9negroup.com) w.n9negrou 33rd floor/rooftop of the W Dallas-Victory 

Nana (www.nanarestaura 

(www.nanarestaurant.com) 27th floor of the Hilton Anatole 

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DY—VENUES. 


SAVE THE DATE 

ART SPACE: This is the last 

month to view “NASA | ART” 

at the Irving Arts Center 

(www.irvingartscenter.com). 

The exhibit features space 

exploration-themed works from m 

artists like Annie Leibovitz 

and Andy Warhol, in honor 

of NASA’s 50th anniversary. 

Through Nov. 22. 

POPULAR SCIENCE: The new ew 

home of the Ft. Worth Museum 

of Science and History (www. 

fwmuseum.org) will open this 

month featuring more space and all 

new exhibits like “CSI: The Experience,” 

beginning Nov. 20. 

Annie Leibovitz’s 

Eileen Collins, 1999. 

The subject was the 

first female pilot 

and commander 

of space shuttle 

missions; (inset) Jack 

Perlmutter’s Liftoff at 

15 Seconds, 1982. 

CONSPIRACY THEORY 

Was Lee Harvey Oswald an agent for the 

KGB? Did Jack Ruby cover up a government 

conspiracy? And was there really another 

shooter on the grassy knoll? Whatever your 

opinion on the most significant assassination 

of the 20th century, you’re bound to 

learn something surprising at the Sixth 

Floor Museum 

at Dealey Plaza 

(www.jfk.org), 

located in the 

very Texas School 

Book Depository 

t from which 

Oswald O fired—or 

didn’t d fire—that 

fateful fa shot. 

Kennedys arrive at Love Field 

on Nov. 22, 1963 

PHOTOGRAPH BY BOB JACKSON (KENNEDY); COURTESY IRVING ARTS CENTER (NASA)

For the price of 

a pair of socks, 

you could be 

here. Minus the 

socks. 

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036 


What’s Old is New 

SHOPPING FOR VINTAGE CLOTHES IS DE RIGUEUR IN DALLAS. 

BY BRITTANY EDWARDS 

BY BRITTANY EDWARDS 

Shopping is rooted in Dallas history. 

America’s first shopping center, Highland Park Village, opened in the city in 1931, and 

the first Neiman Marcus was established here in 1957. Today, Dallas is the perfect place 

to shop for clothes with a little bit of history, with many second-hand shops peddling 

everything from retro Wranglers to ’80s Moschino shift dresses. 

Bargain hungers like to comb through Lula B’s Antique Mall (www.lula-bs.com) on 

Lower Greenville, a drag mostly known for its bargain bites and beer. Founded in 1992, 

the shop is brimming with home furnishings and decorative items, and the crowded entry 

is a treasure trove for costume jewelry, especially glitzy necklaces and boho bangles. The 

second floor is dedicated solely to men’s and women’s threads, particularly graphic scarves 

and ’70s throwbacks, as well as an array of broken-in cowboy boots. 

If you don’t find a pair you like at Lula B’s, head over to Dolly Python (214-887-3434), 

known for having the best selection of slightly scuffed cowboy boots in town. Women’s 

clothing (batwing dresses and beaded butterfly blouses) and men’s Pendleton shirts are 

packed tight on the store’s metal racks. Bauble buffs love the shop’s locally crafted jewelry 

adorned with feathers, tarnished keys and chunks of wood. 

Across the Trinity River in the artsy Oak Cliff neighborhood, there’s Zola’s Everyday 

Vintage (www.zolasvintage.com). Open Thursday through Sunday, 

this women’s clothing shop features eye-popping, patterned 

maxi and shift dresses, fur stoles and ’40s wedding dresses. 


(from left) Lula B’s, Ahab Bowen; (below) Circa 77 

Designer label lovers worship Archive 

(www.archivevintage.com) in Uptown, 

where you can find Chanel jackets, Yves 

Saint Laurent dresses and Gucci handbags. 

Owner Kerry Bonnell, who lives above the 

intimate shop, also runs the company’s 

website (acclaimed by Lucky, Nylon and 

InStyle UK, to name a few) from the 

chandelier-lit space. 

For vintage that matches current 

trends, Ahab Bowen (www.ahabbowen. 

com) is just a few blocks away. The store is 

spotless and, unlike many vintage stores, 

perfectly organized by style, including 

dresses, furs and belts. Here you can find 

the kinds of looks that inspire the modern 

interpretations you see on the latest pages 

of Vogue. 

And that’s the best part about vintage 

fashions—they never really go out of style. 

GO THE DISTANCE CIRCA 77 (940-483-1977) is located in the cute college town of Denton, about a half hour 

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View of the Dee and 

Charles Wyly Theatre 

and the Margot and Bill 

Winspear Opera House; 

(inset) Philip J. Romano’s 

Optimism from Samuel 

Lynne Galleries 

A Study 

in Contrast 

Whether you want to wander the halls 

of a museum in the largest urban arts 

district in the US or gallery hop, Dallas 

provides the foundation for visitors to 

get their culture fix. 

BY STEVEN CRAIG LINDSEY 

Concentrated in a 19-block 

section of downtown, the 

Dallas Arts District (www. 

thedallasartsdistrict.org) is 

the largest urban arts district 

in the US. The area consists 

of more than a dozen cultural 

venues, including the brand-new AT&T Performing 

Arts Center (www.dallasperformingarts.org), 

which opened last month. 

“The center is our opportunity to transform our 

community through the arts, and that is what makes 

this project so exciting,” says Mark Nerenhausen, 

president/CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. 

The new addition is home to multiple spaces 

for dance, music and theater, but the Margot and 

Bill Winspear Opera House—with its spectacular 

crimson glass exterior—is what really draws 

attention. Those with an ear for classical music 

will want to visit the I.M. Pei-designed Morton 


PHOTOGRAPH BY TIMOTHY HURSLEY

H. Meyerson Symphony Center (www. 

meyersonsymphonycenter.com), while 

art lovers who crave a bit of local history 

should check out the district’s oldest and 

most established resident: the Dallas 

Museum of Art (www.dallasmuseumofart. 

org). A special exhibit celebrates the 

completion of the district; a variety of 

artifacts from the museum archives tells 

the story of the 

25-year process 

to bring the city’s 

cultural center to 

its current status. 

Less than 

2 miles from 

the Dallas Arts 

District is 

Dragon Street, 

home to eclectic 

galleries filled with h works from 

exciting, contemporary artists. Within 

these gray buildings located on the fringe 

of the Design District hang some of the 

most interesting pieces of art in the city. 

“Dragon Street has become the unofficial 

hub of the Dallas art world,” says JD 

Miller, artist and co-owner of Samuel 

Lynne Galleries (www.samuellynne.com), 

which focuses on 21st-century art. “The 

unassuming buildings create curiosity and 

intrigue for visitors.” 

There are nearly 20 galleries on 

Dragon and surrounding streets, 

including HCG Gallery (www.hcggallery. 

com), which features works by Texas 

artists, and Holly Johnson Gallery (www. 

hollyjohnsongallery.com), where art by 

emerging and established contemporary 

artists adorn the walls. “The constant 

collaboration among the galleries means 

there’s always an exciting event or exhibit 

for people to experience,” Miller says. 

Cris Worley, the director of 

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art of the Americas—is also enthusiastic 

about the emerging gallery district. As 

you walk down Dragon Street, “You 

know you are going to find something of 

interest,” he says. 

The same, of course, can be said of the 

Dallas Arts District, giving visitors and 

residents alike a rich diversity of art to 

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Brad Oldham 

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Describe the “Traveling Man” series. “The exhibit 

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PHOTOGRAPHY 

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Paula Lambert 

OWNER, MOZZARELLA COMPANY 

AND COOKBOOK AUTHOR 

FAVORITE WINE AND CHEESE PAIRING: 

PORT AND BLUE CHEESE 

Where did your interest in food come from? “My 

grandmother. She made the most wonderful soups and 

cobblers, and I loved helping her. I was always interested in food. 

My mother didn’t cook, but she would go to cooking schools just 

to get recipes for me.” 

How has Dallas’ culinary scene evolved since you opened 

Mozzarella Company in 1982? “It’s gone through some drastic 

changes. Today, Dallas appreciates local foods more than ever 

before. We have farmers markets springing up all over the place. 

It’s great to see it evolve into this.” 

Where’s the best place in Dallas to enjoy cheese? “You can go 

to one of the wonderful wine bars in town; I like Crú in the West 

Village. Or you can go to the Dallas Arboretum or Lee Park on 

Turtle Creek.” 

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Ron Washington 

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RANGERS BASEBALL TEAM 

NICKNAME: SWEET 

What is it like working in baseball in a state known for football? 

“I don’t think we can ever overtake how the fans feel about the 

Cowboys. They’re a worldwide team, like the Yankees or the Red 

Sox. The Rangers have to become more successful and put their 

stamp on this sport before we get those kinds of fans.” 

Which do you like best: being a player, coach or manager? 

“Playing. As a coach, you’re helping develop your players, and as 

a manager, you’re leading them and making them believe in what 

they can achieve. But I love the mano-a-mano aspect of competition, 

where it’s just me against you. Nothing compares to that.” 

Where do you like to refuel after a big game or intense practice? 

“I like The Capital Grille in Dallas. They had a great Sicilian bass 

entrée the last time I went. Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen is another 

great restaurant. It has amazing Cajun cuisine.” 

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“DANCING WITH THE STARS” 

Did you always want to be on TV? “Not at all. The season I tried 

out was the first time they filmed ‘Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: 

Making the Team,’ so I didn’t know anything about [the show] until 

I was at the tryouts. And one of my friends nominated me to be on 

‘The Bachelor,’ and I was so sure I’d be sent home that I didn’t bring 

enough stuff. I ended up having to borrow from the other girls.” 

Where do you spend your nights out on the town? “I’m more 

into the bar scene than trendy clubs. I like going to places where I 

don’t have to dress up. I like keeping it low-key. I think the House 

of Blues is awesome, and I love the Social House.” 

What’s one place everyone should visit in DFW? “I know 

that everyone thinks they’ve been to a Six Flags, but ours is the 

coolest. (The Titan is one of the world’s 10 tallest rollercoasters.) 

It’s the best place to go when you need a break from everything.” 


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Dallas has a reputation (not unearned) for tearing down 

the old to construct the new, but three downtown hotels in 

historic buildings remain to remind us of the city’s past. 

BY SOPHIA DEMBLING 

Douglas Newby, a Dallas preservationist, 

real estate broker and architecture 

blogger, says that downtown Dallas has 

an exceptional collection of early 20thcentury 

architecture, and he points out 

the difference between today’s restorations 

and previous gentrification movements. 

“Instead of the whole loft movement in 

the 1970s and ’80s, with all those roughand-tumble 

buildings, this is really stylish, 

design-oriented architecture,” he says. 

The newest is Aloft (www.starwood 

hotels.com; 214-761-0000), which opened 

in August in a former railroad freight 

depot. The 1924 Santa Fe Railroad building 

had been empty for years when Starwood 

came calling in 2006. The developers kept 

the building’s large windows, exposed 

brick in the lobby and guestrooms, and 

high ceilings, giving an industrial style to 


the boutique hotel. “The Santa Fe Railroad 

building provided the ideal backdrop to 

complement the urban-inspired, style-at-asteal 

philosophy,” says Brian McGuinness, 

the brand’s senior vice president. 

This revival was kick-started in part by 

The Magnolia Hotel (www.magnolia 

hoteldallas.com; 888-915-1110), which 

opened in 1999 and recently underwent 

a $3 million renovation. The building, 

built in 1921, was the headquarters of the 

Magnolia Petroleum Company, later Mobil 

Oil, and was in disrepair before being 

reborn as a hotel. “I love the beauty of 

the exterior. We did keep elements of the 

historic look in various places in the hotel,” 

says company president Leigh Hitz. 

The elevator lobby’s gold-leafed ceilings 

and chandeliers were all restored, and the 

rooms on the 24th floor have original doors, 

wood floors and 

paneling. The neon 

Pegasus sign atop 

the 29-story building 

is a symbol of 

Dallas; old-timers from surrounding towns 

recall scanning the horizon for it as they 

approached the city. The sign still stands 

and is aglow, thanks to private donations. 

The 1927 Neo-Gothic Dallas National 

Bank Building was less fortunate, losing 

much of its original beauty to a patchwork 

of renovations between 1950 and 

1985. Starwood started renovating the 

abandoned building in 2007, restoring 

what it could, to create The Joule (www. 

starwoodhotels.com; 214-748-1300). 

“Tihany Design and ArchiTexas used 

original architectural drawings to reconstruct 

the building’s façade,” says general 

manager Michael Falkenstein. “The 

archway at the building’s main entry was 

fully restored. With carved rope molding, 

(from top) Double room at 

Aloft; lobby of The Joule; 

(bottom left) the 

Magnolia Club 

gothic panels in the stone work and bronze 

doors, no detail was ignored.” 

The stylish hotel, which opened in 

2008, includes a Charlie Palmer restaurant, 

wine bar, nightclub and swimming pool 

extending over Main Street, a hip oasis 

among the high rises. In fact, all three hotels 

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historic buildings. Perhaps Dallas is finally 

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room inside the restaurant awash in yellows and golds, 

where smoky aromas radiate from the open kitchen. 

With boyish good looks and “aw shucks” charm, 

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These days, Dallas is a dining powerhouse, 

with high-concept venues and a 

nationally recognized scene. But hidden 

among the big-name chefs are a few influential 

local stars like Fearing, all of whom 

started their careers on Texas soil, and who 

still spend every day actually overseeing 

their kitchens, meeting their customers 

and infusing the dining experience with a 

healthy dose of Texas hospitality. 

When Fearing agreed to build 

Fearing’s (www.fearingsrestaurant.com; 

214-922-4848)—which won Esquire’s 2007 

Restaurant of the Year—he insisted on a 

chef de cuisine to run the kitchen and a 

general manager to oversee the front of the 

house so he would be free to engage with 

diners. And Kent Rathbun, the executive 

chef of Japanese-Texas fusion restaurant 

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559-3111), does the same, only to a larger 

degree, overseeing seven kitchens across 

the state. “I hit a restaurant every day of the 

week and sometimes twice a day,” he says. 

Esquire’s 2006 Chef of the Year Stephan 

Pyles also follows the code, dividing his 

time between Stephan Pyles Restaurant 

(www.stephanpyles.com; 214-580-7000) in 

the Dallas Arts District and his new Samar 

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restaurant in January. 


Wild king salmon with stewed tomato fumet, mussels and 

barbecued baby corn from Stephan Pyles Restaurant 

“Dallasites will always be super-loyal to 

their homegrown culinarians. Diners 

expect to see their chefs in the kitchen and 

working their dining rooms. That’s not 

going to happen with ‘imported concepts’ 

chefs,” says Pyles, referring to the string of 

celebrity restaurants recently established 

in Dallas, like Charlie Palmer and Five 

Sixty by Wolfgang Puck. 

But the staying power of these three 

chefs springs from more than being 

local boys who know their customers. 

They are bound by a common tradition: 

Southwestern pride. In particular, Fearing 

and Pyles were among the “Gang of Five,” a group of chefs credited with creating Southwest 

regional cuisine in the 1980s. This type of cuisine was Texas’ answer to the 1980s’ regional 

movement started by Chez Panisse chef Alice Waters in Northern California. Whereas 

Chez Panisse evoked the simple, healthy attitude of the West Coast with salads, heirloom 

tomatoes and local fish, restaurants like Pyles’ Routh Street Café—which served Dallas from 

1983 to 1993—and Fearing’s Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek 

went straight for the soul of the Southwest, peppering menus with indigenous foods like 

chiles, corn, tomatillos, Texas quail and antelope. 

And people really loved what Fearing and Pyles were doing. Before long, publications—from 

Bon Appetit to Cook’s Illustrated—were celebrating Southwest cooking. Even 

Rathbun, then working under Fearing at The Mansion, was enamored of the cuisine. In 

fact, he was so convinced of the staying power of the trend that he opened his own Southwest 

kitchen at the Melrose Hotel’s Landmark Restaurant before going solo with Abacus. 

Then the ’90s ended, and postmillennial cuisine became more complicated, with chefs 

combining global flavors and deconstructing classic cuisines. The question for the three 

Dallas chefs became what to do next. Leading the way, Pyles launched a global 

seafood concept called AquaKnox that landed him enough money (he sold 

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Stephan Pyles, 

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Sakurai has stirred the city’s 

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(from left) Stephen Pyles, 

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it to Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, a 

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that would inspire Stephan Pyles Restaurant, 

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boar with red lentil tacu tacu, a Peruvian 

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“Being a fifth-generation Texan, I 

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“But it’s impossible not to let the exotic 

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Rathbun’s wanderlust took him in the 

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Strictly speaking, alt-country is any country-influenced music you don’t 

hear on mainstream country radio, which these days leans more towards 

glitzy pop country. For some people, the term brings to mind bands like 

Dallas’ most famous alt-country export, The Old 97s, who play indie rock 

with a country flavor. Other nationally known bands such as Whiskeytown, 

Uncle Tupelo and its spin-off bands, Wilco and Son Volt, also dance to this 

particular beat. 

But alt-country in Dallas also includes seasoned bands with a hint of 

punk, such as The Cartwrights, and young bands that pay direct homage to 

vintage country, such as the King Bucks—a band of hipsters, two of whom 

sport ironic ’70s-style moustaches—whose selection of soothing shuffles 

might include the old country standard “Honky Tonk Angels.” According 

to Tarradell, the common thread tying alt-country bands together in Texas 

is attitude. “The whole Texas style of country has a very roadhouse-tested, 

individualistic, do-it-myself attitude,” he says. 

While the attitude may be the same, the way Texas bands have reacted to 

traditional country varies. “People in Texas were born with country music 

… and had it crammed down their throats,” Snider says with a chuckle. “The 

alt-country here definitely leans heavier towards the traditional country.” 

On the other hand, many local musicians rebelled against country, starting 

their careers in rock ‘n’ roll instead. “I think a lot of people growing up have a 

bad taste in their mouth about country,” says Dub Sue, bassist for Boys Named 

Sue, a Dallas-based band that mixes comedy in their music. “The cheese factor 

scared them away.” 

But many were lured back. Both Kooda and Kim Herriage, pedal steel 

player for The Cartwrights, were in rock and punk bands in the ’70s and ’80s 


(top) Tejas Brothers at Love and War in Texas; (inset, 

from left) The Derailers, Eleven Hundred Springs 

at AllGood Café 

before adding twang to their repertoire. “When I was 

in my mid- to late-30s, I started playing lap guitar, then 

pedal steel, and it was all over,” Herriage says. 

Members of Boys Named Sue also have rock 

credentials, but now—with guitar, bass, drums, fiddle 

and banjo (and “hollerin’” and “yellin’”, according to 

the liner notes in their new CD)—they play revvedup 

hillbilly music with formidable skill and wicked 

humor. They perform originals (“Five Million Light 

Beers Away”) and covers like the Johnny Cash and 

June Carter hit “Daddy Sang Bass,” in which Dub Sue 

sings June’s part in a piercing falsetto. 

And the shows are raucous. “Our crowd is a very 

alternative crowd,” Dub Sue says. “There’s some twostepping, 

but it’s more like broken two-stepping.” 

The scene is no less enthusiastic—although 

somewhat more subdued—at a Derailers show one 

Sunday afternoon. (The band is Austin-based but 

tours frequently.) The venue, Love and War in Texas 

in nearby Plano, feels a little too shiny and new to be 

authentic, but when people gather at the picnic tables 

in front of the outdoor stage, the spirit is exactly right. 

With their smooth Buck Owens-meets-Beatles 

harmonies and melodies, The Derailers don’t 

have the edge of The Cartwrights, aren’t as kooky 

as Boys Named Sue and are too seasoned to be cool 

kids like the King Bucks. But all these bands bear 

the alt-country label in Dallas because it’s a genre 

with room for many different sounds and styles. 

Take your pick.

ALTERNATIVE 

LOCATIONS 

These DFW venues feature altcountry 

bands, but call ahead or 

check listings, since some also 

have rock and punk acts. 

ALLGOOD CAFÉ 

2934 Main St, Dallas 

www.allgoodcafe.com 

The cheerful restaurant’s exposed-brick 

walls are covered with framed altcountry 

concert posters. 

SONS OF HERMANN HALL 

3414 Elm St, Dallas 

www.sonsofhermann.com 

Opened in 1911, the spacious classic 

dance hall has an equally atmospheric 

bar downstairs. 

LOVE AND WAR IN TEXAS 

601 E. Plano Pkwy, Plano 

www.loveandwarintexas.com 

This is a big, new Texas-themed 

restaurant and music venue. 

DOUBLE WIDE 

3510 Commerce St, Dallas 

www.double-wide.com 

Look for the tornado sculpture on the 

roof of this funky trailer-themed bar. 

ADAIRS SALOON 

2624 Commerce St, Dallas 

www.adairssaloon.com 

You’ll find a good jukebox, burgers and 

cold beer at this Dallas institution (open 

since 1963). 

BRYAN STREET TAVERN 

4315 Bryan St, Dallas 

www.bryanstreettavern.com 

A crowd of mostly twentysomethings 

enjoys pizza and beer up front and 

music in the back room. 

POOR DAVID’S PUB 

1313 South Lamar St, Dallas 

www.poordavidspub.com 

This is a longtime Dallas institution, 

particularly for singer-songwriters. 

LOLA’S SALOON STOCKYARDS 

105 West Exchange Ave, Ft. Worth 

www.lolasfortworth.com 

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053 DENVER LOCALS TELL ALL 

060 FINDING CHICAGO’S BEST DOG 

064 SCIENCE CAFÉS MAKE LEARNING FUN 

070 COVER STORY: PENELOPE CRUZ 

Features 

Mountains 

Of Knowledge 

Just in time for your Rocky Mountain ski vacation, 

Vail and Breckenridge locals reveal the best 

runs, restaurants and bars in town. 

BY ALEX MILLER 


053

054 

Nobody knows a destination as intimately as the locals. 

Only someone who lives in a city, eats in its restaurants, 

hangs out in its bars and—in Denver’s case—hits 

the nearby ski slopes on a regular basis can really be 

trusted. Here, knowledgeable locals—from a 25-year 

Vail veteran to a 24-year-old ski bum who works at a 

snowboard shop—reveal how to make the most of a trip to Breckenridge 

and Vail, whether you’re a veteran skier, a newbie who has never 

strapped on a pair of boots or someone who’s just in it for the après ski 

food and drinks. 


On the hill 

As experienced skiers know, a ski vacation is a 

different kind of animal than a sleep-late-andrelax-on-the-beach 

getaway. When it comes 

to hitting the slopes, the morning is 

the best time to be on the mountain. 

One of the biggest mistakes beginners 

can make is waking up late 

and wasting the morning renting 

equipment, so get everything you 

need the day before. 

“Get up early, stick a PowerBar 

in your pocket and ski like a madman 

for three or four hours,” says 

Jeffery Bergeron, who’s gone 

from busboy to town council 

member and spends more time 

on the hill than most people do 

at work. “Don’t even eat lunch.” 

Breckenridge newcomer 

Leanne Wren, a 24-year-old 

snowboarder who works at 

the local skateboard/snowboard 

shop The Underground, echoes the 

“get out early” advice—except when it comes 

to the terrain park, an outdoor area set aside 

for experienced skiers and snowboarders to do 

tricks. “If it’s not a powder day, I’m at the park 

around 11, when it starts to soften up,” Wren 

says. “It’s even better right around noon when 

everyone’s at lunch.” 

Knowing what time to hit the slopes is only 

part of the equation. “What you want is the view 

from 30,000 feet. You want to know how traffic 

flows on the hill so you can avoid lift lines,” says 

Bergeron, who suggests bringing a six-pack or a 

“Everyone’s 

taking warm-up 

runs on the 

front side in the 

morning.” 

—Kristin Kenney 

Williams 

box of doughnuts to local ski shop to tempt the 

employees to reveal their secrets. 

In Breckenridge, the recently installed 

Imperial Bowl lift—touted as the highest in 

North America—serves great terrain, 

but it draws the crowds. Bergeron 

advises using the old T-bar surface 

lift on busy days, and on powder 

days, skipping the packed Peak 7 

and 8 areas up north and going to 

Peak 9 and 10 first. “Most people 

get filtered up to Peaks 7 or 8 by 

the Breck Connect. On a powder day, 

they don’t open those higher runs 

because of possible avalanches 

until later, so you can get the 

goods on Peak 9 and 10.” 

In Vail, it’s best to get into 

the famed Back Bowls in the 

morning and save the front side 

for the afternoon. “Everyone’s 

taking warm-up runs on the 

front side in the morning,” says 

Kristin Kenney Williams, who works in 

community affairs for Vail Resorts. 

But on powder days, Joe Steiner—a six-year 

Vail local who skis 100-plus days a year—says 

to save the Back Bowls for later. “I like to do the 

front side first,” says Steiner, who by day works 

as the director of revenue management and guest 

services at Peak Properties. “There’s plenty of 

steeps and the lines are shorter.” 

As for cruisers, Steiner points to the Avanti 

Express lift. “There are four really nice runs up 

there that are groomed everyday,” he says. “My 

favorites are Lodgepole and Berries.”

“Get up 

early, stick a 

PowerBar in 

your pocket 

and ski like a 

madman.” 

—Jeffery Bergeron 


055

056 

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This offer is valid Nov. 20 through April 17 for everything from hotel 

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Pepi’s in Vail 

Après ski 

Rather than settling for the same base-area après ski place every day, test the 

local watering holes. M. John Fayhee, the editor of Mountain Gazette magazine, 

is somewhat legendary in the Rockies as a take-no-prisoners journalist 

always quick to extol the mountains he loves. He’s also a connoisseur of (and 

regular at) local bars. 

“What you’re looking for is the community living room,” says Fayhee, who 

lists Moose Jaw (970-668-3931) in Frisco, just minutes from Breckenridge, as 

a favorite spot. Known for its great burgers (thick and savory, not too greasy), 

the Jaw’s rough-hewn, funky interior is as comfortable as an old shoe. In nearby 

Dillon, another off-the-hill saloon is Pug Ryan’s (www.pugryans.com), which 

also makes its own brews, including the award-winning Morningwood Wheat, 

a light, unfiltered beer. “It’s intimate, and the bartenders are very friendly and 

welcoming—they seem happy that you came in,” Fayhee says. 

The younger crowd in Breckenridge hits Park Avenue Pub (970-453-5139) 

for dollar drinks at happy hour. “It’s awesome, 

cheap and fun with lots of friends,” 

Wren says. If your après ski festivities 

continue into the wee hours, she suggests 

Cecilia’s (www.cecilias.tv), where the crowd 

is a mix of locals and visitors. There’s occasional 

live music, but mostly it’s a different 

theme for the DJ every night—80s, punk, 

techno—along with plenty of drink specials, 

like two-for-one martinis or $2 cosmos. 

At Vail, Williams recommends hanging 

out at Pepi’s (www.pepis.com) inside the 

very Austrian, chalet-style Hotel Gasthof 

Gramshammer. If you’re looking for 

old-school ski village vibe, this is the place. 

“Pepi’s is a classic, with a great deck right in 

the heart of Vail Village and one of the best 

acoustic guitar players,” she says. 

Steiner says that many people gravitate 

to Garfinkel’s (www.garfsvail.com) in 

Lionshead. “It has a huge patio and is 

always packed on sunny days,” he says. 

“[The snow’s] even 

better right around 

noon.”—Leanne Wren 

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Dinnertime 

In a resort area, it’s easy to spend a lot for an average 

meal—but take it from the locals: Whether you 

want something casual or high end, there are many 

top-notch options. Wren Wertin, an avid crosscountry 

skier and the food and dining writer for the 

Vail Daily, recommends Moe’s Original Bar B Que 

(www.moesoriginalbbq.com) in Vail (with other 

locations in Denver and Eagle). “It’s a diverse menu 

of Alabama-style soul food,” she says. “You can go in 

and live large for $9. They smoke their meats fresh 

every day.” 

For a higher end meal, Wertin recommends Vail’s famous 

La Tour (www.latour-vail.com; 970-476-4403). “It’s not actually as 

pricy as people think,” she says. “They’ve really adapted to the climate right now, offering 

the same kind of fine cuisine but with a little more accessibility, price-wise.” 

Steiner points to Kelly Liken (www.kellyliken.com; 970-479-0175), a seasonal 

American restaurant where the chef (Kelly Liken herself) uses only fresh, regional meats 

and produce. “From the moment you walk in to the minute you leave, everything is topnotch—the 

service, the wine, the food. It has the best menu in Vail,” he says. 

Vendetta’s (www.vendettasvail.com), a legendary Italian restaurant in Vail Village, 

tops Williams’ list if you want to mingle with locals. “It’s a great place, especially if you’re a 

Vail Ski Patrol fan—it’s been their hangout for years,” she says. 

In Breckenridge, a visit to the funky Downstairs at Eric’s (www.downstairsaterics. 

com) is a must. Although it’s usually packed, Wren 

says the pizzas and burgers are worth the wait. 

And in Frisco, don’t miss Food Hedz 


“ [At Moe’s Original 

Bar B Que] you can 

go in and live large 

for $9.”—Wren Wertin 

World Café (www.foodhedz.com; 970- 

668-2000), a gourmand’s kind of eatery 

in an unlikely retail mall location. Chef 

David Welch, who came from the famous 

Keystone Ranch restaurant, changes the 

items on his Continental American menu 

daily, and dishes like a breast of Muscovy 

duck with a lingonberry glaze are prepared 

in an open kitchen just the way you like it. 

As you dine on a made-to-order 

meal, sip a martini in a lively après ski 

bar or schuss down a crowdfree powdery 

slope, you can relish the fact that you’re 

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A LIFELONG CHICAGOAN HITS THE STREETS IN SEARCH OF THE CITY’S TOP DOG O 


Picking 

A Wiener 

BY ROD O’CONNOR 

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANNA KNOTT 

There are 

more than 1,800 

hot dog stands 

in Chicago— 

more than all of the city’s McDonald’s, Burger King and 

Wendy’s locations combined. Say what you want about 

deep dish pizza, the hot dog is the one food inexorably 

linked with our city. 

It’s not uncommon for arguments to erupt among 

locals—in taverns, on the El, pretty much anywhere— 

regarding which hot dog stand reigns supreme. Many 

believe the only way to serve a true Chicago-style hot 

dog, an all-beef wonder steamed or heated in a warm 

water bath, is on a poppy seed bun, dressed with the 

“magnificent seven” toppings: yellow mustard, chopped 

onions, neon-green relish, tomato wedges, a pickle 

spear, sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. Others 

scoff at such rigid devotion to those specific ingredients 

(some even say the salad-topped hot dog was an invention 

for tourists), and prefer purveyors who put their 

own spin on this Windy City staple. 

But all agree on one thing: ketchup is a no-no. 

opposite: Hot Doug’s


062 

As a lifelong Chicagoan, I’ve enjoyed thousands 

upon thousands of hot dogs. But when out-of-towners 

ask me to rattle off my favorite, I simply can’t do it. For 

me, choosing a favorite Chicago hot dog is like judging 

the Miss Universe pageant; all of them are beautiful, 

each wiener a winner. After years of neutrality, 

however, I decided that it was my civic duty to take 

a stand in the hot dog debate. To help me get to the 

meat of the matter, I called Bruce Kraig, a local food 

historian and author of Hot Dog: A Global History, who 

agreed to accompany me on a journey. 

Before embarking on our eating expedition, Kraig 

set me straight on what makes a truly great Chicago 

hot dog: First, it must have that distinctive flavor—less 

garlicky than a New York dog, with hints of paprika. 

It needs to snap when you take a bite, the result of the 

sausage’s natural casing. The steamed bun should be 

fresh. And its abundant toppings must provide a good 

combination of flavors and textures, a mix of sweet and 

sour, soft and crunchy. 

Putting our midsections and cholesterol levels on 

the line, we make our first stop during the lunch rush at 

Jimmy’s Red Hots (4000 W Grand Ave; 773-384-9513), 

a red-brick building that’s been serving the West Side 

since 1954. I meet Kraig—a retired college professor 

with mussed grey-brown hair—under a sign that reads, 

appropriately, “Give Us a Test—Ours Are the Best.” He 

can barely contain his excitement as we step inside. 

Steam clouds rise from a metal bin as a worker 

grabs a bun and fills it with a bright-red link. Kraig 

explains that, while most respectable stands get their 

product from the same local supplier (the venerable 

Vienna Beef company), there’s an art to making them 

properly: Heat the already-cooked sausages for too long 

(more than 20 minutes) and they turn to rubber. 

Standing at the counter, we unwrap our hot 

dogs. They’re a bit slim, and 

the greasy hand-cut fries are 

smushed together in the same 

wrapping as the sandwich. The 

sausages have a good snap. All 

in all, it’s a tasty dog. My only 

complaint: It lacks tomato and a 

pickle spear. “This is more like 

what a Chicago hot dog would 

have been like before the 1920s: 

Thin, cheap and simple,” Kraig 

tells me. 

Many of Chicago’s mostbeloved 

stands, I soon discover, 

dish up dogs without the sacred 

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seven condiments. Our next contender, Jim’s Original 

(1250 S Union Ave; www.jimsoriginal.com) a 70-yearold 

survivor from the Maxwell Street neighborhood’s 

days as an open-air market, also offers a variation on 

this earlier, minimalist style (known in some circles 

as a “Depression Dog”). These iconoclasts even serve 

grilled onions instead of the usual chopped variety. 

At the streetside service window, the heavenly smell 

of the onions hits us right away. Hot dogs in hand, we 

sidestep a growing crowd of cops, construction workers 

and guys in suits, and take a bite. “These are absolutely 

superior hot dogs,” Kraig says. “And you can taste … I 

think it’s coriander.” 

I’m taken by how beautifully the crunch and heat 

of the sport peppers, which manager Andy Krupka 

says are pickled in-house, blend with the sweetness 

of the caramelized onions and the beefy flavor of the 

expertly prepared link. “You might say this is a purist’s 

hot dog,” Kraig says, “because other stands add [more] 

ingredients to create those same taste impressions.” 

This red hot is definitely a worthy contender. 

Still, I’m yearning for a dog topped with all the 

veggie trimmings. At Murphy’s Red Hots (1211 W 

Belmont Ave; 773-935-2882), I get my wish. Opened 

in 1987, this storefront a few blocks from Wrigley Field 

is a relative newbie compared to other stands—and it’s 

also the only one with a sister property in Japan. 

We order two with everything and watch as the 

dogs are piled high with toppings, including a few wild 

cards from owner Bill Murphy: lettuce and a cucumber 

slice. As I dive in, the pristinely layered ingredients 

topple off. But I don’t care. I shove them back into the 

bun and savor the meatiness of the sausage alongside 

the freshness of the vegetables. Kraig and I agree: This 

is the best dog we’ve eaten thus far. 

After taking a few days off to digest our results, 

Kraig and I reconvene for 

breakfast at Hot Doug’s (3324 N 

California; www.hotdougs.com), 

the wildly popular “encased 

meat emporium” on a mostly 

industrial stretch of the North 

Side. Owner Doug Sohn meets 

us at his bright red-, yellow- and 

blue-colored corner restaurant at 

9:30am so we can avoid the lines 

that form here every morning. 

Sohn has been slinging 

gourmet elk, alligator, fois gras 

and other exotic types of sausages 

since 2001. But he tells us his 

Chicago-style dog—which, like 

Jim’s Original, also includes

caramelized onions—is no afterthought. “It’s 

still the thing we focus on the most,” says 

Sohn. “I think it’s done properly.” 

Once the kitchen fires up we judge for 

ourselves. I notice the link is a deeper red 

than some of the others; it has excellent 

snap and that true Chicago spice. And I 

like the charred flavor of the grilled onions 

together with the full pantheon of veggies, 

including tasty Roma tomatoes and a crisp 

dill pickle. At this point, I’m torn between 

Hot Doug’s and Murphy’s. But we still have 

one more challenger. 

Of all the institutions on our list, 

Superdawg Drive-In (6363 N Milwaukee 

Ave; www.superdawg.com), in the 

Norwood Park neighborhood, is the only 

one that doesn’t feature Vienna brand hot 

dogs, opting for its own signature, chubbier 

version. Opened in 1948 by Maurie and 

Flaurie Berman, who still own and operate 

the restaurant with the help of their family, 

the stand has maintained its “Happy Days” 

aesthetic—complete with drive-in carhop 

service. The eatery is even listed in the book 

1,000 Places to See Before You Die. 

It’s also known for the two huge anthropomorphic 

hot dogs perched on the roof, 

which serve as a beacon for hot dog lovers 

from miles away. The question is: Will the 

food match the one-of-a-kind ambience? 

“I don’t like this dog. It tastes like artificial 

smoke,” says Kraig, who still proceeds 

to eat every last bite. I detect a heavy dose 

of sweetness (the sausage has more sugar, 

according to Kraig). But the veggies are 

plentiful and fresh, and we agree the wedge 

of pickled green tomato is a classy variation 

on the standard red. To my taste buds, it’s a 

good-but-not-great dog. 

As we get up to leave, we overhear 

two guys in their sixties arguing about 

which is better: Superdawg or Jimmy’s. I 

tell them about my quest, and when one 

of them asks me which I liked best, I don’t 

hesitate: “Murphy’s is absolutely the best 

hot dog in the city,” I declare. “No wait, I 

mean Hot Doug’s.” 

Time to loosen another notch of the 

belt buckle: This taste test is going one 

more round. 

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AT THE 

BAR, SHOUTING 

AT SOMEONE ON THE STAGE. 

Typically, such interjections are 

limited to quick bursts of “Play 

‘Freebird!’” or other, more colorful, 

witticisms. But on a Tuesday night 

in Brooklyn not long ago, the guy 

with the shaved head and the beer 

in his hand bellowed, “From a 

bio-geographical standpoint, how 

much overlap is there between New 

Guinea and Australia?” 

The lady on the stage was Dr. 

Susan Pell of the Brooklyn Botanic 

Garden, and she had an answer 

ready. (The short version, for those 

who are curious, was “Tons.”) But 

prior to this evening—at talks 

describing her fauna-gathering 

expedition to a volcanic island 

chain off of Papua New Guinea to 

student groups, gardening clubs 

and museum audiences—Pell 

had never prefaced her response 

by asking the crowd, “Doesn’t 

someone have a beer for me?” 

Welcome to the Secret 

Science Club. 

(opposite page) Audience member Susannah Shepherd with “Rump Ape,” an entry in the 

The Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest at Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, for the Secret Science Club; 

(this page) Ryan Toth from the Evolution Store displays a photo of a two-faced cat 


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THE SECRET SCIENCE CLUB BEGAN IN SEPTEM- S 

ber 2006, when science writers Margaret Margaret MMittelbach 

and Michael Crewdson and radio producer Dorian 

Devins decided to hold informal science gatherings at 

a Brooklyn bar called Union Hall. The series instantly 

took off, drawing such huge crowds that latecomers 

were regularly turned away, forcing the series to move to 

its current, larger home—The Bell House—late last year. 

“We’re sort of reinventing the lecture hall,” Mittelbach 

says. “The idea that science is part of our everyday 

popular culture is in some ways obvious—we all use 

cell phones, watch television, use technology—but 

there’s this notion that we’re separate from scientists. 

So I like that we’re saying, ‘Hey, one night you can hear 

a band here, another night you can hear a scientist giving 

a lecture.’ It gives a scientist equal footing with a 

pop star.” 

On most nights, the stage at The Bell House hosts 

rock bands and DJs—the types of acts you would expect 

from a hip New York bar. Surprisingly, the audience at 

the monthly Secret Science Club doesn’t look much different 

than those that come out for the music nights. 

“It defies your expectations a little bit,” says Mittelbach, 

surveying the crowd of roughly 250 twenty- and 

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC H. BROWN (SECRET SCIENCE); 

MICHAEL ALEXANDER (COLUMBIA)

thirtysomethings sipping “Tropitinis,” a rum-and-pineapple 

concoction devised especially for the evening. 

As tempting as it might be to chalk the series’ popularity 

up to “nerd chic,” the attractive, tattooed, stylish 

types that populate the room seem to defy the label. 

“I accept and embrace the ‘nerd’ term, but I look 

around, and these people don’t seem that nerdy,” Mittelbach 

says. “A lot of them look pretty cool. There are 

artists and filmmakers and musicians here along with 

scientists. I think there’s a movement of curiosity afoot 

in the nation.” 

That curiosity has led to gatherings like the Secret 

(opposite page) Mike 

Zohn of Obscura 

Antiques and Oddities 

presents his grand 

prize-winning diorama 

to the Secret Science 

Club at Union Hall, 

Brooklyn, NY. (this 

page) Evolutionary 

geneticist Don Melnick 

speaks at a New York’s 

Café Science event at 

Picnic Market Café 

Science Club springing up all over the country. In the 

last few years, more than 100 science cafés have been 

founded. They take place regularly in big cities and 

small towns, in coffee shops and bars, where crowds 

satisfy both their hunger for knowledge and their 

thirst. The events are run by professors, authors and 

amateur science enthusiasts, under names like “Ask a 

Scientist,” “Science on Tap” or just plain “Science Café.” 

“Science forms the basis of a lot of cultural and 

economic pieces of society,” says Roland Wall, director 

of the Center for Environmental Policy at the Academy 

of Natural Sciences, one of five local institutions that 


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co-curate Philadelphia’s “Science on Tap” series. “I think people 

know the importance of science to their day-to-day lives, but it’s not 

always easy to access. Being able to do it over a beer and some fries, 

listening to someone who’s not only telling you interesting stuff, but 

also makes a few jokes along the way, makes it an appealing process 

all the way around.” 

As with any grassroots movement, the origins of the science 

café phenomenon are hazy and fraught with competing claims. 

European in origin, the 

SOCIAL CALENDAR 

Science café events across 

the country 

NOV. 9 At Columbia University’s 

Café Science, ecologist 

Shahid Naeem will shed light 

on Darwin and the evolution. 

www.cafescience.columbia.edu 

NOV. 9 Philadelphia’s Science 

on Tap series presents 

“Embracing Darwin” at 

National Mechanics. 

www.chemheritage.org 

NOV. 10 The topic of “How 

Natural Epidemiology Will 

Cure the Biological Invasion 

Crisis” will be discussed at San 

Francisco’s Axis Café. www. 

askascientistsf.com 

NOV. 14 The Atlanta Science 

Tavern hosts “Testing the Limits 

of Astrochemistry” at Manuel’s 

Tavern. www.atlantascience 

tavern.com 

NOV. 17 At Raleigh, NC’s The 

Irregardless Café, Dr. Matthew 

Breen will discuss how scientists 

can use dogs as genetic 

models for cancer research. 

www.sciencecaferaleigh. 

blogspot.com 

NOV. 17 Hear “Gravity’s Fatal 

Attraction: How Black Holes Rule 

the Universe” at the Wynkoop 

Brewing Company in Denver. 

www.cafescicolorado.org 

NOV. 27 Minneapolis’ Café 

Scientifique presents a lecture 

about biomass energy at the 

Morris Café. www.cafe 

scientifique-morris.org 


idea seems to have occurred 

almost simultaneously in 

Britain and France in the late 

1990s. Of course, as most 

participants admit, this craze 

is merely the latest incarnation 

of a model that dates 

back at least to the Enlightenment. 

As Ben Wiehe, the 

outreach project director at 

Boston PBS station WGBH 

who organizes a science café 

series, points out, “People 

have been gathering at local 

watering holes to discuss the 

issues of the day for millennia, 

so that’s not new.” 

What is new is the opportunity 

for non-academics to 

network and converse with 

the experts themselves. As 

such, the science café model 

that works best is one that 

functions as a two-way discussion. 

At Secret Science 

Club, for example, a 45-minute 

lecture is followed by a 

question-and-answer period 

of about the same length. 

The guest speaker then usually 

mingles with attendees. 

“These cafés aren’t just 

a chance for you to learn 

as a member of the public; 

they also give scientists the 

opportunity to get public 

feedback on the work that 

they’re doing,” says Wiehe, 

who supports and encourages 

the growth of other 

science cafés in conjunction 

with WGBH’s “Nova scienceNow” 

program and Sigma 

Xi, an international science 

research honor society. 

William Graef showing off a rhinestone-encrusted skull 

at The Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest at Union 

Hall, Brooklyn, for the Secret Science Club 

“Whether you love it, whether you hate it, whether it scares you, or 

whether it thrills you, once you start to get into the details, people 

generally have reactions that are very useful to scientists who are 

spending most of their time in their labs.” 

DR. TED DAESCHLER—WHO 

has lectured about fossil records at 

National Mechanics, a bar in Philadelphia, 

for Science on Tap—puts 

the trend in a wider perspective. “I 

suppose you might broadly say that 

people are worried about the future 

right now, so science is more relevant 

today than it ever was,” he says. “But 

the universal concept that science is a 

way forward, that it puts us in a better place in the world, has been 

there at least since the Enlightenment.” 

You don’t have to be an expert in string theory to enjoy the 

events. “The reason we go into these casual environments is to have 

fun and create this energy where everybody can participate,” Wiehe 

says. “They’re sometimes in places where there are a reasonable 

number of people who are there just to drink and socialize. They 

don’t know that a science café is going to happen when they walk 

into the pub, so we can get people engaged in a science conversation 

who never had any intention of going to a science talk and probably 

wouldn’t have gone if they’d known what they were in for.” 

Michael Garbarino epitomizes the science café enthusiast, equal 

parts brainiac and barfly. A Secret Science Club regular who has 

attended every month since the series began, he’s a garrulous science 

buff who eagerly takes it upon himself to promote the events, 

trumpeting its virtues to anyone within earshot. “When a typical 

person hears the word ‘science,’ a deer-in-the-headlights look sets 

in,” he says. “The first thought is ‘I’m never going to understand 

this, and it’ll be boring.’ To be able to meet and learn from the scientist 

next door while having a drink with a lively and diverse crowd 

would be unthinkable to a lot of people.” 

Neil Feldman is another regular who promotes the series via 

his email newsletter, Not Only Brooklyn Arts & Events. “Just because 

someone likes to go to bars doesn’t mean the person is brain-dead,” 

he says. “Here you create the possibility of attracting people who 

like to drink and be intellectually stimulated at the same time, in 

the same place.” 

When asked about his hopes for the future of science cafés, 

Wiehe answers with one word: “More.” That outcome doesn’t seem 

to be in doubt. The movement appears to be a true evolutionary 

success story, adapting to a variety of environments to survive and 

flourish. Grab a beer and discuss. 

For more info, visit www.sciencecafes.org and www.cafescientifique.org.

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TRANSLATION 

Cruz has acted in more than 40 films 

over the course of 17 years—and won an Oscar—but she 

has yet to have a major American blockbuster. Will this 

month’s Nine be her first? 

BY BRET LOVECPenelope

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY FABRICE TROMBERT/RETNA (LEFT); EMILIO PEREDA & PAOLA ARDIZZONI/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS (RIGHT) 

THERE’S A LONGSTANDING L 

HOLLYWOOD 

superstition that th winning an Academy Award for Best 

Supporting Actress Ac is the career kiss of death. Mira 

Sorvino has ne never rivaled her winning role in Mighty 

Aphrodite, Catherine Cath Zeta-Jones hasn’t had a big hit 

since Chicago, Chicago, and Renee Zellweger has watched her 

movies tank consistently co since Cold Mountain. 

But, for better be or worse, Penelope Cruz doesn’t 

need to worry about the so-called “Oscar curse.” Before 

the 2009 win for fo her role as mentally unstable artist 

Maria Maria Elena in 

Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 

the actress known kno as the “Spanish Enchantress” had 

never appeared 

in anything resembling a box office 

blockbuster—which blockbuster—w is a fairly impressive feat when you 

consider how many m high-profile roles she’s managed 

to land opposite opposit A-list stars like Matt Damon (All 

The Pretty Hor Horses, 2000), Johnny Depp (Blow, 2001), 

Nicolas Cage (Captain ( Corelli’s Mandolin, 2001), Tom 

Cruise (Vanilla Sky, 2001) and Matthew McConaughey 

(Sahara, 2005). 2005) The fact is, despite stellar starring roles 

in in numerous foreign fo films, Cruz is perhaps best known 

in the US for he her relationships with her leading men, 

including Cruise, 

McConaughey and current beau 

Javier Bardem. Bardem. 

Where other actresses hav have had to worry about 

maintaining momentum in the wake of winning Oscar 

gold, the 35-year-old Cruz approaches the Nov. 25 

release of the eagerly anticipated Nine simply looking 

for a Hollywood hit in which she doesn’t appear as the 

voice of a crime-fighting guinea pig (see: last summer’s 

kiddie flick G-Force … or, better yet, don’t). Yet Cruz 

herself doesn’t seem all that concerned with box office 

returns. “When I started,” she says, “my biggest aspiration 

was just to be able to be an actress with work. The 

best situation I could imagine was to be able to choose 

what I wanted to do. That counts more for me than the 

concept of stardom.” 

BORN PENÉLOPE CRUZ SÁNCHEZ IN MADRID, 

she began her career as a ballet dancer with Spain’s 

National Conservatory before besting 300 other girls 

in a talent agency audition at the age of 15. Roles in 

Spanish TV shows and music videos led to film acting, 

including a role in 1992’s Belle Epoque. But it was her 

work with w Spanish indie auteur Pedro Almodóvar that 

established establish Cruz’s thespian cred in Hollywood. 

“I mmet 

Pedro when I was 18 and I was too young 

for the script s that he was writing,” she says. “But he 

told me, 

‘I will write something else for you,’ and now 

we’ve made ma four films together. We became friends 

from om the 

beginning and know each other really well. 

We share 

a lot of our lives with each other, and I count 

him mason as one of my closest friends.” 

That friendship has produced some of the best 

work of their respective careers, including 1998’s Live 

Flesh, 1999’s All About My Mother (which won the 

Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), 2006’s Volver 

(for which Cruz earned her first Oscar nomination) 

and their latest collaboration, Broken Embraces, which 

was nominated for a Golden Palm Award at the 

Cannes Film Festival and will be released next month. 

Broken Embraces casts Cruz as Lena, an aspiring 

actress who suddenly finds herself the muse for visionary 

director Mateo Blanco (Lluís Homar). Though the 

film noir-style story of passion, jealousy, obsession and 

guilt is a work of fiction, it’s not difficult to imagine the 

loving connection between Lena and Mateo mirroring 

the one between Penelope and her mentor, Almodóvar. 

“It is a very different type of relationship,” Cruz 

says, noting the romantic nature of Lena and Mateo’s 

partnership. “But I used a lot of my relationship with 

Pedro in playing the role. Emotionally, he is somebody 

that I connect with, somebody I care about. A lot of 

times when we were rehearsing, Pedro would play 

Lluís’ role, and when he and I were acting together it 

helped me understand our relationship.” 

Cruz readily admits that this connection between 

them allows Almodóvar to bring out her peak performances. 

“I think it’s because he’s very specific and very 

honest, and he sees everything,” she says. “On and off the 

set, you cannot lie to him, and I know he can’t lie to me 

“ I count him 

as one 

of my 

closest 

friends.” 

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Cruz with director Pedro Almodóvar 

while filming Broken Embraces 


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either. The fact that we’re close friends 

does not mean that he’s less demanding. 

I always feel the same butterflies while 

working with him. I cannot bear to have 

him go home disappointed. I always 

want to feel that I am giving 100%, one 

time after another.” 

But Cruz has also proven her abilities 

when working with other directors. 

After all, Fernando Trueba’s Belle 

Epoque won a Best Foreign Language 

Film Oscar, and she was widely praised 

for her work in director Alejandro 

Amenábar’s Abre Los Ojos (remade 

by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky, in 

which she played the same role). So 

why can’t Hollywood filmmakers seem 

to find projects that better showcase 

Cruz’s talents? 

She rejects outright the notion 

that Hollywood studios have failed to 

provide the same quality opportunities 

she’s gotten overseas. “I think it would 

sound ungrateful if I said that the work 

in America was less interesting than 

my European work,” she says. “I feel 

that as an actress from Spain who once 

spoke very little English, I’ve gotten 

to work with a lot of amazing people 

in America. I’ve never felt like I had 

difficulty because I never expected this 

to happen, since it never happened to 

an actress from my country. The doors 

were much more closed years ago, so I 

was very grateful that they kept giving 

me opportunities.” 

But Almodóvar sees things differently. 

“Hollywood doesn’t take risks 

with actors,” he told London’s Telegraph. 

“They’re not that rich in female 

characters either. I have the advantage 

that I know Penelope very well as a 

friend. She has such faith in me, so I 

can take more risks, bring out those 

unseen Penelopes that other directors 

wouldn’t dare to conceive. She is the 

perfect material that I can shape into all 

the different women I can imagine … 

and [Lena] is the most difficult role she 

has played in all her career.” 

Indeed, while critical reaction to 

Broken Embraces at the Toronto Film 

Festival was mixed, Cruz’s performance 

was universally praised, with 

some people predicting another Oscar 


Judi Dench (Liliane La Fleur), Marion Cotillard (Luisa Contini), Penelope Cruz (Carla), Sophia Loren (Mamma), Stacy ‘Fergie’ Ferguson 

(Seraghina), Nicole Kidman (Claudia), Kate Hudson (Stephanie) and Daniel Day-Lewis (Guido Contini) in Rob Marshall’s Nine. 

nod. But first, there’s the matter of Nine, Chicago director Rob Marshall’s film adaptation of 

the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Based on Federico Fellini’s 1963 film 8½, the 

story follows a director (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) struggling during a mid-life crisis, 

juggling dynamic relationships with the myriad women in his life. With a remarkable cast 

that also includes Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Marion Cotillard and Kate Hudson, the film 

is the closest thing this year’s awards season has to a sure thing—not to mention Cruz’s best 

chance yet for a bona fide Hollywood hit. 

Of the film, Cruz says, “It was a long shoot with a lot of preparation time, but I loved it 

because I’ve always wanted to do a musical. I loved the feeling of going back to dancing five 

hours a day and the challenge of having to sing and be completely vulnerable. I think we 

were all caught off guard by it, but we had a very supportive team. We were all together all 

the time during the training part. Singing, acting, choreography, dancing … we would do 

classes all day long.” 

Adding to the shoot’s allure was the opportunity for Cruz to act alongside one of her 

idols, Sophia Loren, who worked with the legendary Fellini on Boccaccio ’70. “8½ is one of 

my favorite movies of all time, and it felt like Fellini was very present on the set,” she says. 

“Our movie was different because it was a musical, but Sophia knew Fellini and worked with 

[8½ star] Marcello Mastroianni many times and would share stories about that era and those 

amazing people.” 

With Nine hitting theaters this month and Broken Embraces following closely behind, all 

that remains is to wait and watch the box office receipts come in. But Cruz doesn’t seem all 

that concerned with commercial success (or lack thereof). For her, getting the chance to do 

what she loves is what’s important. 

CRUZ, THE MUSE: FOUR FACES FROM PEDRO ALMODÓVAR FILMS 

1997 

Carne trémula 

Live Flesh 

1999 

Todo sobre mi madre 

All About My Mother 

2006 

Volver 

2009 

Los abrazos rotos 

Broken Embraces 

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID JAMES, THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY (NINE); DANIEL MARTINEZ/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS (LIVE FLESH); TERESA ISASI/SONY 

PICUTRES CLASSICS ( (ALL ABOUTTT 

); EMILIO PEREDA & PAOLA ARDIZZONI/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ( VOLVER AND BROKEN EMBRACES)

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083 HOW PERFORMANCE REVIEWS CAN HELP 

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THE CLOSING BELL BY JACK GUINAN 

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CLASSICAL 

STRATEGIES 

In order for an orchestra to 

be successful, every instrument 

must blend together 

flawlessly—otherwise there is 

dissonance. And one person, 

the conductor, acts as the executive, 

guiding the musicians to create the 

perfect symphony. 

In the mid-’90s, Roger Nierenberg, 

a veteran conductor and 

author of Maestro: A Surprising 

Story about Leading by Listening, 

developed the Music Paradigm, a 

seminar during which company 

leaders sat inside a professional orchestra and 

observed how all the components worked together. 

“I started making the subject of these 

seminars business issues: teamwork, leadership 

and coordination,” Nierenberg says. “Businesses 

discovered that top-down structures did not work as 

well as bringing people from various positions within 

the organization together to work as a team.” 

NIERENBERG SHARES SOME 

BUSINESS LESSONS YOU CAN 

LEARN FROM ORCHESTRAS: 

Employees need to 

work together to create 

the perfect melody. 

“It isn’t enough to have 

each individual carry 

out his or her task very 

well.” For example, when 

the clarinet hands off the 

melody to the oboe, both 

need to listen closely to 

each other or the musical 

line gets broken. 

The executive doesn’t 

own the music. 

“Instead of demanding 

mindless obedience, communicate 

a larger vision 

that invites people to draw 

on the full range of their 

talents. Allow employees to 

feel ownership of the whole 

piece and not just their 

individual parts.” 

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Lead by listening. 

“When people sense an 

open and receptive ear, 

they offer more of their 

potential,” he says. The 

musicians need to know 

that their ideas are being 

heard, or they don’t play 

artistically. The conductor 

focuses on the people he 

leads, rather than the other 

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WHICH TYPE OF PORTABLE COMPUTER IS RIGHT FOR YOU? 

BY LEE GIMPEL ILLUSTRATION BY TRAY BUTLER 

In 2003, laptops outsold desktop 

computers for the first time. Since 

then, business has only become 

more mobile, and now there’s an 

even more portable show in town: the 

netbook, designed to handle simple 

tasks like email and web browsing. These 

machines are considerably smaller (7- to 

10-inch screens), lighter (2 to 3 pounds) 

and less expensive ($300 to $400) than 

regular notebooks. 

Netbooks are also taking off in the 

marketplace, with IDC expecting sales to 

go from 11.5 million units in 2008 to more 

than 50 million by 2013. Even so, they’re 

still more of a consumer tag-a-long device 

than a business necessity, with IDC figuring 

only about 9% were destined for enterprise 

use in 2009. So is a netbook for you? 

For users who are largely connected 

to browser-based applications and 

have constant access to the internet, a 

netbook is a good option. They’re great 

for doing email, browsing the web and 

typing up documents. Citing its “killer 

design,” PCMag recommends the Toshiba 

mini NB205, which retails from $350 

to $400. The Acer Aspire One ($330 to 

$450) also scored well in reviews. 

For those who switch off between netbooks 

and laptops (or desktops), Bobby 

Kuzma, vice president of ElectroNerdz, 

recommends using Microsoft Live Sync to 

keep files up-to-date between computers. 

You can also keep very little info on your 

netbook by storing it on a flash drive or 

accessing it online “in the cloud” such as 

with Google Docs or Salesforce.com. 

If you frequently work with dense 

PowerPoint or Excel creations, the size 

and processing power constraints of 

netbooks should give you pause. The small 

screen makes it hard to deal with multiple 

windows, and many don’t have CD/DVD 

drives or video ports, which makes giving 

presentations a challenge. “If you need 

the power to do heavy multi-tasking, 

graphic design, video editing, CAD/CAM 

or programming, a netbook isn’t right for 

you,” says Peter Ubriaco, president of New 

York Information Systems. 

A few other downfalls: Although 

netbooks offer easier typing than the 

thumbs-only Blackberry, the keyboard is 

still a bit cramped, says Howie Isaacks, 

an IT consultant with Digital Criterion. 

And, as Lance Ulanoff, editor-in-chief of 

PCMag.com, points out, netbooks often 

lack high-end security features like 

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REVIEW TO 

REVENUE: 

HOW PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS 

CAN HELP YOUR BOTTOM LINE 

BY ELAINE POFELDT 

GoTV Networks was struggling when 

Tom Ellsworth came on board as CEO 

in 2005. The LA-based company, which 

creates technology that helps make video 

work on cell phones, was losing more 

than $700,000 a month, with sales of 

around $5 million a year. Today, it brings 

in between $12 million to $15 million in 

annual revenue—and turns a profit. 

What changed? According to 

Ellsworth, it was a better performance 

review system, closely tied to a plan to 

achieve company objectives. Each year, 

GoTV’s top management creates a list 

of things it wants to accomplish, and 

employees are given individual goals 

that support the company’s own. In each 

annual review, a score is given, 60% of 

which is based on how well the employee 

achieved his or her individual goals; the 

balance is based on how well his or her 

team and the company performed. 

Staffers receive scores of one to five 

points in seven main categories. They 

also get scored on how they handle the 

responsibilities unique to their jobs. The 

final score determines employees’ salary 

increases. “I can’t just be weak and give 

everyone 5% raises like it’s communism,” 

says Ellsworth, author of The Rat, the 

Race and the Cage: A Simple Way to 

Guarantee Job Satisfaction and Success. 

If you’ve ever gotten a review—or 

used one to evaluate employees—you 

know they can be unproductive. In 2007, 

OnPoint Consulting reported that only 

30% of respondents said their performance 

review systems helped them 

achieve the company’s objectives to a 

“great” or “very great” extent. 

But it doesn’t have to be that way. 

Performance review systems can actually 

improve companies by helping them 

identify and promote talent effectively. 


084 BUSINESS 

“If something isn’t 

consistent or great 

about someone’s 

performance and 

you don’t tell them 

for a whole year, 

you’re wasting 

money and time.” 

It all starts with telling employees why 

you value them. “Employees tend not 

to understand their roles in the organization,” 

says Billie Blair, CEO of Change 

Strategists, a Los Angeles-based corporate 

consulting firm that advises clients on performance 

issues. 

Even if you only have time for formal 

reviews once a year, give workers brief, constructive 

feedback after each project or on 

a quarterly basis so they can work on their 

performance right away. “If something 

isn’t consistent or great about someone’s 

performance and you don’t tell them 

for a whole year, you’re wasting money 

and time,” says Libby Wagner, president 

of Libby Wagner & Associates, a Seattle 

consulting firm that advises companies 

on improving performance. “You may be 

damaging your team environment.” 

To get the most out of reviews, create 

a list of performance expectations early 

on that outline what you expect from each 

employee so you can later evaluate whether 

they were achieved. This list should be 

more detailed than a general job description, 

including specific projects you want 

completed. And if an employee hasn’t met 

a goal, always ask why. Your company may 

need to change the way it does things for 

the employee to succeed. “Out of performance 

reviews, a lot of good ideas will 

come,” Blair says. 

After each meeting, send emails that 

include deadlines or timelines you have 

set, and keep copies to use at the annual 

review. If you’ve offered regular feedback 

and kept a written record, “When you 


come to the annual review, it should simply 

be a summary of performance and a recommendation 

on a salary increase or not,” 

Wagner says. 

Hollis & Miller, an architecture firm in 

Overland Park, KS, evaluates its employees 

on 12 criteria, such as technical skills 

and organization. The firm’s six partners 

also use the review system to determine 

whether or not team members have the 

potential to become associates or partners 

by evaluating them according to 12 additional 

criteria. “You could have somebody 

who wants to be a partner,” Southard says, 

“but we know in our hearts and souls 

they’ll never make it. Why lead them on 

for 15 or 20 years?” 

While judging employees on specific 

criteria can work, many managers like to 

use 360-degree evaluations that include 

comments from supervisors, colleagues and 

clients. Ideally, these reports give managers a 

perspective on an employee’s work that may 

not be readily visible to them, says Stefanie 

Smith, principal of Stratex Consulting, an 

executive consulting and coaching firm in 

New York City. She suggests letting employees 

select the reviewers who can offer a 

relevant perspective on their contributions. 

About half of the questions should be the 

same for all reviewers, but the rest should be 

specific to the reviewer’s relationship with 

the employee. 

Donna Novitsky, CEO of BigTent, a San 

Francisco-based company that provides 

an online gathering place for communities 

of volunteers, has used 360-degree 

reviews since the company was founded in 

2006. “We find it helpful to see if the 

individual’s assessment of his or her own 

performance is consistent with how the 

teammates and management see it, so that 

everyone is in alignment,” she says. “You 

can’t afford to have people not rowing in 

the same direction.” 

In addition to feedback from peers, 

client comments can help paint the whole 

picture—but they may be harder to get. 

Marie Johnson offers clients big incentives, 

such as a $700 discount, for completing a 

five-question survey within five days on 

the service they received from her corporate 

and education consultancy IzzyLou 

Studios in Hudson, WI. Recently, a client 

reported having a hard time following 

conversations with an employee who used 

a lot of technical lingo. That staffer is now 

working to communicate more clearly. 

Reviews should be dialogues, so in 

addition to getting input from colleagues, 

the reviewee should also bring a summary 

detailing what they have achieved and 

where they want to improve. “You should 

give them something to bring to the table,” 

Smith says. 

After you have evaluated an employee, 

share the results right away. It may be 

tempting to postpone conversations, 

especially if you have bad news. Don’t 

do it. You could put yourself at risk of a 

wrongful termination or discrimination 

suit if you later fire the employee for poor 

performance, says attorney Chad Shultz, an 

Atlanta-based partner in Ford & Harrison. 

“If an employee hasn’t been given any kind 

of guidance on what’s being done wrong, he 

or she doesn’t know what needs improvement,” 

he says. 

Just as Ellsworth has found at GoTV 

Networks, once your employees start 

improving, the company as a whole 

is very likely to follow. 

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in general? 

2. How well does the employee 

meet the operational goals for 

the position? 

3. What are the opportunities for 

advancement? What is the next 

step toward helping the employee 

reach his or her potential? 

4. How well has the employee 

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BY CARRIE WILLIAMSON 

A DJ pumps electronic music from the speakers s at Republic New Orleans, a 

cavernous cocktail lounge-turned-dance club in the hip Warehouse District. 

A man stands on the stage in jeans and a blazer er and shouts, “Welcome to 

the revolution.” And the devoted techies, in town n to attend SIGGRAPH, the 

annual computer graphics and interactive techniques iques conference, are ready. 

The man? Michael Hecht, president 

and CEO of Greater New Orleans 

Inc., a public-private partnership 

tasked with attracting and retaining 

businesses in the Big Easy. The DJ? 

Elliott Adams, director of Digital 

Media for Louisiana Economic Development 

(LED). The bash? A sales 

pitch, New Orleans-style. 

Hecht and Adams are spreading 

the gospel about Louisiana’s latest 

digital interactive media tax credits, 

which passed on July 9, 2009 and went up to a whopping 

35%. They’re also celebrating the post-Katrina 

entrepreneurial renaissance New Orleans is experiencing, 

as young, educated professionals flock to the 

city, attracted by the eclectic culture, vibrant music 

scene and affordable lifestyle. 

Michael Hecht 

So is New Orleans poised to 

become Silicon Valley South? 

According to Adams, yes. “Digital 

media is one of Louisiana’s Louisiana’s top top 

priorities. These tax credits are 

permanent and here to stay,” he 

says. Investing in in the digital media 

industry—an industry based largely 

on human capital—not only makes 

sense financially (the global video 

game market alone is worth $30 billion), 

but also practically. To create 

real economic mic growth, it is critical that Louisiana 

diversifies its ts economy beyond the traditional oil, 

gas and shipbuilding pbuilding industries. 

The catalyst alyst behind the original digital media 

tax credits, passed in 2005, was Matt Wisdom, CEO CEO 

of the New Orleans-based TurboSquid—a tax credit 

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088 BUSINESS 

success story. Similar to Getty Images, TurboSquid acts as a 3-D clearinghouse for digital 

artists to sell their content. “If you’ve got a game where people run around and play army, 

then somebody might make a new kind of laser rifle that they’ll actually figure out how 

to [incorporate into] the game,” Wisdom says. “We wanted to [find a way for] people who 

create their own game content to actually be able to sell it on top of the game.” 

Chatting with his brother about the overlap of the game and film worlds, Wisdom had 

an epiphany: model digital media tax credits on the credits Louisiana used very successfully 

to attract film and television productions to the state. These productions could receive 

a transferable tax credit for motion picture expenditures and local labor. “Game people were 

doing lighting and cinematography. Movie actors were doing the voice acting for the games. I 

didn’t see why we couldn’t extend the film credits to support video games, too,” Wisdom says. 

The original digital media tax credits produced real, but limited, successes. “The previous 

program suffered for two reasons,” Hecht says. “One is that the definition was too narrow, 

so it was hard for companies that weren’t very clearly doing 3-D modeling or gaming like 

TurboSquid to qualify. The second is that the incentive itself was not quite deep enough, and 

the fact that it tailed off over time did not make it really stand out. Now that we effectively 

have a 35% tax credit that never sunsets suddenly makes this thing best in class.” 

“People are 

infusing the 

entire city with 

new energy 

and ideas that 

will allow New 

Orleans to reinvent 

itself while 

unquestionably 

retaining what 

has made this a 

great city. “ 

—MICHAEL HECHT 


Louisiana has proven its commitment 

to creating a sustainable, viable digital 

media industry by not only increasing 

the credits—25% for in-state production 

expenditures plus 10% for local labor— 

but also expanding eligibility to include 

businesses producing interactive, internetbased 

technologies (think Facebook and 

Twitter) that will be commercially available. 

According to Adams, “The eligibility 

has been left somewhat open-ended so 

long as the venture fits certain criteria. We 

want to be looking toward the future.” 

A robust portfolio of additional state 

and local incentives may also benefit digital 

media companies. Louisiana offers both 

a 40% R&D tax credit for businesses conducting 

research that employ more than 

50 Louisiana residents, and a Quality Jobs 

Program that provides a 5% or 6% cash 

rebate of annual gross payroll for new jobs 

at a certain pay level for 10 years. The Idea 

Village, a New Orleans nonprofit, provides 

grants and other resources to entrepreneurial 

ventures, which many digital media 

businesses could also be eligible for. 

There is no doubt that the robust portfolio of financial incentives for the digital media 

industry will both attract new business to New Orleans and provide a catalyst for existing 

businesses to expand. However, there is more fueling this revolution. As Hecht says, “People 

are driving this revolution and the future of New Orleans. People are infusing the entire city 

with new energy and ideas that will allow New Orleans to reinvent itself while unquestionably 

retaining what has made this a great city.” 

SIGGRAPH, where response ranged from cautious optimism to excitement, provided 

the first opportunity to roll out the new credits. “It got the attention of a lot of different 

Chris Schultz of Launch Pad 

people,” Wisdom says. “Lucasfilm Animation, 

one of George Lucas’ companies, has 

a facility in Singapore, which offers tax 

credits like what we offer in Louisiana. The 

question becomes: Is there now an incentive 

to do that business here?” 

Local companies are also positioned 

to qualify. Launch Pad, a startup incubator 

located in The I.P. Building, the city’s tech 

hub, currently has a few entrepreneurs that 

are potential candidates, including Body 

Evolution, a commercial web application for 

health technology coming out of LSU, and 

Schedulist, a scheduling software for nurses. 

Launch Pad owner Chris Schultz is also the 

principal of Voodoo Ventures, an internet 

software company that does programming 

in Silicon Valley, New York and London. 

Schultz moved from Los Angeles to 

New Orleans in 2002, drawn by the creative 

atmosphere and low cost of living. 

“When I lived in LA and had an internet 

company I was getting off the ground, I 

worked out of my bedroom. I was able to 

come down here, rent an office and hire 

people,” he says. 

Schultz spoke at SIGGRAPH about 

the five components necessary for a successful 

tech startup ecosystem: policy, 

venture capital, grassroots organizations, 

entrepreneurial spirit and talent. Many 

of these components are firmly in place. 

GNO Inc.’s LeapFrog fund provides

early stage, pre-revenue capital between 

$250,000 and $500,000 to help local 

entrepreneurs move their ideas from 

concept to prototype. Grassroots organizations 

like Net2NO—a networking 

group of software programmers and 

social media experts—are multiplying. 

And The Icehouse, Entrepreneur’s Row, 

Entergy Innovation Center and Launch 

Pad are trendy co-working spaces that 

house entrepreneurial ventures across 

industries to encourage collaboration and 

spark innovation. 

Of the final component, it’s actually a 

lack of talent that concerns SIGGRAPH 

attendee Richard Harding, a principle 

engineer at Sony Computer Entertainment 

America. “The city’s heritage and 

culture are very attractive,” he says. “But 

certainly a lot of businesses are located on 

the West Coast because there is already 

talent there.” 

Wisdom provides perspective about 

the existing digital media work force in 

New Orleans. Regarding staffing small- 

to medium-size companies, “There are 

people here for sure who have great experience,” 

he says. But in terms of staffing 

larger corporations who might want to 

relocate to New Orleans? “We don’t have 

the pipeline churning them out to support 

larger organizations,” he says. 

The dearth of institutions feeding talent 

into the industry is a hot topic with 

GNO Inc.’s Digital Media Alliance, a group 

of representatives from digital media, 

financing and higher education who are 

working to grow New Orleans’ digital 

media industry. Members are actively 

designing the necessary curricula for 

Delgado Community College and Loyola 

University New Orleans to power that 

pipeline. “You should see classes required 

for these industries in place by this time 

next year,” Hecht says. 

“At the end of the day, what is driving 

this revolution and what is going to drive 

the future of New Orleans is people,” he 

continues. “So if people begin to appreciate 

this renaissance and are attracted to it, 

more and more people are going to drive 

industry and create job opportunities for 

everybody.” 

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Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA. He’s been picking fruit 

for nearly nine hours, and his arms and back scream 

in torment. He finds a barstool in the hotel’s tavern 

and asks the bartender for a pint. When a frothy mug 

is set before him, the farmer slaps down a few bills 

bearing the likeness of Moby Dick author Herman 

Melville, then takes a long sip. 

This may sound like a scene from the turn of the 

20th century, but it’s not. Instead, it’s what you’ll find

any given night in the Southern Berkshires. This 19,000-resident 

region in the southwestern corner of Massachusetts 

circulates its own currency, and the bills pay homage to 

notable local citizens (Melville lived here while penning his 

famous novel). And the area isn’t alone in its use of homegrown 

bills; nearly a dozen cities and counties across the 

country have their own organized currency systems. 

Local currencies actually predate the federal currency, 

which came into use with the signing of the Federal 

Reserve Act in 1913. Prior to that, “Every local commercial 

bank issued its own currency,” says Susan Witt, cofounder 

of BerkShares (www.berkshares.org), the currency system 

used in the Southern Berkshires. 

Though the convenience of using a national currency 

caused the popularity of local bills to fade, times 

of economic stress have historically prompted citizens to 

revisit the concept. In 1991, Paul Glover responded to an 

economic recession by launching Ithaca HOURS (www. 

ithacahours.org) in his hometown of Ithaca, NY. His goal, 

he says, was simple: Integrate the city’s untapped human 

resources into the local economy. 

“Oftentimes, an area’s skills, time, tools and talent are 

underutilized by the current system,” says Glover, who now 

serves as a consultant for grassroots economic development 

around the country. “A local system brings talent into the 

market that would otherwise be neglected.” For example, a 

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community with its own currency may be 

more apt to support a restaurant that accepts 

local currency instead of a chain restaurant 

that doesn’t. This encourages more of the 

area’s chefs to enter the marketplace with 

entrepreneurial ventures. 

Millions of Ithaca HOURS have been 

traded between the city’s locally owned 

companies over the last 18 years, and 

HOURS grants have been issued to more 

than 100 community organizations, including 

groups that support urban agriculture 

and the rights of workers. Several area 

businesses in need of loans have received as 

much as $30,000 worth of HOURS interestfree: 

A city credit union was able to build 

a new headquarters, a movie theater got a 

paint job, and several farmers rode out difficult 

crop seasons without going bankrupt. 

“With a local currency, we not only have 

more money, but also more control over 

what money does,” Glover says. “It allows 

money to be invested into programs locally, 

which strengthens the economy.” 

Of course, just as no two cities are exactly 

alike, no two local currencies work precisely 

the same way. The BerkShares program, 

for example, teams up with five local banks 

that swap federal currency for local bills. If 

someone arrives at one of these banks with 

$95 US dollars, he or she can walk away with 

$100 worth of BerkShares, a way of rewarding 

people for using the currency. 

Ithaca HOURS, on the other hand, does 

not back its money with federal dollars; 

rather, it issues HOURS to participating 

businesses, individuals and nonprofits (the 

number issued depends on the size of the 

recipient) in exchange for being listed in their 

directory, which costs from $10 to $40 annually. 

Those businesses then spend HOURS 

with other merchants in the directory. 

Despite the differences between local 

currencies, the national laws guiding them 

remain the same: The money must be paper 

(no coins) and must not resemble the US 

dollar, and business owners must pay income 

and sales tax on the bills. In the case of Ithaca 

HOURS, the amount a business receives 

during a taxable transaction is counted as 

taxable income at $10 per HOUR. 

Proponents of local currencies say the 

system encourages face-to-face communication. 

Instead of ordering a book online, 

a customer must go to the local bookstore. 

Not only does this allow the customer to 

judge the quality of the bookstore in person, 

it also gives him or her a chance to network, 

perhaps encouraging the bookstore owner 

to one day patronize the business of his 

customer. “The marketplace has always had 

a role greater than just transacting,” Glover 

says. “It’s where people intersect and get to 

know each other.” 

That intersection can foster a sense of 

camaraderie, a feeling that no matter how 

tough the times, everyone is in it together. 

Moria Reynolds owns a small business 

in Hood River, OR, which participates 

in a four-county currency system called 

RiverHOURS (www.riverhours.org). She 

allows clients who want to pay her in RiverHOURS 

to do so, then uses those bills 

to buy food from the local market, clothes 

from the boutique down the street or as 

a tip for the baristas at her favorite coffee 

shop. “I feel a strong sense of community 

with the businesses I exchange River- 

HOURS with,” she says. 

As idyllic as local currencies may 

sound, even the biggest proponents of the 

concept admit it can’t work everywhere. If 

a town is filled with big-box stores and a 

revolving-door citizenry, local bills may not 

be feasible. “In the Southern Berkshires, we 

have about 80 restaurants, and only four are 

chains,” says Witt, who also serves as the 

executive director of the E.F. Schumacher 

Society, a think tank that promotes strong 

local economies. “Small, independent business 

owners make up the fabric of our local 

economy, and they’ve figured out how to 

work BerkShares into their businesses.” 

It also takes time and patience for a local 

currency to have a palpable effect on an 

(top left) BerkShares, 

currency in Southern 

Berkshires; (right) Ithaca 

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on an area’s economy. Even though 

BerkShares Inc. has issued $2.4 million 

in bills and estimates BerkShares trade 

is currently $150,000, Witt admits that 

figure still represents a small part of the 

local economy. 

“So far, I think the conversations about 

BerkShares have outpaced actual economic 

exchanges in BerkShares,” she says. 

“It has prompted heated discussions about 

local economies and stores and whether it’s 

best to support your local business or look 

for the best deal on the internet.” 

Lynn Ballou, a financial advisor in 

Lafayette, CA, says local currency users 

should be aware of the risks inherent in 

such a system. Though towns with their 

own bills usually anticipate the money will 

circulate indefinitely, “What happens if the 

merry-go-round stops?” she asks. “Who 

ends up with local currency and nowhere 

to spend it? What if I move out of town and 

have thousands of dollars left, or the town 

decides to end the program, and all sorts of 

folks have this paper money?” 

Despite these issues, Witt says she 

fields nonstop calls from people who are 

interested in learning more about these 

currency systems, and the BerkShares website 

has seen as many as 43,000 hits a day. 

To many, local currencies are the equivalent 

of a good old-fashioned shovel: They don’t 

just point at the holes in the US financial 

system (overuse of outsourcing, lack of 

face-to-face communication), but also offer 

a way to fill them. As Witt says, “One way 

citizens can band together to support the 

local economy is with local currency.” 

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NOTO 

51 E Market St, Akron • 330-990-4724 

www.zelionoto.com 

You’ll feel like a movie star while wearing 

fl oaty skirts and relaxed tunics from 

this popular boutique: Its name, loosely 

translated, means “famous” in Italian. 

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HOLLY PINE LANE 

At Canton Garden Center • 1615 Stadium Park 

NW, Canton • 330-455-6172 

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Though the fl owers are no longer in bloom, the 

Canton Garden Center is bustling this month. 

Decorated Christmas trees and ornaments 

crafted by local garden club members will be 

on display. Nov. 19-22. 

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3 BROTHERS CORNER TAVERN 

7192 Fulton Rd, Canton • 330-833-8333 

www.3brostavern.com 

Sporty and family-oriented, this nouveau 

tavern is a great spot to catch up with friends 

over a giant platter of Bases Loaded Fries, with 

honey bacon, cheddar cheese, scallions and 

sour cream. $$ 

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750ML WINES 

2287 W Market St, Akron • 330-794-5754 

www.750mlwines.com 

At this trendy bar and boutique, you can 

sample wines while you warm up by the 

fi replace. Visit on a weekend to try the 

featured fl ight for $7.50 to $12. 

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LAKE METROPARKS 

52 miles north of Akron 

Painesville, OH • 440-639-7275 

www.lakemetroparks.com 

Visit this park system on the shores of Lake 

Erie to snowshoe and cross-country ski, then 

turn your attention to the sky in a stargazing 

session: The park is offering them on Nov. 13 

and 17 in celebration of the International Year 

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Spring and Main sts, Bethlehem 

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Get a head start on holiday shopping at this 

festive market, which hosts aisles of artisans 

offering handmade wares. If you need a break, 

sample authentic German and Austrian foods 

while listening to live holiday hits. 

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AMERICA ON WHEELS MUSEUM 

5 N Front St, Allentown • 610-432-4200 

www.americaonwheels.org 

With the American transportation industry 

hanging in the balance, it’s the perfect time to 

learn about its past. From Indy cars to original 

Mack trucks, the historically signifi cant 

vehicles in this museum’s galleries offer 

insight into the ways Americans get around. 

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SWEET MEMORIES 

180 Main St, Emmaus • 610-967-0296 

If you’re thinking of planning a girls’ day out, 

make sure your itinerary includes a stop at 

this charming café. Peeking in the pastry case 

usually ends with empty plates and crumbs. 

You can’t go wrong with the delicious coconut 

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SILK LOUNGE 

812 W Hamilton St, Allentown • 610-433-7777 

www.thebrewworks.com 

Visit this hot dance club for “Free-4-All” 

Fridays, when DJ Synystr spins cutting-edge 

tunes and projects videos on two 6-foot 

screens. Great beer specials and $4 cosmos 

make the party recession-friendly. 


JIM THORPE, PA 

35 miles northwest of Allentown 

www.jimthorpepa.com 

This retreat village in the Pocono Mountains 

is named after the Olympian. Although the 

namesake athlete never set foot in the town, 

it’s rife with opportunities for outdoor sport. 

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HARVEST RECORDS 

415 Haywood Rd • 828-258-2999 

www.harvest-records.com 

You just might fi nd a local band rocking out next 

to the racks at this music shop, the windows 

of which are plastered with fl yers. You’re sure 

to fi nd something you like among the carefully 

curated albums. 

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BLUE SPIRAL 1 

38 Biltmore Ave • 828-251-0202 

www.bluespiral1.com 

The current exhibition schedule at this airy, 

three-story, downtown art space includes 

abstract painting, curvilinear mixed-media wall 

installations, fi ne art basketry and functional 

and sculptural works in wood-fi red clay. 

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WEST END BAKERY & CAFÉ 

757 Haywood Rd • 828-252-9378 

www.onhaywood.com/westendbakery 

The cinnamon rolls here might be the best in 

all of Appalachia. Order a couple and have a 

seat among the locals—you’re bound to meet 

somebody cool at this community centerpiece. 

Afterward, pick up a fresh loaf for lunchtime 

sandwiches. $$ 

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THE BOILER ROOM 

11 Grove St • 828-252-2838 

www.thegrovehouse.com 

While it’s not the only club to inhabit the 

building at 11 Grove St., The Boiler Room rocks 

harder than any other place in town, attracting 

local talent like Lecivius, Kings of Prussia and 

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HISTORIC ABINGDON, VA 

112 miles northeast of Asheville 

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This quaint farming town offers fi ne dining at 

restaurants like Peppermill, well-known plays 

at the Barter Theatre and a Saturday morning 

farmers market with great deals on organic, 

locally grown food. 

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At 175,000 square feet, the Biltmore house 

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AZTEC JEWELERS 

2156 Henderson Mill Rd • 770-934-2900 

www.aztecjewelers.com 

A Northlake area fi xture for more than three 

decades, Aztec specializes in Native American 

jewelry, with styles ranging from simple 

beadwork to exquisite sterling silver and 

turquoise fi ligree. 

BOOGALOOS 

246 W Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur 

404-373-3237 

www.boogaloosboutique.com 

Fall is the ideal time to undertake a makeover. 

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women’s clothing from BCBG Generation, 

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underneath and jewelry to top it off. 

DONNA VAN GOGHS 

1651 McLendon Ave • 404-370-1003 

www.donnavangoghs.com 

This quirky shop specializes in “art for all 

y’all,” which translates into paintings by area 

artists and crafts like skateboards and 

drink coasters emblazoned with photos of 

local landmarks. 

GREENE’S FINE FOODS 

141 E Trinity Pl, Decatur • 404-378-2001 

www.greenesfi nefoods.com 

Whether you pronounce it “pee-can” or 

“pe-kahn,” you must eat this nut before you 

leave town. Visit Greene’s to fi nd them honeyroasted, 

salted, chocolate-covered or praline. 

MEDITATING MANTIS 

1025 Canton St, Roswell • 770-645-6936 

www.meditatingmantis.com 

This wellness-promoting bookstore and 

gift shop offers candles, cards and holistic 

supplements, plus a variety of classes, 

including meditation, tarot and ghost hunting. 

MUSE SALON AND SPA 

4620 Kimball Bridge Rd, Alpharetta 

678-393-2214 

www.musesalonandspa.com 

If you’re in town for a special event, stock up 

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GO SEE 

ATLANTA FALCONS 

At the Georgia Dome, 1 Georgia Dome Dr 

404-223-8000 

www.atlantafalcons.com 

Can Matt Ryan lead the Falcons to the playoffs 

two years in a row? Find out when the Dirty 

Birds defend their home turf against the 

Redskins (Nov. 8), Buccaneers (Nov. 29), 

Eagles (Dec. 6) and Saints (Dec. 13). 

MACY’S GREAT TREE LIGHTING 

Lenox Square, 3393 Peachtree Rd 

770-913-5639 

www.macys.com 

The granddaddy of Atlanta pre-holiday events, 

the lighting of the Great Tree is to the Big 

Peach what the the tree lighting at Rockefeller 

Center is to the Big Apple—a stirring way to 

ring in the holiday season. Nov. 26. 

MARGARET MITCHELL HOUSE 

990 Peachtree St • 404-249-7015 

www.margaretmitchellhouse.com 

This historic home of the Gone With the Wind 

author offers guided tours of the rooms where 

the book was written, an exhibition on the fi lm 

and memorabilia from Mitchell’s life, as well as 

creative writing classes. 

RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR 

At Fox Theatre • 660 Peachtree St 

404-881-2100 

www.foxtheatre.org 

This returning holiday favorite features the 

world-famous Radio City Rockettes kickin’ 

along to Christmas classics. Santa, ballerinas 

and toy soldiers will also be there. Nov. 19 

through Dec. 6. 

THE SECOND CITY: PEACH 

DROP, STOP & ROLL 

At Hertz Stage at the Alliance Theatre 

1280 Peachtree St • 404-733-5000 

www.alliancetheatre.org 

Back for a second year, this collaboration 

between the Tony Award-winning Alliance 

Theatre and Chicago’s The Second City comedy 

troupe brings satirical sketch, improv and musical 

comedy to town. Nov. 6 through Dec. 13. 

STONE MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS 

At Stone Mountain Park 

Hwy 78 E, Stone Mountain • 770-498-5690 

www.stonemountainpark.com 

This family-friendly celebration of the 

season turns Stone Mountain into a holiday 

wonderland, with millions of lights, nightly 

parades, live shows and a special laser event. 

Nov. 14 through Dec. 30. 

GO EAT 

DADDY D’Z 

264 Memorial Dr • 404-222-0206 

www.daddydz.com 

Funky and fun, this down-home, Chicago-style 

Surround Yourself! 

With Hiking, Relaxing, Dreaming, Fishing, Shopping, Rafting, Antiquing, Biking and More. 

www.BlueRidgeMountains.com 800-899-mtns 

barbecue joint hosts live blues on weekend 

nights, which mixes well with the tender spare 

ribs, chicken quarters and legendary chopped 

pork. $ 

YOREKA! 

At The Prado • 5590 Roswell Rd NE, Sandy 

Springs • 404-459-9123 

www.yoreka.com 

With an rotating roster of frozen yogurt fl avors 

(at under 20 calories per ounce) and more 

than 15 toppings (from fresh fruits to Fruity 

Pebbles), you can eat a healthy snack here 

every day and never get bored. $ 

SHOGUN JAPANESE 

STEAK & SUSHI BAR 

3420 Buford Dr, Buford • 678-541-6000 

www.shogunatl.com 

Tucked alongside the Mall of Georgia, this 

Japanese joint is a combination sushi bar and 

hibachi show. Order the shrimp and a round of 

sake for the best results. $$ 

VINGENZO’S 

105 E Main St, Woodstock • 770-924-9133 

www.vingenzos.com 

Despite this Neapolitan-style restaurant’s 

snazzy style, the prices are low enough for an 

entire family meal. Bring the brood for sopressata 

pizza baked in a wood-burning oven. $$ 

SPICE MARKET 

188 14th St • 404-549-5450 

www.spicemarketatlanta.com 

The Atlanta location of Chef Jean-Georges 

Vongerichten’s paean to Southeast Asian 

street cuisine has impressive desserts. Try 

the Thai Jewels and Fruits, featuring jackfruit, 

mangoes, papaya and candied water chestnuts 

over young coconut crushed ice. $$$ 

CRAFT ATLANTA 

3376 Peachtree Rd • 404-995-7580 

www.craftrestaurant.com 

Chef Tom Colicchio’s fi rst Atlanta endeavor 

occupies a dramatic two-story space. Score 

an upstairs table to taste dishes like diver 

scallops with mushroom jus and beef short 

ribs with root vegetables. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

11 STORIES 

At The Glenn Hotel 

110 Marietta St NW • 404-469-0700 

www.glennhotel.com 

This chill rooftop lounge affords panoramic 

views of the skyline, with a verdant herb 

garden and DJs spinning cool tunes 

throughout the night. 

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GEORGIA 

LIFE NIGHTCLUB 

1789 Cheshire Bridge Rd • 404-593-2272 

www.clublifeatlanta.com 

This posh super-club aims to draw an upscale 

Buckhead crowd with its swanky décor, stateof-the-art 

sound and lights, fashion shows and 

star-powered soirées. 

CW MIDTOWN MUSIC COMPLEX 

1374 W Peachtree St • 404-885-1365 

www.cwmidtownmusiccomplex.com 

Three different venues sit under one roof at 

CW: The mid-sized Center Stage features bigname 

rock and hip-hop concerts, and the more 

intimate Vinyl and The Loft attract the best in 

local and up-and-coming national talent. 

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB 

1080 Peachtree St NE • 404-477-1700 

www.rira.com 

Constructed entirely out of salvaged Irish pub 

material dating back to the 1800s, Rí Rá is so 

genuine it practically bleeds Guinness. Live music 

makes it feel like a trip to the Emerald Isle. 

LAUGHING SKULL LOUNGE 

At The Vortex Bar & Grill 

878 Peachtree St NE • 877-523-3288 

www.vortexcomedy.com 

The city’s newest (and tiniest) comedy club 

attracts nationally known comedians such as 

Jimmy Dore, Hal Sparks and Maria Bamford, 

but gives local up-and-coming comics a shot 

with regular open-mic nights. 


BLUE RIDGE SCENIC RAILWAY 

90 miles north of Atlanta 

241 Depot St, Blue Ridge • 706-632-8724 

www.brscenic.com 

Atlanta may not get much in the way of fresh 

powder, but the North Georgia Mountains 

often do. See it on a four-hour train ride 

starting at the historic depot in Blue Ridge. 

ETOWAH INDIAN MOUNDS 

43 miles northeast of Atlanta • 813 Indian 

Mounds Rd, Cartersville • 770-387-3747 

www.gastateparks.org/info/etowah 

Containing six historic earthen mounds, a 

plaza and a defensive ditch created by Native 

Americans who lived between 1000 and 

1550AD, this archaeological site is a great 

place to look back on early American history. 

FUN FACT! 

Atlanta’s Capitol Dome is covered in 43 oz. 

of gold mined from Dahlonega, GA, the site of 

America’s fi rst gold rush. 


Serving nightly from 5:30 PM 

Atlantic City 

NEW JERSEY 

GO SHOP 

IRELAND AND OLD LACE 

615 E Moss Mill Rd, Smithville • 609-404-4777 

www.irelandandoldlace.com 

If you’ve got an Ireland lover on your holiday 

list, pick up everything from upscale Irish 

crystal to authentic rugby shirts at this 

store, where more than 90% of the items are 

imported straight from the Emerald Isle. 

GO SEE 

ATLANTIC CITY AQUARIUM 

800 N New Hampshire Ave • 609-348-2880 

www.acaquarium.com 

The 18 major exhibits at this intimate aquarium 

include a 25,000-gallon tank featuring fi sh of 

the mid-Atlantic, a live diver feeding show, a 

ray touch tank and a tropical rainforest. 

GO EAT 

LOS AMIGOS 

1926 Atlantic Ave • 609-344-2293 

www.losamigosrest.com 

If you’re really hungry, stop in this colorful, 

contemporary Mexican joint for a margarita 

and a plate of pan-seared shrimp in tequila- 

Tabasco sauce. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

DUSK 

At Caesars Atlantic City 

2100 Pacifi c Ave • 609-345-3875 

www.duskac.com 

In his heyday, the late DJ AM was part owner 

of this hot club at the site of the former Planet 

Hollywood restaurant. With all the models, 

athletes and celebrities in attendance, you 

may end up staying at Dusk ’til dawn. 


THE WETLANDS INSTITUTE 

38 miles south of Atlantic City 

1075 Stone Harbor Blvd, Stone Harbor 

609-368-1211 

www.wetlandsinstitute.org 

This environmental institute—far from the 

bright lights of the strip, but still close to the 

tony 96th Street shopping center—doesn’t 

offer fully guided tours in the winter, but 

visitors are free to explore on their own. 

FUN FACT! 

— Bill Sokolic 

All the streets in the original game of 

Monopoly are in Atlantic City except for Marvin 

Gardens in nearby Margate. 

621 North Avenue, NE 

Atlanta, GA 30308 

Baltimore 

MARYLAND 

— Jenn Plum Auvil 

GO SHOP 

AMARYLLIS 

612 Exeter St • 410-576-7622 

www.amaryllisjewelry.com 

The handcrafted jewelry items at this Harbor 

East shop are like miniature pieces of art. 

Funky semi-precious baubles from Patricia 

Locke and silver necklaces from J & I are 

destined to be conversation pieces when 

dangling from your ears or neck. 

AMUSE 

1623 Thames St • 410-342-5000 

www.amusetoys.com 

Even Santa’s elves would be impressed with 

the selection at this family-owned Fells Point 

toyshop. It stocks wooden toys, building sets, 

pretend play items and furry friends from 

Manhattan Toy, HABA, Melissa & Doug and 

Calico Critters. 

BIN 604 

604 S Exeter St • 410-576-0444 

www.bin604.com 

Good, cheap wine is always in season, 

but during the holiday season, a couple of 

nice bottles can turn a holiday dinner into 

something to remember. Check out this store’s 

Bargain Bin for tasty tipples under $12. 

SIDESHOW 

800 Key Hwy • 443-872-4926 

www.sideshowbaltimore.com 

In keeping with the American Visionary Art 

Museum’s magical vibe, the books (500 Tattoo 

Designs), jewelry (bug pendants) and toys 

(gnarly nose sets) at this museum shop are 

exotic and just a bit weird. 

GO SEE 

GEPPI’S ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM 

301 W Camden St • 410-625-7060 

www.geppismuseum.com 

Devoted to preserving the history of pop 

culture, this museum displays the leftover 

toys, historical media and general detritus of 

entertainment icons past. This month, “Yellow 

Bricks and Emerald Cities” celebrates 70 years 

of The Wizard of Oz (through Dec. 6). 

MAMMA MIA 

At Hippodrome Theatre 

12 N Eutaw St • 410-837-7400 

www.france-merrickpac.com 

If you’re feeling a little family-ed out over 

Thanksgiving weekend, take a seat at this 

Broadway hit and be thankful your own clan 

isn’t as complicated as its protagonist’s wacky, 

ABBA-singing crew. Nov. 24-29. 

Modern Comfort Food 

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THE NIGHT OF 100 ELVISES 

At Lithuanian Hall 

851-3 Hollins St • 410-494-9558 

www.nightof100elvises.com 

Pack your blue suede shoes for this two-night 

tribute to the King. It features more than a 

dozen tribute artists and a complimentary 

buffet offering some of Elvis’ favorite Southern 

treats (so you might want to pack a pair of 

running shoes, too). Dec. 4-5. 

B&O RAILROAD MUSEUM 

901 W Pratt St • 410-752-2490 

www.borail.org 

Pint-sized Thomas the Tank Engine afi cionados 

and their secretly train-obsessed parents will 

love the historical collection here. It contains 

locomotives and historic buildings that date 

back to the very beginning of rail travel. 

HOWARD PETERS RAWLINGS 

CONSERVATORY AND BOTANIC 

GARDENS 

At Druid Hill Park • 410-396-0008 

www.baltimoreconservatory.org 

A stroll through the rooms here is like a trip 

around the globe. You can consort with wild 

orchids in the orchid room, cool succulents in 

the desert room and giant jewel-toned fl owers 

in the tropics room. 

GO EAT 

TALARA 

615 President St • 410-528-9883 

www.talarabaltimore.com 

At this lively Nuevo Latino tapas and ceviche 

bar, cool your taste buds from the spice of the 

Fire and Ice ceviche (with habaneros and prickly 

pear granita) with a sweet mango mojito. $$ 

AMBASSADOR DINING ROOM 

3811 Canterbury Rd • 410-366-1484 

www.ambassadordining.com 

Local college students and professionals come 

for the unbeatable buffet lunch, but once 

night falls, the elegant dining room promises a 

romantic meal and some delicious curries. $$ 

BLUE HILL TAVERN 

938 S Conkling St • 443-388-9363 

www.bluehilltavern.com 

You’ll fi nd all the steakhouse staples at this 

contemporary eatery: a Delmonico steak with 

fi ngerling potatoes, chateaubriand for two and 

a vegetarian riff on beef Wellington. $$$ 

WOODBERRY KITCHEN 

2010 Clipper Park Rd, No. 126 • 410-464-8000 

www.woodberrykitchen.com 

The farm-to-table fare here is based on classic 

Chesapeake recipes, oyster stew and baked 

clams. Enjoy a spruced-up version of your 

favorite—the crab pot comes with sherry, 

cream cheese and toasts—at a rustic table in 

the dining room. $$$ 

ALDO’S RISTORANTE ITALIANO 

306 S High St • 410-727-0700 

www.aldositaly.com 

Make sure to order the decadent Tournedos 

Rossini at this incredibly fancy restaurant. 

The decadent dish includes fi let mignon 

topped with foie gras, black truffl e and porcini 

mushrooms. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

BREWER’S ART 

1106 N Charles St • 410-547-6925 

www.thebrewersart.com 

The eclectic upstairs bar and nook-fi lled 

basement here are equally cozy once the 

Baltimore weather starts to cool down. Order 

the St. Festivus house beer, which is brewed 

on the premises—it’s a seasonal favorite. 

BLUE AGAVE 

1032 Light St • 410-576-3938 

www.blueagaverestaurant.com 

Sure you’re heard of fl ights of wine, but 

tequila? That just sounds dangerous. 

Don’t be scared: The fl ights here come with 

three half shots, and they’re meant for sipping, 

not shooting. 

HON BAR 

1102 W 36th St • 410-243-1230 

www.cafehon.com 

You’re not likely to fi nd any old school Baltimore 

Hons with beehive hairdos imbibing at 

this Hampden watering hole, but that’s okay: 

There’s a great beer selection, friendly neighborhood 

vibe and live music. 


FREDERICK, MD 

50 miles west of Baltimore 

www.fredericktourism.org 

Stop into this small town for some old time-y 

fun. The area is studded with farms, wineries, 

covered bridges and orchards, and the shops 

on Market Street look like something out of a 

Rockwell painting. 

FUN FACT! 

Baltimore’s Washington Monument may 

be smaller in size, but it’s 55 years older 

than the more well-known obelisk in 

Washington, DC. 

Bloomington/Normal 

ILLINOIS 

GO SHOP 

A. RENÉE 

306 N Center St, Bloomington • 309-827-3524 

www.arenee.com 

This shop is a good place to end a day of 

shopping: If there’s anyone left on your list, 

you can treat him or her to wines, chocolates 

or gourmet food gift baskets. 

GO SEE 

COMMUNITY PLAYERS THEATRE 

201 Robinhood Ln, Bloomington 

309-663-2121 

www.communityplayers.org 

This amateur theater group has performed 

everything from intimate plays to Broadway 

showstoppers for almost 90 years. This 

month’s selections include the musical The 

Pajama Game (Nov. 5-8, 12-15) and the twoperson 

drama Oleanna (Nov. 19-21). 

GO EAT 

JOE’S STATION HOUSE PIZZA PUB 

305 N Veterans Pkwy, Normal • 309-452-5637 

The hearty helpings at this sports-themed pub 

are great for families or groups of friends. Try 

the specialty Sicilian-style pizza or the Italian 

beef roll (a calzone-style sandwich with Italian 

beef and mozzarella). $ 

GO PARTY 

MR. BEEZ’ 

At the Parke Hotel 

1413 Leslie Dr, Bloomington • 309-662-4300 

www.parkehotel.com 

Catch the “buzz” at this pub with nightly drink 

specials, happy hour appetizers and weekend 

entertainment. If you’re in the mood to talk, 

get a table by the waterfall on the patio. 


LINCOLN HOME 

67 miles southwest of Bloomington 

426 S Seventh St, Springfi eld • 217-492-4241 

www.nps.gov/LIHO 

Get in on the celebration of the bicentennial 

of President Lincoln’s birth by visiting the 

restored four-block neighborhood he called 

home for 17 years. 

FUN FACT! 

— Mary Ann Ford 

Chicago may be known as the Windy City, but 

Twin Groves Wind Farm outside Bloomington 

powers approximately 60,000 homes with 

Central Illinois wind energy. 

www.ec.edu 


109

110 

Boston 

MASSACHUSETTS 

—Diane Bair & Pamela Wright 

GO SHOP 

ACQUIRE 

61 Salem St • 857-362-7380 

www.acquireboutique.com 

Find the perfect gift to bring back home at this 

tiny, well-edited shop. The unusual offerings 

include hand-sewn decorative birdhouses, 

vintage seltzer bottles and coasters embedded 

with stones. 

FILTHY RICH 

402 Hanover St • 857-366-4620 

www.fi lthyrichofboston.com 

Do you covet the earrings Cameron Diaz wore 

at the Emmys, or Vivien Leigh’s emeralds from 

Gone with the Wind? Get budget-friendly lookalikes 

here, which could fool the most avid US 

Weekly reader. 

KOO DE KIR 

65 Chestnut St • 617-723-8111 

www.koodekir.com 

A perennial on “Best of Boston” lists, Koo is 

stocked with splurge-worthy home accessories 

and witty fi nds, like a rollerskate doorstop and 

a silk-screened carryall that reads, “I refuse to 

participate in a recession.” 

THE VELVET FLY 

424 Hanover St • 617-577-4359 

www.thevelvetfl y.com 

Women who look fl y on Boston’s mean 

streets usually admit to a secret: They shop 

at this vintage boutique in the North End. 

Look for oldies-but-goodies from Diane von 

Furstenberg and Lilly Pulitzer, plus new garb 

with a old-school vibe. 

GO SEE 

BOSTON BALLET’S 

THE NUTCRACKER 

539 Washington St • 617-695-6950 

www.bostonballet.org 

This holiday favorite features the most skilled 

dancers in the already talent-packed Boston 

Ballet. Little ones will be awed by the giant 

tree and dancing snowfl akes. Nov. 27 through 

Dec. 27. 

JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL 

LIBRARY & MUSEUM 

Columbia Point • 617-514-1600 

www.jfklibrary.org 

A stark white I.M. Pei-designed building is 

home to a museum that pays tribute to the 

former president. News footage of Kennedy’s 

assassination plays continuously, and exhibits 

feature everything from artifacts from the Cuban 

missile crisis to Jackie’s famous wardrobe. 


HANDEL’S MESSIAH 

301 Massachusetts Ave • 617-266-3605 

www.handelandhaydn.org 

Hailed by local music critics as “uplifting,” 

“sparkling” and “full of surprises,” the Handel 

& Haydn Society’s presentation of this classic 

at Symphony Hall is a wonderful holiday treat 

and a great way to start off the season. 

Dec. 4-6. 

TRINITY CHURCH 

206 Clarendon St • 617-536-0944 

www.trinityboston.org 

A masterpiece of Richardsonian Romanesque 

style, this circa 1877 Copley Square landmark 

is fi lled with spectacular murals and stained 

glass. Catch a Friday organ concert (at 

12:15pm), or take a guided tour; They follow 

the 11:15am Sunday service. 

GO EAT 

BONFIRE STEAKHOUSE 

At Boston Park Plaza Hotel 

50 Park Plaza • 617-262-3473 

www.bonfi resteakhouse.com 

Todd English’s combination steakhouse and 

taqueria is especially alluring when there’s a 

wallet-friendly promotion going on. Visit on 

Dollar Taco Thursdays, because you really 

can’t do much better than a duck taco with 

chili, lime and cilantro for $1. $ 

CHURCH 

69 Kilmarnock St • 617-236-7600 

www.churchofboston.com 

This contemporary-gothic-themed Fenway bar 

and eatery has a Sunday brunch that attracts 

saints and sinners alike. Try the Huevos 

Rancheros del Diablo (with chorizo, roasted 

salsa and pepper jack cheese), washed down 

with a selection from the “Demon Slayer” 

cocktail list. $ 

PIZZERIA REGINA 

11 Thatcher St • 617-227-0765 

www.reginapizzeria.com 

This award-winning pizza joint opened in 

the North End in 1926 and has outlasted 

dozens of trendy pizzerias, thanks to its 

perfectly cheesy, brick oven-baked, thin-crust 

pies. The basic large cheese is a pizza purist’s 

delight. $$ 

DANTE 

At Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston • 40 Edwin H 

Land Blvd, Cambridge • 617-497-4200 

www.restaurantdante.com 

This swanky hotel restaurant draws swarms 

of locals for Chef/owner Dante de Magistris’ 

Italian dishes with imaginative tweaks (think 

gnocchi with sweet corn purée, brown butter 

and crispy sage leaves). $$$$ 

NO. 9 PARK 

9 Park St • 617-742-9991 

www.no9park.com 

Cuisine sorceress Barbara Lynch has created 

one of the best, if unlikeliest, dishes in all the 

land: prune-fi lled gnocchi with foie gras and 

toasted almonds. Follow it with Peking duck 

with hazelnuts and pickled watermelon. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

DICK’S BEANTOWN COMEDY VAULT 

At Remington’s Restaurant 

124 Boylston St • 800-401-2221 

www.dickdoherty.com 

Just a note of warning: This is one of those 

“intimate” comedy spaces, so if you’re not 

careful, you could end up inside a sketch. 

Stop in to catch pro comics like Kevin Knox 

(fresh from “Jimmy Kimmel Live”) and Comedy 

Central staple Jim Lauletta. 

FOUNDATION LOUNGE 

At Hotel Commonwealth 

500 Commonwealth Ave • 617-859-9900 

www.thefoundationlounge.com 

Get all dressed up and head here, where DJs 

drop beats so that well-dressed patrons can 

dance and sip fancy martinis (try the coconutcoffee 

fl avored one) until they need to cool off 

on the tiny outdoor patio. 

PRECINCT 

70 Union Sq, Somerville • 617-623-9211 

The best in local live music has found a home 

here. The subterranean space, bathed in red 

light, hosts roots-rock-pop, reggae, pure funk, 

and anything else that’s local. 


THANKSGIVING DINNER 

AT PLIMOTH PLANTATION 

43 miles south of Boston • 137 Warren Ave, 

Plymouth, MA • 508-746-1622 

www.plimothplantation.org 

Celebrate Thanksgiving where it all began. 

The historic plantation offers several dining 

options, including a buffet that comes with 

admission to the museum. You can also visit 

the Friday after the big day for a 1627-style 

harvest dinner. Nov. 26. 

FUN FACT! 

Boston’s iconic 60-foot-by-60-foot CITGO sign, 

seen beaming over Fenway Park since 1940, 

has withstood fi ve hurricanes.

Branson 

MISSOURI 

GO SHOP 

TATMAN’S FINE JEWELRY BOUTIQUE 

2800 W Hwy 76, Suite 210 • 417-336-9888 

www.tatmansfi nejewelry.com 

For inexpensive, fi ne jewelry, the trunk 

showings at Tatman’s really can’t be beat. 

Even if you’ve already got what you want, 

you can bring in your pieces to be resized 

or altered. 

GO SEE 

VETERANS MEMORIAL MUSEUM 

1250 W Hwy 76 • 417-336-2300 

www.veteransmemorialbranson.com 

This tribute to American veterans includes 

artifacts from World Wars I and II, Korea, 

Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm, as well 

as the world’s largest war memorial, a 15-ton 

bronze sculpture by artist Fred Hoppe. 

GO EAT 

CANTINA LAREDO 

1001 Branson Landing • 417-334-6062 

www.cantinalaredo.com 

This waterside cantina provides a great view 

of the nightly water and fi re show at the 

Branson Landing fountain. Sip a pomegranate 

margarita, and if you start feeling peckish, 

order the Fiesta Grill, which comes with 

shrimp, ribs, quail, beef and chicken fajitas. $$ 

GO PARTY 

BAR LOUIE 

801 Branson Landing Blvd • 417-336-2700 

www.restaurants-america.com/barlouie 

After a hearty dinner at Cantina Laredo, head 

down the block to the biggest balcony bar on 

Branson Landing. Once you’re there, order a 

signature Louie Cosmo, with Belvedere Citrus, 

lime juice, white cranberry juice and a splash 

of cane sugar. 


DISCOVERY CENTER OF SPRINGFIELD 

45 miles north of Branson, 438 E St. Louis St, 

Springfi eld, MO • 417-862-9910 

www.discoverycenter.org 

This hands-on science center provides exciting 

experiments for kids of all ages. Highlights 

include the interactive ChromoZone Lab, 

where kids can check out their own DNA. 

FUN FACT! 

More than 4 million Christmas lights brighten 

Silver Dollar City’s square during the holidays. 

Buff alo/Niagara 

NEW YORK 

—Carol S. Harris — Jana Eisenberg 

— Israel Urbina 

GO SHOP 

NEW BUFFALO GRAPHICS 

1417 Hertel Ave • 716-885-5188 

www.newbuffalographics.com 

Local artist Michael Morgulis’ colorful T-shirts, 

hats and prints feature iconic images of 

buffalos. Pick up one of his “community 

music” shirts, featuring the animals as music 

notes, for a holiday gift. 

GO SEE 

THE WORLD’S LARGEST DISCO 

At Buffalo Convention Center 

153 Franklin St • 716-635-8668 

www.worldslargestdisco.com 

Bust out your leisure suit and platform shoes 

for this annual fundraiser for Camp Good 

Days. If you’re too young to remember disco, 

pick up an instructional DVD before you go. 

Nov. 28. 

GO EAT 

EUROPA BISTRO 

484 Elmwood Ave • 716-884-1100 

www.europabuffalo.com 

Never heard of bigos (Polish hunter’s stew) or 

rindsrouladen (sliced beef topped with bacon, 

onion and pickles)? That’s okay: The staff at 

this cozy bistro—dedicated to authentic pan- 

European cuisine—will help you fi gure out 

which one to try. $$ 

GO PARTY 

HUTCH’S 

1375 Delaware Ave • 716-885-0074 

www.hutchsrestaurant.com 

At this high-end restaurant and sports bar, get 

started with a scotch or something from the 

wine list. If you get hungry while watching the 

game, you can always order a few top-notch 

small plates. 


ELLICOTTVILLE, NY 

52 miles southeast of Buffalo 

www.ellicottvilleny.com 

This funky ski community is a lovely drive from 

Buffalo. It features two ski resorts, Holiday 

Valley and Holimont, and is extensively 

decorated this time of year. 

FUN FACT! 

Buffalo’s native son Harold Arlen (born Hyman 

Arluck) composed The Wizard of Oz classic 

“Over the Rainbow.” 

LAND, FIRST CLASS. 

417-239-1900 

www.keetercenter.edu 

ONLY TWO QUICK MILES SOUTH OF BRANSON. 

Cancun 

MEXICO 

GO SHOP 

XBAAL 

Ave Luis Echeverría at Ave Alfredo V. Bonfi l 

+52 998-882-1235 

www.xbaal.com.mx 

This clothing and accessories store was 

created after a hurricane to help provide 

income for working women. Look for ombré 

dresses and gauzy beachwear. 

GO SEE 

CANCUN-RIVIERA MAYA 

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 

Multiple locations • +52 998-881-2745 

www.cancunfi lmfest.com.mx 

This third annual fi lm festival will feature 

international and Mexican movie competitions, 

ecological exhibitions, art and culture shows 

and premieres. Nov. 9-15. 

GO EAT 

LA HABICHUELA SUNSET 

Blvd Kukulcan km 12.7 • +52 998-840-6280 

www.lahabichuela.com 

Fresh Caribbean seafood prepared with classic 

Mexican techniques have made this restaurant 

extremely popular among locals and tourists 

alike. This year, it has a new location in the 

hotel zone, making it even easier to visit. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

THE CITY CANCUN 

Blvd Kukulcan km 9 • +52 998-848-8380 

www.thecitycancun.com 

This entertainment center claims to be the 

largest in Latin America, with a capacity for 

more than 5,000 people. Big name stars and 

DJs, like Fergie, Akon, Tiësto and Sasha have 

been known to grace the stage. 


CROCOCUN ZOO 

36 kilometers south of Cancun • Fed Rt 

Cancun-Tulum km 31 • +52 998-850-3719 

www.crococunzoo.com 

You’re sure to see a lot of animals on your 

trip to Cancun, but if you want to be able to 

touch them, you would do well to stop at this 

crocodile farm and zoo. It allows visitors to 

hold and even feed native guacamayas, spider 

monkeys, snakes, deer and crocodiles. 

FUN FACT! 

Cancun is a very young city. Prior to 1974, it 

was just jungle and sand. 

H I S T O R I C L O D G I NG AND 

F I N E D I N I N G 


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SOUTH CAROLINA 

— Jason Zwiker 

GO SHOP 

PLUM ELEMENTS 

161 1/2 King St • 843-727-3747 

www.plumelements.com 

Bringing art into everyday life is the idea at 

this store in the arts and antiques district. 

Handcrafted (and functional) stoneware of 

Japanese inspiration fi lls the shelves. 

GO SEE 

PLANTATION DAYS AT 

MIDDLETON PLACE 

4300 Ashley River Rd • 843-556-6020 

www.middletonplace.org 

There’s plenty to enjoy at this living history 

museum at any time, including gardens, a 

history museum and an equestrian center, 

but focus this month is on antebellum harvest 

preparation. Nov. 14-15. 

GO EAT 

ALLUETTE’S CAFÉ 

80 A Reid St • 843-577-6926 

www.alluettes.com 

This holistic soul food café serves classic 

Southern, Gullah and Gheechi dishes featuring 

super-fresh produce from South Carolina 

fi elds. Try the shrimp salad and organic lima 

bean soup. $$ 

GO PARTY 

FINZ BAR & GRILL 

440 Coleman Blvd, Mt. Pleasant 

843-654-7296 

www.fi nzbar.com 

Drink specials, live music and a fi shing theme 

make this bar a great spot for a night out with 

friends. Order a couple of tapas along with a 

cold draft beer. 


HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK 

88 miles south of Charleston, SC 

www.huntingisland.com 

This pristine beach and recreation area is 

just as lovely in the cooler months as it is 

in the summer. The historic Hunting Island 

Lighthouse, open year-round for exploring, 

offers a panoramic view of the shore and 

surrounding marshland. 

FUN FACT! 

Some of Charleston’s historic streets are 

paved with stones that were originally used as 

ballast on English ships. 

PAM HARRINGTON 

EXCLUSIVES 

Rentals & Sales 

843.768.0273 or 800.845.6966 

www.kiawahexclusives.com 


Charleston 

WEST VIRGINIA 

GO SHOP 

TAYLOR BOOKS 

226 Capitol St • 304-342-1461 

www.taylorbooks.com 

Enjoy a fresh, homemade scone and a 

latte while you browse at this independent 

bookstore, café, art gallery and gift boutique. 

You can listen to live music while you shop on 

Friday and Saturday nights. 

GO SEE 

WEST VIRGINIA VETERANS MEMORIAL 

1900 Kanawha Blvd E • 304-558-0220 

www.wvculture.org/history/wvvets.html 

Honoring West Virginians who made the 

ultimate sacrifi ce, this monument on the 

grounds of the State Capitol Complex features 

bronze fi gures of a World War I Doughboy, a 

World War II sailor, a Korean War aviator and a 

Vietnam War Marine. 

GO EAT 

BLUEGRASS KITCHEN 

1600 Washington St E • 304-346-2871 

www.bluegrasswv.com 

The handsomely restored dining room at this 

vegetarian-friendly restaurant features exposed 

brick walls, where works by local artists 

are displayed. Order the enchiladas, or if you’re 

a meat-eater, the bourbon trout and grits. $$ 

GO PARTY 

THE EMPTY GLASS 

410 Elizabeth St • 304-345-9893 

www.emptyglass.com 

Original live music “from all over the planet” is 

the hallmark of this nightspot in Charleston’s 

historic East End. Stop in this month for shows 

from The Carpenter Ants (Nov. 8, 15) and Lucky 

Daredevil Thrillshow (Nov. 20). 


TAMARACK 

62 miles southeast of Charleston, WV 

1 Tamarack Park, Beckley, WV • 304-256-6843 

www.tamarackwv.com 

Get all your holiday shopping done at this West 

Virginia-only handcraft and fi ne art center. 

When your wallet has had enough, watch resident 

artisans at work and enjoy regional cuisine 

from the chefs at The Greenbrier. 

FUN FACT! 

The fi rst brick-paved road in the world was laid 

in Charleston in 1870. 

5% 

Discount 

for Go Readers 

Charlotte 


— Sheila McEntee — John Bordsen 

GO SHOP 

DAVIDSON CHOCOLATE COMPANY 

610 Jetton St., Davidson • 704 896-7245 

www.davidsonchocolate.com 

Life in the tony Lake Norman area can be 

sweet—especially at this store specializing 

in handcrafted goodies. The truffl es come in 

dozens of fl avors, from amaretto to hot chili. 

MADDI’S GALLERY 

1530 East Blvd • 704-332-0007 

www.maddisgallery.com 

Search among the handmade regional 

and national items at this gallery and you 

might catch a pot looking back at you. 

Don’t freak out: They’re called “face jugs”— 

urns and ewers with cartoony faces worked 

into the sides—and they are a Catawba 

Valley specialty. 

PAPER TWIST 

6401 Morrison Blvd • 704-366-3100 

www.shoppapertwist.com 

Your holiday wrapping should look as good as 

the gifts inside, and this South Park-area boutique 

carries classy wrapping paper, ribbons 

and gift bags, and even offers gift-wrapping 

classes, to make sure that’s the case. 

GO SEE 

CAROLINAS’ THANKSGIVING 

DAY PARADE 

Tryon St • 704-525-0250 

www.carrouselparade.org 

Since 1947, the holiday season in Charlotte 

has offi cially kicked off with a traditional 

parade on Thanksgiving Day. Roughly 100,000 

spectators line the streets to watch fl oats, 

marching bands and vintage autos thread 

through the streets; 285,000 more watch on 

TV. Nov. 26. 

SKATING AT THE GREEN 

401 S Tryon St • 704-944-1627 

www.wbtholidayonice.com 

Locals love this popular outdoor skating rink 

surrounded by New South skyscrapers. Take 

a few turns around the rink, and then grab a 

post-skating meal at one of the many nearby 

eateries. 

SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS SHOW 

2500 E Independence Blvd • 800-849-0248 

www.southernshows.com 

Lines of shoppers wriggle past tightly packed 

booths in 6 acres worth of exhibition halls at 

this holiday sale, all looking for fruitcakes, 

Moravian cookies, pralines, holiday ornaments 

and gifts. 

KIAWAHISLAND,SC 

Just minutes from Historic Charleston. 

Offering 10 miles of unspoiled beaches, 

top rated tennis and golf. 

For the discriminating vacationer, our 

commitment is to excellence in service, 

quality and personalized attention.

GO EAT 

BUBBA’S BARBECUE 

4400 Sunset Rd • 704-393-2000 

www.bubbasbarbecue.com 

This barbecue shack is famed for Eastern 

Carolina-style sauce (vinegar-, not tomatobased) 

and great prices, whether you like your 

meat on a bun ($9 for a plate) or on the bone 

(a pound of ribs is $15). $ 

BASIL THAI 

210 N Church St • 704-332-7212 

www.eatatbasil.com 

Two brothers who moved to the US to escape 

turmoil in Cambodia hit it big with this 

restaurant. It offers fare that’s just familiar 

enough to make exotic eating easy. Try the 

deep-fried duck in red curry sauce. $$ 

AQUAVINA 

435 S Tryon St • 704-377-9911 

www.aquavina.com 

This super-fresh seafood place offers 

steakhouse-style appetizers, like Crab Three 

Ways (blue crab cake, snow crab cobbler and 

soft-shell crab with brioche toast points) that 

are almost big enough to make a meal. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

PREVUE 

2909 N Davidson St • 704-375-3747 

www.prevuemusichall.com 

Twentysomethings looking for an alternative 

to the pricier uptown scene love this NoDa live 

music club for half-priced martinis and wine 

and free food on Wednesdays. 

TYBER CREEK PUB 

1933 South Blvd • 704 343-2727 

www.tybercreek.com 

This dark South End pub opened long before 

the area became trendy, and it still thrives by 

remaining low-key and locally owned. Settle in 

for a $3 pint of Guinness, available all day. 


YADKIN VALLEY WINERIES 

80 miles northwest of Charlotte 

www.visitncwine.com 

Wine-making has taken root in the Yadkin 

River Valley in a big way: More than a dozen 

wineries, large and small, modest and slick, 

offer tours, samples and cases to bring home. 

FUN FACT! 

More than 60% of the Charlotte workforce 

commutes to work in less than 30 minutes. 

Chicago 

ILLINOIS 

— Rod O’Connor 

GO SHOP 

ANASTASIA CHATZKA 

1740 W Division St • 773-278-4584 

www.AnastasiaChatzka.com 

This new boutique from a recent International 

Academy of Design and Technology grad 

blends classic ’60s style with fun, colorful 

effects. Check out the collection of dresses, 

along with affordable headbands. 

FRANKIE’S ON THE PARK 

2322 N Clark St • 773-248-0400 

www.frankiesonthepark.com 

Lincoln Park shoppers with tweens in tow can 

browse two fl oors worth of clothing for ages 

8 to 18, and then let the kiddies personalize 

their duds with iron-ons at the “graffi ti bar.” 

STRANGE CARGO 

3448 N Clark St • 773-327-8090 

www.strangecargo.com 

Super-cool custom T-shirts are the main 

reason to visit this kitschy Wrigleyville store. 

It also boasts a huge selection of Vans and 

Chuck Taylors, if you’re in the market for 

hip sneaks. 

THE WHITE ATTIC 

5225 N Clark St • 773-907-9800 

www.thewhiteattic.com 

Reinvented vintage pieces—many refi nished 

with bright or unexpected paint colors—and 

a “lamp bar” with 100 different fabric options 

make furniture shopping way more fun. 

GO SEE 

NATIONAL ITALIAN-AMERICAN 

SPORTS HALL OF FAME 

1431 W Taylor St • 312-226-5566 

www.niashf.org 

After you check out the staggering amount 

of sports memorabilia from the likes of Joe 

DiMaggio and Dan Marino at this museum, 

visit the attached shop to buy holiday gifts for 

sports fans. 

MCDONALD’S THANKSGIVING PARADE 

State St • 312-235-2679 

www.chicagofestivals.org 

Join close to 400,000 spectators for this 

annual extravaganza known for marching 

bands, humongous balloons and colorful 

fl oats showcasing Ronald McDonald and Santa 

Claus. Nov. 26. 

THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE 

1155 E 58th St • 773-702-9514 

www.oi.uchicago.edu 

This archeology and history museum from the 

Voted #1 By Citysearch.com Readers 

 

University of Chicago showcases priceless 

artifacts from digs in Egypt, Israel, Turkey and 

other Near East countries—many found by the 

school’s real-life Indiana Jones types. 

REELING 28 

Multiple locations • 773-293-1447 

www.reelingfi lmfestival.org 

Subtitled The Chicago Lesbian & Gay 

International Film Festival, this event is the 

second oldest of its kind in the world. More 

than ten days long, it will show approximately 

100 independent fi lms at venues throughout 

the city. Nov. 5-14. 

SHEDD AQUARIUM 

1200 S Lake Shore Dr • 312-939-2438 

www.sheddaquarium.org 

After a nine-month renovation, the re-opened, 

2.2-million gallon Oceanarium at the Shedd 

brings beluga whales, sea lions and penguins 

back to the world’s largest indoor marine 

mammal pavilion. 

GO EAT 

SUNRISE CAFÉ 

2012 W Chicago Ave • 773-276-8290 

This comfortable Ukie Village breakfast spot 

does just about everything right. Start your day 

with excellent huevos rancheros, corned beef 

hash or breakfast tacos. Make sure to get there 

early—it closes at 3pm. $ 

SPACCA NAPOLI 

1769 W Sunnyside • 773-878-2420 

www.spaccanapolipizzeria.com 

The pies at this Ravenswood pizzeria are so 

good, they kick-started a thin-crust craze in 

the home of deep dish. Traditional fl avors like 

basil, tomato and fresh mozzarella, or arugula 

with prosciutto, really hit the spot. $$ 

BACCHANALIA 

2413 S Oakley Ave • 773-254-6555 

www.bacchanaliachicago.com 

Those craving real-deal Italian will feel right at 

home at this family joint in Chicago’s tiny Heart 

of Italy neighborhood. Order the baked clams, 

fresh pasta or chicken Vesuvio with a bottle of 

wine, and get talking. It’s okay if you use your 

hands. $$$ 

SOL DE MEXICO 

3018 N Cicero Ave • 773-282-4119 

www.soldemexicochicago.com 

Tucked away on an industrial stretch in the 

Belmont Cragin neighborhood, this colorful 

storefront eatery specializes in traditional 

Mexican dishes, like lamb in spicy mole negro 

and house-made fl an. $$$ 

NO COVER 

 

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ILLINOIS 

ALINEA 

1723 N Halsted • 312-867-0110 

www.alinearestaurant.com 

Chicago’s most celebrated culinary star, Grant 

Achatz, unveils aggressively creative meals 

incorporating mind- and palate-bending concepts 

like dehydrated caulifl ower fl orets and 

Wagyu beef with powdered A-1. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

44TH WARD DINNER PARTY 

3542 N Halsted St • 773-857-2911 

www.the44thward.com 

A crowd fl ocks to this eclectic lounge to chomp 

on build-your-own grilled-cheese sandwiches, 

get silly in the vintage photo booth and sample 

signature cocktails like the Midwest Manhattan 

(Templeton rye, sweet vermouth, bitters). 

DISTRICT 

170 W Ontario St • 312-337-3477 

www.districtbarchicago.com 

Don’t let the bookshelves throw you off your 

game—this bar is more jock than nerd. Forty fl at 

screens telecast every sporting contest imaginable, 

and elevated appetizers like crab dip with 

fried wontons garner plenty of high fi ves. 

LOUIE’S PUB 

1659 W North Ave • 773-227-7947 

www.louiespub.com 

Come to this pub for the cozy vibe and stay for 

the killer karaoke. Six monitors display lyrics 

so the entire room can sing along. 

ROOTSTOCK WINE & BEER BAR 

954 N California Ave • 773-292-1616 

www.rootstockbar.com 

This shabby-chic bar and its hipster Humboldt 

Park location match as perfectly as its beer 

and cheese pairings. Factor in an approachable 

wine list, with many pours under $10, and 

this is one destination worth the cab fare. 


PARK RIDGE, IL 

17 miles northwest of Chicago 

www.parkridge.us 

The best reason to visit this quaint Near North 

suburb—the former home of Hillary Clinton— 

is the landmark Pickwick Theater, an Art Deco 

movie house in the heart of downtown. After 

a fi lm, head to the nearby Pickwick restaurant 

for a memorable ice cream sundae. 

FUN FACT! 

The Sears Tower was offi cially renamed The 

Willis Tower last July. 


Columbus 

OHIO 

— Betsa Marsh 

GO SHOP 

BLACK MARKET 

2579 N High St • 614-263-9266 

www.anti-label.com 

Columbus’ own Kelli Martin—from “Project 

Runway” season fi ve—mixes her edgy AntiLabel 

fashions with vintage pieces at this store 

in the Short North. Look for super-destroyed, 

acid-washed jeans and prim ruffl ed jackets. 

GO SEE 

WINTER WONDERLAND 

At Creekside Park & Plaza 

123 Mill St, Gahanna • 614-418-9114 

www.creeksidegahanna.com 

The area of Olde Gahanna is enchanting this 

time of year, with caroling, candy canes and 

thousands of glittering lights. Nov. 13 through 

Jan 4. 

GO EAT 

SCHMIDT’S RESTAURANT UND 

SAUSAGE HAUS 

240 E Kossuth St • 614-444-6808 

www.schmidthaus.com 

Follow the oompah music to the sizzling 

brats and tender schnitzels at this German 

Village institution. When you’ve had enough, 

take a walk down to the affi liated Fudge 

Haus for Belgian chocolate cherry amaretto 

candy. $$ 

GO PARTY 

SHADOWBOX 

164 Easton Town Center • 614-416-7625 

www.shadowboxcabaret.com 

Pre-order some pub grub and a pitcher of 

the house cocktail (“The Freak”) and grab 

a table for a night of in-your-face sketch 

comedy, live theater or rock ‘n’ roll. 


KALAHARI RESORT 

124 miles north of Columbus • 7000 Kalahari 

Dr, Sandusky • 877-525-2427 

www.KalahariResorts.com 

Even if you don’t book a room at this safarithemed 

resort, you can still check out zebras, 

antelopes, kangaroos and African pygmy goats 

at its Safari Adventures animal park. 

FUN FACT! 

The Columbus area is home to the headquarters 

of both Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie 

& Fitch. 

Dallas/Ft. Worth 

TEXAS 

— Amy Anderson 

GO SHOP 

DESIGN LEGACY 

141 Glass St, Dallas • 214-748-5118 

www.design-legacy.com 

Innovative design and a sense of humor are 

the hallmarks of this unique home store. You’ll 

fi nd everything from antique circus memorabilia 

to furniture made out of natural minerals. 

KACKY & CARL 

2722 Routh St, Dallas • 214-295-4486 

www.kackyandcarl.com 

Taking up an entire two-story house, this chic 

boutique has plenty of room for funky antique 

furniture, hard-to-fi nd clothing lines and 

vintage estate pieces. 

M.L. LEDDY’S 

2455 N Main St, Ft. Worth • 817-624-3149 

www.leddys.com 

Here in Texas, men can get away with wearing 

cowboy boots with suits. If you’d like to try it 

yourself, pick up some boots at this Ft. Worth 

institution. You can also get hats and belts, if 

you’re too yella to go the whole way. 

TART PASTRY BOUTIQUE AND STUDIO 

5219 W Lovers Ln, Dallas • 469-335-8919 

www.tartbakerydallas.com 

Owned by a pastry chef and her graphic 

designer buddy, Tart creates treats for the eyes 

as well as the taste buds. The shop carries 

custom cakes and miniature goodies galore. 

GO SEE 

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY 

OF FORT WORTH 

2501 Parkview Dr, Ft. Worth • 817-877-3003 

www.chambermusicsocietyoffortworth.com 

Get closer to your favorite symphony virtuosos 

at this Saturday afternoon chamber music 

series. Antonio Pompa-Baldi performs piano 

concertos from Schumann, Chausson and 

Mendelssohn this month. Nov. 14. 

DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER 

5938 Skillman St, Dallas • 214-740-0051 

www.dct.org 

Visit Santa in puppet form at Santa’s Holiday 

for Strings, presented by the Kathy Burks 

Theatre of Puppetry Arts. Nov. 20 through 

Dec. 22. 

ROBERT DUBAC’S 

MALE INTELLECT: THE 2ND COMING 

At the Eisemann Center • 2351 Performance 

Dr, Richardson •972-744-4650 

www.eisemanncenter.com 

The hilarious sequel to The Male Intellect:

An Oxymoron?, this one-man show combines 

theater and stand-up when Dubac tries to 

fi gure out what women really want. Nov. 19-22. 

FALL MEETING OF CHAMPIONS FOR 

AMERICAN QUARTER HORSES 

At Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie • 1000 Lone 

Star Pkwy, Grand Prairie • 972-263-7223 

www.lonestarpark.com 

Celebrate the cooler days of autumn 

1800s-style, with a horse race and a mint 

julep. The races are held mostly Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays, through Nov. 28. 

2009 LONE STAR 

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 

Multiple locations, Ft. Worth • 817-924-6000 

www.lsiff.com 

At this annual event, the Lone Star Film 

Society hosts a showcase for features, shorts, 

documentaries and animated fi lms by accomplished 

international fi lmmakers. Nov. 11-15. 

MUSEUM OF THE 

AMERICAN RAILROAD 

1105 Washington St, Dallas • 214-428-0101 

www.dallasrailwaymuseum.com 

The complete collection of pre-World War II 

passenger train cars here is certain to thrill 

train enthusiasts and history buffs alike. Also 

see classic Pullman sleeping cars, cabooses, 

diesel and electric locomotives and even an 

old-timey railway post offi ce car. 

GO EAT 

ASIAN MINT 

11617 N Central Expy • 214-363-6655 

www.asianmint.com 

This Asian-fusion café and dessert/coffee bar 

features a Thai dessert sampler with coconut 

custard, coconut ice cream and sticky rice. It 

pairs well with a hot cup of coffee. $$ 

MAGUIRE’S REGIONAL CUISINE 

17552 Dallas Pkwy, Dallas · 972-818-0068 

www.maguiresdallas.com 

Soothing lines set the stage for international 

versions of American classics, like lemon 

pepper sea bass with pesto risotto and 

Moroccan lamb chops in a tamarind-mint 

crust. $$$ 

OLENJACK’S GRILLE 

770 Rd to Six Flags E, Arlington • 817-226-2600 

www.olenjacksgrille.com 

By adding Texas fl air to Southern comfort food, 

Chef Brian Olenjack has created a high-end, yet 

accessible menu. Try the shrimp and grits with 

bacon and mustard greens or ancho pulled 

pork with cumin-scented potato chips. $$$ 

THE PORCH 

2912 N Henderson Ave • 214-828-2916 

www.theporchrestaurant.com 

In the trendy Knox-Henderson area, this eatery 

offers indoor and outdoor seating areas and 

a gourmet burgers-and-brisket menu. Cap off 

your meal with a satisfying apple cobbler. $$$ 

BIJOUX 

5450 W Lovers Ln • 214-350-6100 

www.bijouxrestaurant.com 

This high-end French restaurant from Chef 

Scott Gottlich offers three- to nine-course prixfi 

xe dinners featuring such dishes as day boat 

scallops with mascarpone polenta, pancetta 

and smoked tomato. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

GHOSTBAR 

At the W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences, 

2440 Victory Park Ln, Ste 3300, Dallas 

214-720-9909 

www.n9negroup.com 

Located atop the hotel, this chic rooftop 

lounge has to-die-for views and a signature 

glass-bottomed “ghost deck” suspended over 

the edge of the building. 

LIFT 

2404 Cedar Springs Rd • 214-468-0050 

www.lift-dallas.com 

A contemporary discotheque bathed in neon 

light, this club features DJs for dancers, bottle 

service for drinkers and enclosed cabanas for 

VIPs who need a little privacy. 

LIZARD LOUNGE 

2424 Swiss Ave • 214-826-4768 

www.thelizardlounge.com 

For classic industrial, retro and hip-hop mixes, 

this dance club offers endless variety. Visit on 

Sundays for “The Church,” a goth and techno 

celebration that will bring you to your knees. 


WINSTAR WORLD CASINO 

81 miles north of Dallas 

Thackerville, OK • 580-276-4229 

www.winstarworldcasino.com 

This casino offers a fun evening of gaming 

and food. Bring some play money for slots, 

blackjack, poker and off-track betting, and 

grab a bite at the Stone Ranch Steakhouse. 

FUN FACT! 

Our guest registry reads like a history book. 

Welcome to a place where history makes its home - The 

Adolphus. Experience the unabashed splendor of the 

grandest hotel in Dallas and make a little history yourself. 

For reservations, call 800.221.9083 or visit hoteladolphus.com. 

Dallas City Hall, designed by Pritzker 

Prize-winning architect I.M. Pei, makes an 

appearance in the 1987 fi lm Robocop. 

Dayton 

OHIO 

GO SHOP 

NATIONAL CITY 

SECOND STREET MARKET 

600 E Second St •937-228-2088 

Featuring more than 40 vendors, this market 

offers an assortment of exotic and gourmet 

foods as well as great fabric gifts, fl owers, 

handbags and jewelry. 

GO SEE 

DAYTON ART INSTITUTE 

456 Belmonte Park N • 937-223-5277 

www.daytonartinstitute.org 

In celebration of its 90th anniversary, the 

Dayton Art Institute presents “90 Treasures,” 

a display of 90 pieces from its impressively 

varied permanent collection, which contains 

more than 25,000 objects. Through Dec. 31. 

GO EAT 

JAY’S SEAFOOD 

225 E Sixth St • 937-222-2892 

www.jays.com 

This intimate restaurant in Dayton’s historic 

Oregon District offers fresh Atlantic salmon, 

thick cuts of fi let mignon and plump fried 

shrimp. Top off your feast with Jay’s original 

chocolate mousse. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

PACCHIA 

410 E Fifth St • 937-341-5050 

www.pacchia.com 

Whether you’re in the mood for top-notch 

food or a night of live music, classy Pacchia 

fi ts the bill. This cozy venue nestled in the 

Oregon District—locally voted the best place 

in Dayton to take a fi rst date—is the perfect 

spot to unwind. 


CLIFTON MILL 

30 miles east of Dayton 

75 Water St, Clifton • 937-767-5501 

www.cliftonmill.com 

This historic town features one of the fi nest 

holiday displays in southwest Ohio. Glittering 

with around 3.5 million lights, it also features 

a miniature Christmas village and a Santa 

Claus museum. Begins Nov. 27. 

FUN FACT! 

— Russell Florence, Jr. 

Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson 

on “The Simpsons,” grew up in the Dayton 

suburb of Kettering. 

Dallas 

1321 Commerce Street • Downtown 


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Denver 

COLORADO 

— Lori Midson 

GO SHOP 

NPR (NEVER PAY RETAIL) SAMPLES 

7800 E Iliff Ave • 303-695-9596 

www.nprsamples.com 

At this fashionable sample shop, major 

designers showcase one-of-a-kind pieces 

priced just a fraction above wholesale price, 

which means you can snag duds from names 

like Alberto Makali and Marc Aurel for much 

less than you would pay elsewhere. 

URBAN LIFESTYLE 

1720 Wazee St • 303-572-7900 

www.myurbanlifestyle.com 

Shopping at this terrifi cally hip, colorful home 

furnishings boutique always turns up all sorts 

of must-haves—Alessi teapots, hard-to-fi nd 

travel books and Iitalia Aarne cocktail glasses, 

for example. 

WILDERNESS EXCHANGE UNLIMITED 

2401 15th St • 303-964-0708 

www.wildernessexchangeunlimited.com 

Stocked with an impressive selection of gear 

for camping, hiking and rock-climbing, this 

store offers new merchandise as well as barely 

used second-hand stuff. Ask the enthusiastic 

staff for advice on local adventures. 

GO SEE 

DENVER ARTS WEEK 

multiple venues • 303-571-9470 

www.denver.org/artsweek/default.htm 

This week-long festival celebrating Denver’s 

performing, cultural and visual arts takes 

place in the city’s neighborhood art districts 

and includes bargain-priced sneak previews 

of upcoming plays, operas, art exhibits and 

shows. Nov. 6-14. 

THE NUTCRACKER BALLET 

At Ellie Caulkins Opera House 

14th and Curtis sts • 303-837-8888 

www.coloradoballet.org 

Most ballet lovers will tell you it all started 

with a trip to The Nutcracker. Bring your kids 

to this production, complete with a beautiful 

Sugar Plum Fairy, stunning costumes and live 

music. Nov. 28 through Dec. 27. 

BOONDOCKS FUN CENTER 

11425 Community Center Dr, Northglenn 

720-977-8000 

www.boondocksfuncenter.com 

Fun for kids of all ages (and their adult 

companions, too), Boondocks offers a 

veritable carnival of indoor and outdoor 

attractions, including miniature golf, laser tag, 

go-karts and bumper boats. 


GO EAT 

BIKER JIM’S GOURMET DOGS 

16th St Mall at Arapahoe St 

www.bikerjimsdogs.com 

For the best hot dogs in the Mile High City, 

head to this cart and ask for Jim Pittenger’s 

Alaskan reindeer, elk, buffalo or wild boar 

sausages topped with cream cheese. $ 

AFTERNOON TEA 

At Brown Palace hotel 

321 17th St • 303-297-3111 

www.brownpalace.com/dining/lobby_tea.cfm 

Bedecked with opulent yuletide decorations, 

the lobby of this hotel is a festive site for a 

winter afternoon high tea. This fancy affair, 

which comes with all the requisite cakes 

and sandwiches, is served from noon to 

4pm. $ 

BUCHI CAFÉ CUBANO 

2651 W 38th Avenue • 303-458-1328 

This tiny storefront cafe is known far and wide 

for its ridiculously good café con leche. Order 

one after having a traditional Cuban sandwich 

for lunch. $$ 

GO PARTY 

THE HORSESHOE LOUNGE 

414 E 20th Ave • 303-832-1180 

www.thehorseshoelounge.com 

While you can’t actually play horseshoes at 

this convivial bar, you can lounge on the retro 

sofas, dance along to rockabilly, knock back 

well-mixed cocktails and play all sorts of cool 

bar games. 

LANCER LOUNGE 

233 E Seventh Ave • 303-831-8989 

The object of every local barfl y’s affections, 

this iconic watering hole is a mellow spot 

to savor strong drinks and sway to jukeboxselected 

tunes. 


OLD COLORADO CITY 

76 miles south of Denver 

www.shopoldcoloradocity.com 

The oldest town in the Pikes Peak Region 

is a tree-studded community whose main 

drag is home to an interesting collection 

of shops, restaurants, bars, art galleries 

and museums. 

FUN FACT! 

Colorado has the most fi t residents in the US, 

with the nation’s lowest obesity rate of 18.9%. 

Detroit 

MICHIGAN 

— Ellen Piligian 

GO SHOP 

BUREAU OF URBAN LIVING 

460 W Canfi eld St • 313-833-9336 

www.bureauliving.com 

Whether you’re in town for business or pleasure, 

you’re bound to fi nd something useful 

at this urban general store. It stocks picture 

frames and candles to beautify your house and 

note pads to help keep you organized. 

CATCHING FIREFLIES 

3117 W 12 Mile Rd, Berkley • 248-336-2030 

www.catchingfi refl ies.com 

This whimsical boutique promises to brighten 

your day with sundries that include bamboo 

fl ower salad servers, soy candles and 

bracelets that read “Enjoy the moment.” 

PINK PUMP 

150 W Maple, Birmingham • 248-593-5313 

www.shoppinkpump.com 

Start a day of shopping in downtown 

Birmingham with something everybody loves 

to buy: shoes. There’s plenty to covet at this 

boutique, from chic Via Spiga pumps to girlie 

Betsey Johnson wedges. 

GO SEE 

“AVEDON FASHION 

PHOTOGRAPHS 1944-2000” 

At The Detroit Institute of Arts 

5200 Woodward Ave • 313-833-7900 

www.dia.org 

You’ll be ready to strike a pose after a stroll 

through this comprehensive study of famed 

fashion photographer Richard Avedon’s work. 

Gaze at his iconic prints from the last 50 years, 

as well as never-before-seen material that was 

released solely for the exhibit. 

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE HOPEFUL 

2934 Russell St • 248-353-8687 

www.feetonthestreettours.com 

Discover the real Detroit on this two- to threehour 

bus tour that highlights city landmarks 

and areas that are undergoing revitalization. 

Learn history and fun facts, discover hidden 

restaurants and hear about famous (and 

infamous) Detroiters. Nov. 14 and 28. 

THE PARADE COMPANY TOURS 

9500 Mt. Elliott, Studio A • 313-923-8368 

www.theparade.org 

Go behind-the-scenes of Detroit’s most 

anticipated holiday event, America’s 

Thanksgiving Parade, on this company tour. 

You’ll see the world’s largest collection of 

antique papier-mâché heads and meet Hansel 

& Gretel, Mother Goose and the Grinch.

GO EAT 

THE DAKOTA INN RATHSKELLER 

17324 John R. St • 313-867-9722 

www.dakota-inn.com 

The fi lling German-style potato pancakes 

at this Detroit institution (open since 1933) 

are perfect for warming you up on a cold 

Michigan night. If it’s extra frigid, order the 

schweinefl eisch schnitzel, breaded pork 

cutlets served with hot German potato salad. $ 

LOCCINO ITALIAN GRILL & BAR 

5600 Crooks Rd, Troy • 248-813-0700 

www.loccino.com 

This new family restaurant serves an awardwinning 

chicken piccata with capers and 

mushrooms in lemon-wine sauce, among other 

tasty, classic Italian dishes. $$ 

DETROIT FISH MARKET 

1435 Randolph St • 313-963-3003 

www.detroitfi shmarket.com 

This restaurant is so serious about freshness 

that the menu is based on what’s available 

each day. If you like spice, try the New Orleans 

seafood gumbo. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

ECLIPZ LOUNGE 

555 E Lafayette Blvd • 888-771-4386 

www.greektowncasino.com 

Located inside the Greektown Casino, this 

lounge is close to the action, but high above 

the town. Order a specialty cocktail (like a 

chocolate cream martini) and pick a spot near 

the 60-foot glass windows. 

SMALL’S 

10339 Conant, Hamtramck • 313-873-1117 

www.smallsbardetroit.com 

Sidle up to the Art Deco bar here for a cold 

brew to go with some of the top talent in the 

area. When the bands aren’t around, pick your 

favorite tunes from the top-notch jukebox. 


FRANKENMUTH, MI 

85 miles north of Detroit 

www.frankenmuth.org 

Late fall is the perfect time to visit Michigan’s 

Little Bavaria, where Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland 

stocks must-have decorations and the 

Bavarian Inn offers pretzel-rolling classes. 

FUN FACT! 

Ed Lowe, inventor of Kitty Litter-brand cat litter, 

grew up in the Detroit suburb of Cassopolis. 

Flint 

MICHIGAN 

GO SHOP 

CARRIAGETOWN ANTIQUE CENTER 

503 Garland St • 810-238-1444 

www.carriagetownantiquecenter.com 

Whether you’re looking for a piece of your 

childhood or a piece of your grandparents’, 

this two-story warehouse has probably got it. 

Get lost in time in racks of vintage clothing and 

trunks of jewelry and holiday decorations. 

GO SEE 

“THE FINE ART OF KANSAS CITY JAZZ” 

At The Flint Institute of Art 

1120 East Kearsley St • 810-234-1695 

www.fl intarts.org 

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Dan 

White spent almost 20 years photographing 

Kansas City musicians who made important 

contributions to jazz. See the results in this 

collection, which includes photos of Jay 

McShann, Eddie Saunders and Pearl Thurston. 

GO EAT 

GRAND TRAVERSE PIE COMPANY 

2350 S Center Rd, Burton • 810-742-9743 

www.gtpie.com/location/burton 

This bakery has the best pie in town (mountain 

berry and Grand Traverse cherry crumb are 

local favorites), but it also serves excellent 

quiches and homemade potpies. $ 

GO PARTY 

JOE & LEWIE’S PENALTY BOX 

2400 Owen Rd, Fenton • 810-750-6200 

If you know the difference between high 

sticking and hat tricking, this hockey-themed 

sports bar is the place for you. Order one of 

the 20 beers on tap and grumble at the refs on 

the big screen. (They’re all blind, anyway.) 


MICHIGAN STATE CAPITOL 

58 miles southwest of Flint 

100 N Capitol Ave, Lansing • 517-373-2353 

This beautifully restored structure, fi rst built in 

1879, is best known for its Victorian artwork. 

Tours are offered every half hour on weekdays; 

pay special attention to the designs on walls 

and ceilings. 

FUN FACT! 

Flint residents paint birthday notifi cations, 

death announcements and community 

protests on “The Rock,” located at 12th Street 

and Hammerberg Road. 

Ft. Lauderdale 

FLORIDA 

— Eileen Button — Jill Barton 

GO SHOP 

BEAR AND BIRD 

BOUTIQUE AND GALLERY 

4566 N University Dr, Lauderhill 

954-748-0181 

www.bearandbird.com 

This formerly empty loft space has been transformed 

into an eclectic boutique, where handmade 

jewelry and original artwork, including 

individually signed and numbered silkscreen 

prints, glow in the airy surroundings. 

COUTURE EXCHANGE 

2939 N Federal Hwy • 954-565-4348 

www.couture-exchange.com 

Fashionistas know to hit this boutique for 

top label pieces at second-hand prices. Pair 

a vintage Versace dress with a Chanel tote, 

Prada shoes and movie-star-sized sunglasses. 

PINK GHOST 

21 W Las Olas Blvd • 954-616-1304 

www.pinkghost.net 

Bring the kids or be one yourself at this playful 

shop fi lled with gadgets and quirky toys. 

Regular art shows here are as inspired as the 

merchandise, which includes plush green 

Uglydolls and Veggiesomething fi gures. 

GO SEE 

BROWARD COUNTY FAIR 

At Pompano Citi Centre • 1955 N Federal Hwy, 

Pompano Beach • 954-922-2224 

www.browardcountyfair.com 

Talent shows, local art and free admission 

have lured crowds to this festival for more 

than three decades. This year, the event also 

draws attention to South Florida’s little known 

agricultural roots, with educational exhibits 

and livestock showings. Nov. 20-29. 

BUTTERFLY WORLD 

3600 W Sample Rd, Coconut Creek 

954-977-4400 

www.butterfl yworld.com 

A visit to this preserve will fi nd you 

surrounded by thousands of butterfl ies, freefl 

ying hummingbirds and colorful lorikeets. A 

walkway takes guests above a waterfall into a 

faux rainforest. 

BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

BUEHLER PLANETARIUM & 

OBSERVATORY 

3501 SW Davie Rd • 954-201-6681 

www.iloveplanets.com 

Bring the kids to see laser light shows, take 

astronomy lessons and witness shuttle 

launches through the telescope. 



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BRAVO! GOURMET SANDWICH 

2925 NE 6th Ave • 954-533-4350 

www.bravosandwich.com 

This tiny storefront churns out authentic 

Peruvian sandwiches overstuffed with juicy 

meats and fl avorful sauces, like a rocoto 

pepper and olive purée. The chicharron (crispy 

pork) sandwich is a local favorite. $ 

GALANGA THAI KITCHEN & SUSHI BAR 

2389 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors • 954-202-0000 

www.galangarestaurant.com 

Creative sushi rolls and tasty Asian-fusion 

dishes, like crispy duck with tamarind and 

chili sauce, keep this chic place bustling on 

weekends. $$$$ 

CAFÉ MARTARANO 

3343 E Oakland Park Blvd • 954-561-2554 

www.cafemartorano.com 

According to local lore, even Madonna had to 

wait for a table at this tony restaurant, where 

the decadent meatballs, pastas and gourmet 

Philly cheesesteaks have earned a loyal following 

among locals and celebrities alike. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

AMERICA’S BACKYARD 

100 SW Third Ave • 954-727-0950 

www.myamericasbackyard.com 

This spot kicks up the standard backyard pool 

party with a menu full of hot dogs and hamburgers, 

a tequila bar and dance parties that 

go on until way after your neighbors’ bedtime. 

LIVING ROOM 

300 SW First Ave • 888-992-7555 

www.livingroomnightclub.com 

Clubgoers might wonder if they’ve died and 

gone to heaven at this waterfront hotspot, 

which features a Zen meditation garden and a 

loft with fl oating beds. 


ROOKERY BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE 

RESEARCH RESERVE 

110 miles west of Ft. Lauderdale 

300 Tower Rd, Naples • 239-417-6310 

www.rookerybay.org 

You’ll fi nd 110,000 acres of coastal land at this 

Marco Island reserve, including pristine mangrove 

forests, good for kayaking and canoeing, 

FUN FACT! 

Ft. Lauderdale has more than 300 miles of 

navigable waterways. 


Ft. Myers 

FLORIDA 

— Libby McMillan 

GO SHOP 

FRIDAY’S CHILD 

2075 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel • 239-472-9500 

www.TGIFchild.com 

This charming new children’s boutique 

promises “clothes as cool as your kids,” as 

well as a thorough selection of cool games, 

toys, puzzles and make-believe sets. 

THE BAIT BOX 

1041 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island 

239-472-1618 

www.thebaitbox.com 

Ralph Woodring—whose mom was a fi shing 

legend in the islands— owns this shop near 

the causeway. It sells everything from bait to 

charter tarpon trips, but advice is free. 

CHRIST-CENTERED BOOKS AND MUSIC 

4650 S Cleveland Ave • 239-936-2433 

www.shopchristcentered.com 

Christians looking for religious holiday gifts 

should stop by this store to stock up on 

inspirational books, music and décor items. 

GO SEE 

SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL 

414 Lagoon Dr, Sanibel Island • 239-472-8585 

www.sanibelseaschool.com 

Like a college fi eld trip with no student ID 

required, this program introduces children, 

teens and adults to southwest Florida’s 

diverse marine life out in its natural habitat. 

EDISON & FORD WINTER ESTATES 

2350 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers 

239-334-7419 

www.efwefl a.org 

This is the ideal time of year to visit the twin 

estates on the beautiful Caloosahatchee 

River—you can almost see Edison hard at 

work in his laboratory, or out strolling with 

his friend. 

FLORIDA EVERBLADES 

At Germain Arena • 11000 Everblades Pkwy, 

Estero • 239-948-7825 

www.fl oridaeverblades.com 

You’d never expect a hockey team to call 

Florida home. Watch the Everblades, last year’s 

Brabham Cup Regular Season Champions, face 

off against Toledo and Reading this month. 

GO EAT 

FARMER’S MARKET 

2736 Edison Ave • 239-334-1687 

www.farmersmarketrestaurant.com 

Got an inexplicable hankering for ham hocks, 

grits, fried catfi sh, collard greens, fried okra 

or corn fritters? This spot will take care of it. 

After all, the folks here have been “putting the 

South in your mouth” for some 50 years. $ 

OVER EASY CAFÉ 

630 Tarpon Bay Rd, Sanibel Island 

239-472-2625 

www.overeasycafesanibel.com 

This adorable breakfast hangout is housed in 

a white building with a traditional Southern 

porch. Stop in for the egg Reuben, a Thousand 

Island-topped bagel with corned beef, a fried 

egg and Swiss cheese. $$ 

UNIVERSITY GRILL 

7790 Cypress Lake Dr • 239-437-4377 

www.prawnbroker.com 

Voted one of the top three business lunches 

in Ft. Myers and Naples by Gulfshore Life this 

year, this restaurant delivers a delicious Cuban 

press sandwich. Those with heartier appetites 

should try the black and blue sirloin steak. 

GO PARTY 

LAUGH-IN COMEDY CAFE 

8595 College Pkwy • 239-479-5233 

www.laughincomedycafe.com 

It may be friendly and local, but this club offers 

up some pretty hilarious comic talent. Visit 

this month to check out the yuks from Marvin 

Lee and Terry Comeaux (Nov. 13 and 14) and 

Rob Holloway (Nov. 27 and 28). 

BISTRO 41 

13499 S Cleveland Ave • 239-466-4141 

www.bistro41.com 

Area professionals nosh and socialize at this 

popular restaurant’s bar. You’re sure to enjoy 

a relaxing time (and great food if you’re so 

inclined) in the capable hands of a friendly, 

highly competent staff. 


SANIBEL THRILLER 

At Sanibel Marina • 634 N Yachtsman Dr, 

Sanibel Isalnd • 239-472-2328 

www.sanibelthriller.com 

This 55-foot motor yacht circumnavigates 

Sanibel and Captiva islands while riders look 

for wildlife and learn historic trivia from tour 

guides. Dolphins are attracted to the boat, so 

be sure to have your camera ready. 

FUN FACT! 

Does golfing, shelling, fishing, diving, island 

cruising and simply relaxing on one of the last 

tropical islands in the US pique your interest? 

Come play in the sun ~ Sanibel Island Style 

Call for our low Summer Rates 

800.533.4486 

www.seashellsofsanibel.com 

The word “hatchee” (as in Ft. Myers’ 

Caloosahatchee River) means “stream” in the 

Choctaw language.

Harrisburg 

PENNSYLVANIA 

— Christine Conard Shultz 

GO SHOP 

STRAWBERRY SQUARE 

Second and Walnut sts • 717-255-1020 

www.strawberrysquare.com 

Kids don’t always enjoy a long day of holiday 

shopping, but they’ll love the three-story, 

clanging, clanking, ball-dropping kinetic clock 

at this shopping center. 

GO SEE 

DICKINSON COLLEGE 

High St, Carlisle • 717-243-5121 

www.dickinson.edu 

Chartered in 1783 as the fi rst college in the 

newly recognized United States of America, 

this 308-acre liberal arts campus is steeped 

in history. It’s just steps from the County 

Courthouse and a number of shopping and 

dining venues. 

GO EAT 

PASSAGE TO INDIA 

525 S Front St • 717-233-1202 

www.eatingpa.com/passage.html 

You can get chicken vindaloo at most Indian 

restaurants, but you can only get it at a table 

overlooking the Susquehanna River here. 

Order a spicy mango lassi (yogurt-based drink) 

to go with it. $$ 

GO PARTY 

HARRISBURG HARDWARE BAR 

236 N Second St • 717-221-0530 

www.myspace.com/hardwarebar 

This tool-themed bar draws a huge 

twentysomething crowd with rocking party 

bands and a barber chair you can take shots 

in. Check it out on Thursdays, when drinks are 

just 50 cents. 


LANCASTER COUNTY 

40 miles southeast of Harrisburg 

www.padutchcountry.com 

Late fall is the perfect time to visit the 

oldest Amish settlement in the US: The 

leaves are falling; beautiful, handmade gifts 

abound; and the plain lifestyle of Lancaster 

County’s inhabitants seems all the more 

enticing with the rest of the nation in a 

buying frenzy. 

FUN FACT! 

Pennsylvania was the fi rst state to list its 

website on a license plate. 

Houston 

TEXAS 

— JoAnn Takasaki 

GO SHOP 

DIMENSIONS 

6100 Westheimer Rd • 713-780-8564 

www.dimensions6100.com 

Get an entire new look this season without 

breaking the bank. Dimensions boasts 

10,000 glorious square feet of clothing and 

accessories, along with a helpful, friendly 

sales staff ready to help dress a woman 

impeccably from head-to-toe. 

HANSON GALLERIES 

1101 Uptown Park Blvd • 713-552-1242 

www.hansongalleries.com 

Finely crafted pieces—from glasswork and 

jewelry to furniture and sculpture—grace the 

Uptown Park location of this all-American 

art store, voted a “Top Retailer of American 

Crafts” by NICHE 10 years in a row. 

NAN’S GAMES & COMICS TOO 

2011 SW Fwy 59 • 713-520-8700 

Kids can spend hours poring over the games 

and toys at this outstanding fantasy shop. It 

carries everything from Pokemon cards to The 

Lord of the Rings swords. 

NEW LIVING 

6111 Kirby Dr • 713-521-1921 

www.newliving.net 

Whether you’re ready for a full-scale home 

remodel or just want to pick up some new 

eco-friendly cleaning supplies, visit this 

green building and home store, which stocks 

everything from recycled glass countertops to 

Farmhouse soy candles. 

GO SEE 

SOIREE BEAUJOLAIS & BEYOND! 

At Hilton Houston Post Oak 

2001 Post Oak Blvd • 713-960-0575 

www.facchouston.com 

For many people, the holidays don’t truly 

begin until the fi rst bottle of Beaujolais 

Nouveau is opened. Get your season started at 

this 26th annual event, hosted by the French- 

American Chamber of Commerce. Nov. 19. 

2009 MIDWESTERN SECTIONAL FIGURE 

SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 

At Sugar Land Ice & Sports Center • 16225 

Lexington Blvd, Sugarland • 281-265-7465 

www.mids2009.org 

At this event, you may get your chance to see 

high-caliber skating without having to pay 

for expensive Olympics tickets. The top four 

skaters at the championship qualify for the US 

Junior Championship, a major stop on the road 

to the winter games. Nov. 11-15. 

HOUSTON AEROS 

At the Toyota Center 

1510 Polk St • 713-974-7825 

www.aeros.com 

Watch as these fi erce hockey players defend 

their home turf against San Antonio (Nov. 

7), Chicago (Nov. 15), Peoria (Nov. 18) and 

Milwaukee (Nov. 20,22) this month. 

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON 

5401 Caroline • 713-942-8000 

www.hmh.org 

While holocaust museums aren’t always 

the happiest of afternoon activities, the “A 

Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and 

the Jewish People” is defi nitely worth checking 

out. Through 2010. 

GO EAT 

BB’S CAJUN CAFÉ 

2710 Montrose Blvd • 713-524-4499 

www.bbscajuncafe.com 

Tex-Mex meets Cajun at this all-day po’ boy 

and daiquiri shop. Try the Tex-Cajun Virgin 

fries: With cheese, gravy and roast beef, 

they may sound a little strange, but they’re 

delicious. $ 

RAIA’S ITALIAN MARKET 

4500 Washington Ave • 713-861-1042 

www.raiasitalianmarket.com 

Order the $6.95 three-item lunch (specials 

change daily) at this down-home Italian eatery 

serving classic pizza, pasta and meat dishes. 

Make sure to pick up charcuterie, cheeses and 

wine for later. $ 

CEDAR CREEK 

1034 W 20th St • 713-808-9623 

www.cedarcreekcafebargrill.com 

When Texas nights get a mite chilly, locals 

know to cozy up to the Cedar Creek fi repit with 

a cowboy-style sampler platter (fried pickles, 

wings and fried armadillo meat). $$ 

CHARIVARI RESTAURANT 

2521 Bagby St • 713-521-7231 

www.charivarirest.com 

Finely prepared pan-European cuisine at 

this cozy restaurant includes perfect wiener 

schnitzel, dry-aged char-grilled ribeye and a 

truly wonderful Mediterranean seafood platter 

for two. Start with the superb garlic cream 

soup. $$$$ 

VOICE 

220 Main St • 832-667-4470 

www.hotelicon.com/voice-restaurant 

This fancy American restaurant, where diners 

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dishes like butter-poached Maine lobster 

with pasta pearls and Kurobuta pork loin with 

rutabaga purée. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

ARMADILLO PALACE 

5015 Kirby Dr • 713-526-9700 

www.thearmadillopalace.com 

Squeeze into those pressed Wranglers, pull 

on those boots and ask the bartender for a 

Lone Star Lager to wet your whistle. With live 

Texas music, dominoes and a whiskey bar, it’s 

always a good time to scoot a boot. 

DEAN’S CREDIT CLOTHING 

315 Fairview St • 713-807-0301 

www.myspace.com/deanscreditclothing 

This chic new midtown location of the popular 

bar and clothing store has patio seating for 

people-watching, live music and a happy hour 

from 5pm to 9pm. Plus, you don’t have to 

remember to bring a jacket: If you get cold, 

you can just buy one. 

DOWNING STREET PUB 

2549 Kirby St • 713-523-2291 

www.downingstreetpub.com 

Slip out of work or a conference early and 

enjoy a long evening at this classic pub. After 

your eyes adjust in the walk-in humidor, 

select a fi ne cigar to have with a 21-year old 

Auchentoshan scotch. Home offi ce made of 

fi ne mahogany not included. 

SALUD! WINERY 

3939 Montrose Blvd • 713-522-8282 

www.saludwinery.com 

One of Houston’s fi nest wine bars, Salud! 

offers an extensive selection of wines from 

around the world. If you have time, take a 

wine education class or learn to make and 

label your own special blend. 


MONTHLY BLUEGRASS SHOW 

27 miles southwest of Houston 

300 W Walker St, League City • 281-488-2244 

www.bayareabluegrass.org 

If you’re jonesing for a little bluegrass, you’d 

better hit this last free concert from the Bay 

Area Bluegrass Association before the season 

ends for the winter. There will be food, raffl es 

and live music. Nov. 21. 

FUN FACT! 

The fi ve-time Academy Award-winning movie 

Terms of Endearment was partly fi lmed in 

Houston’s Heights neighborhood. 


Indianapolis 

INDIANA 

— Susan Dawson 

GO SHOP 

BARBARA’S NEW BEGINNINGS 

20 W Pine St, Zionsville • 317-733-4100 

www.barbarasnewbeginnings.com 

Most women don’t wear the correct bra size. 

Find out if you’re among the majority by 

getting an expert fi tting from this specialty 

lingerie shop, which carries plus sizes, inbetween 

sizes and post-mastectomy bras. 

EITELJORG MUSEUM STORE 

500 W Washington St • 317-275-1300 

www.eiteljorg.org 

If you have Native American or Western art 

lovers on your holiday gift list, stop here to 

purchase pottery, art, silver and turquoise 

jewelry or even some buffalo jerky. There’s no 

need to pay museum admission to enter, but 

after you browse for a few minutes, you may 

want to see the museum’s collection after all. 

NICOLE-TAYLOR’S PASTA & MARKET 

1134 E 54 St • 317-257-7374 

Chef Tony Hanslits operates this pasta market 

that sells everything from whole-wheat rigatoni 

to red pepper tagliatelle. But nobody likes 

bare pasta: Pick up housemade mozzarella, 

imported parmagiano-reggiano and artisan 

sauces, too. 

THE SECRET INGREDIENT 

5631 N Illinois St • 317-253-6632 

www.thesecretingredient.us 

This independent boutique stocks clothing 

and accessories for women in need of 

fashionable but age-appropriate casual 

clothes and eveningwear. Brightly colored 

designs by Alberto Makali, Cartise and Kunky’s 

are among the selections. 

GO SEE 

CARTER’S TOY MUSEUM 

91 S Main St • 317-773-1650 

www.carterstoymuseum.com 

If modern toys and games are too high-tech 

for your taste, check out the antique fun in this 

Zionsville museum. Ride in a classic bumper 

car or play an old arcade game, then grab an 

ice cream cone at the soda fountain. 

CONNER PRAIRIE 

13400 Allisonville Rd 317-776-6006 

www.connerprairie.org 

Learn the history of abolition fi rsthand in the 

dramatic “Follow the North Star” program, 

which has visitors play the role of runaway 

slaves making their way through Indiana’s 

Underground Railroad. Weekends of Nov. 5, 

12 and 19. 

GARFIELD CONSERVATORY 

& SUNKEN GARDEN 

2505 Conservatory Dr •317-327-7183 

www.garfi eldgardensconservatory.org 

Some parks aren’t very welcoming in the 

colder months, but this 136-acre city park 

includes a conservatory with 10,000 square 

feet of plants that’s open year-round. Braver 

souls can head out to see the mystical Sunken 

Garden covered in snow. 

“DILLINGER!” 

At the Indiana State Library 

315 W Ohio St • 317-232-3675 

www.in.gov/library/index.htm 

Increased interest in the life and times of John 

Dillinger—due to the recent movie Public Enemies—prompted 

state library offi cials to give 

the Hoosier bank robber and his gang their due. 

Visitors can see offi cial documents, photos and 

news accounts from the criminal’s era. 

SPIRIT & PLACE FESTIVAL 

Multiple locations • 317-274-2455 

www.spiritandplace.org 

This annual civic collaboration of the arts, 

humanities and religion focuses on inspiring 

places. This year it features art exhibits, 

lectures, walks, tours and dance events. 

Nov. 6-15. 

GO EAT 

COUNTRY KITCHEN 

1831 N College Ave • 317-926-4476 

www.countrykitchensoulfood.com 

Order the fried chicken with a glass of Nell’s 

Secret Lemonade, which is served in a bell jar, 

at this soul food diner. $ 

PATTIES OF JAMAICA 

5172 Allisonville Rd • 317-253-4006 

Forget about winter with a warm island delight 

at this tiny eatery. Flaky beef patties, rice and 

peas and goat curry are staples. $ 

THE GREEK ISLANDS RESTAURANT 

906 S Meridian St • 317-636-0700 

www.greekislandsrestaurant.com 

This family-owned and operated restaurant 

serves up traditional Greek fare from fl aming 

saganaki to baklava. There’s even a belly 

dancer on weekend nights. $$ 

ZEST! 

1134 E 54 St • 317-466-1853 

www.zestexcitingfood.com 

Breakfasts here (like crème brûlée french toast) 

are so good, they’re served all day. Lunch and 

dinner are also available, but it’s awfully hard 

to get past that fi rst menu page. $$

THE EAGLE’S NEST 

At Hyatt Regency Indianapolis 

1 S Capitol Ave • 317-616-6170 

www.indianapolis.hyatt.com 

From the 21st fl oor of the Hyatt, Indiana’s only 

revolving restaurant provides the fanciest of 

menus, with dishes like pork osso buco and 

white asparagus and scallop soup. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

BROCKWAY PUBLIC HOUSE 

12525 Old Meridian St, Carmel 

317-669-8080 

www.myspace.com/brockwaypub 

This friendly tavern hosts Tuesday night Dublin 

Pub sessions, in which local musicians stop by 

to play pipes and fi ddles. Order a pint or an Irish 

whiskey and let the festivities keep you warm. 

THE CABARET 

At the Connoisseur Room 

127 E Ohio St • 317-294-7005 

www.thecabaret.org 

You’ll fi nd a huge range of music styles in 

this caberet series held in a small, old-timey 

venue. Cheese plates, desserts and fl avored 

martinis are available. 

CHATHAM TAP 

719 Massachusetts Ave • 317-917-8425 

www.chathamtap.com 

This popular lunch spot welcomes a different 

crowd after the sun goes down. Sports fans— 

particularly those who like soccer—head here 

to watch a game, grab a pint and chat. 

RADIO RADIO 

1119 E Prospect St • 317-955-0995 

www.futureshock.net/radioframeset.html 

Live music lovers will fall for this concert venue 

in historic Fountain Square. It’s got a retrolounge 

atmosphere, but high-tech acoustics. 


AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG 

AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM 

140 miles northeast of Indianapolis 

1600 S Wayne St, Auburn • 260-925-1444 

www.automobilemuseum.org 

MSNBC called this spot one of the top 10 

“Gearhead Destinations in the United States” 

for its collection of more than 120 cars dating 

from 1894 to 1999. The six main galleries 

include one dedicated to Indiana vehicles. 

FUN FACT! 

Indianapolis was named Indiana’s capital in 

1825. Before that, it was in the city of Corydon. 

Jacksonville 

FLORIDA 

GO SHOP 

AVONLEA ANTIQUE MALL 

8101 Phillips Hwy • 904-636-8785 

www.avonleamall.com 

Pick through other people’s former treasures 

to fi nd one of your own in the more than 200 

stalls here. Once you’re loaded down with presents, 

stop at the Olde Florida Café for snacks. 

GO SEE 

JACKSONVILLE LIGHT PARADE 

Downtown Riverfront • 904-630-3690 

www.makeascenedowntown.com 

In Florida, Santa doesn’t visit on his sleigh— 

he comes by boat. Watch as the city of 

Jacksonville welcomes the jolly old man with a 

spectacular fi reworks show and boat parade. 

Nov. 28. 

GO EAT 

THE WINE CELLAR 

1314 Prudential Dr • 904-398-8989 

www.winecellarjax.com 

This casual French bistro is celebrating its 35th 

anniversary. Get in the party spirit with an order 

of pan-seared colossal scallops with pear and 

sun-dried tomato relish, and dine underneath 

the sprawling oaks on the patio. Bring a jacket: 

It may be Florida, but it still gets chilly. $$ 

GO PARTY 

O’BROTHERS IRISH PUB 

1521 Margaret St • 904-854-9300 

www.obrothers.food.offi celive.com 

Got out of work at six and missed happy hour 

again? Visit this pub from 10pm to close for 

“late-night happy hour,” when you can grab an 

O’burger and pair it with a pint of imported or 

craft brew for a reduced price. 


HISTORIC ST. AUGUSTINE 

40 miles southeast of Jacksonville 

www.ci.st-augustine.fl .us 

Visit the nation’s oldest city to explore colonial 

architecture, shop for trinkets and fi nd out 

what coquina is (hint: the walls of Castillo de 

San Marcos are made out of it). Beginning Nov. 

21, the city will be decorated with lights as 

part of its Nights of Lights Festival. 

FUN FACT! 

The six-story Dyal-Upchurch building, 

constructed in 1901, was Jacksonville’s fi rst 

high-rise building 

Kansas City 

MISSOURI 

— Lilla Ross — Mary Bloch 

GO SHOP 

CAROLLO’S ITALIAN GROCERY DELI 

9 E Third St • 816-474-1860 

Barrels of olives, display cases of salami 

and shelves of imported products entice 

shoppers strolling through the City Market 

into this little Italian grocery. If you go at 

lunchtime, treat yourself to a grilled Italian 

sausage sandwich. 

MCLAIN’S BAKERY 

7422 Wornall Rd • 816-333-6562 

www.mclainsbakery.com 

Even if you don’t have a cake-worthy 

occasion coming up, stop by this bakery for 

one of their famous “chocolate cup cookies.” 

They’re a lot like grandma’s thumbprint 

cookies, only fi lled with rich chocolatebuttercream 

icing. 

MLB DESIGNS 

4725 Wyandot St • 816-531-3133 

Everything for the home, from table linens and 

lamps to club chairs and sofa fabrics can be 

found at this contemporary design boutique. 

Marie Smith, MLB’s talented owner, is also 

available to apply her unique fl air to custom 

decorating projects. 

GO SEE 

THE UPHA/AMERICAN ROYAL 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 

At American Royal Complex • 816-221-9800 

www.americanroyal.com 

Owners of American Saddlebreds from 

around the country come to Kansas City each 

November to compete for big-time prize 

money. The championship follows weeks of 

rodeos, concerts and a major barbecue festival 

at the facility. Nov. 17-21. 

GEM THEATER 

1601 E 18th St • 816-474-8463 

www.gemtheatre.com 

This state-of-the-art renovated theater is the 

focal point of the 18th and Vine jazz district. 

Catch Ethyl Merman’s Broadway there, 

through Nov. 22. 

TOY & MINIATURE 

MUSEUM OF KANSAS CITY 

5235 Oak St • 816-333-2055 

www.toyandminiaturemuseum.org 

Kids of all ages embrace the whimsical nature 

of these fascinating toys and miniatures, 

which range from dollhouses to trains and 

automobiles. It’s also got one of the largest 

marble collections in the world, with one 

million marbles. 

 



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GO EAT 

THE PEACHTREE 

31 E 14th St • 816-886-9800 

www.peachtreerestaurants.com 

This homegrown restaurant offers fi nger-lickin’ 

good soul food, great atmosphere and live 

jazz. Order the catfi sh (served fried, lemonbaked, 

in a po’ boy or with fried chicken) or 

smothered pork chops. $$ 

AVENUES BISTRO 

338 W 63rd St • 816-333-5700 

www.avenuesbistro.com 

This popular neighborhood spot offers Pan- 

European specialties ranging from short-rib 

stroganoff to schnitzel. During happy hour, $5 

tapas bring in bargain seekers. $$$ 

CAFÉ PROVENCE 

3936 W 69th Ter, Prairie Village, KS 

913-384-5998 

www.kcconcept.com/cafeprovence 

Though it’s located in an outdoor mall, this 

cozy bistro has plenty of charm to match its 

country French cuisine. Order the mussels, 

escargots and French onion soup. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

15 TWENTY 

1520 Grand • 816-216-6880 

www.15twenty.com 

This hot new club offers bottle service, a 

rooftop bar that overlooks downtown and a 

substantial menu of contemporary tapas. It 

also features a VIP membership that includes 

discounted limo rental. 

MANIFESTO 

1924 Main St • 816-536-1325 

Though Prohibition is long past, you’ll need 

to knock on an alley door for entry to this 

speakeasy. The well-conceived cocktails beat a 

plain old glass of whiskey any day. 


JAMESPORT, MO 

84 miles northwest of Kansas City 

www.Jamesport-mo.com 

Get a taste of the simple life with a visit to this 

quaint Amish community. Pick through the 

wares in antique shops, explore country stores 

and order snacks at old-fashioned bakeries, all 

run by Amish families. 

FUN FACT! 

Famous outlaw Jesse James was born just 

north of Kansas City in Kearney, MO. 


Knoxville 

TENNESSEE 

— Rose Kennedy 

GO SHOP 

HANSON GALLERY 

5607 Kingston Pike • 865-584-6097 

www.hansongallery.com 

Fine crafts from regionally and nationally 

acclaimed artists at this shop include East 

Tennessee landscapes from Robert Batey, 

horse sculptures from Jeri Hollister and 

even kaleidoscopes. 

GO SEE 

KNOXVILLE ICE BEARS 

500 Howard Baker Ave • 865-525-7825 

www.knoxvilleicebears.com 

The back-to-back Southern Professional 

League champions are trying to win a third 

championship with some “rough, tough and 

unapologetic” hockey. Good thing you’ll be sitting 

in the stands and not standing on the ice. 

GO EAT 

TRIO CAFÉ 

13 Market Square • 865-246-2270 

www.trio-cafe.net 

Custom salads are the specialty here, and 

with 30 different salad components, you can 

really pile it on. There are also delicious grilled 

salmon, panini and stuffed croissants for 

heartier eaters. $$ 

GO PARTY 

COTTON EYED JOE 

11220 Outlet Dr • 865-675-4563 

www.cottoneyedjoe.com 

Put on your dancin’ boots to mingle with urban 

cowboys at this real country club, named after 

a classic line dancing song. There’s even a 

mechanical bull. 


RIPLEY’S AQUARIUM OF THE SMOKIES 

40 miles southeast of Knoxville 

Gatlinburg, TN • 865-430-8808 

www.ripleysaquariumofthesmokies.com 

There are more fi sh in this aquarium than 

there are people living in the entire town of 

Gatlinburg. Meet some of them in exhibits 

that let you pet stingrays and ogle “Lethal 

Weapons” (electric eels and blue ring octopus) 

from the safe side of the glass. 

FUN FACT! 

UT Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt is the all-time 

winningest Division 1 basketball coach in 

NCAA history. 

Las Vegas 

NEVADA 

— Michael Toole 

GO SHOP 

BOOK MAGICIAN 

220 W Charleston Blvd • 702-384-5838 

This little bookstore has been offering a fi ne 

selection of hard-to-fi nd books for nearly 30 

years. It has an especially thorough inventory 

of movie- and theater-related titles. 

JONES EASTERN 

EUROPEAN FOOD & WINE 

3650 S Jones Blvd • 702-367-4345 

Pop in here for delicious sulaguni (smoked 

cheese from the republic of Georgia), 

Bulgarian roasted eggplants, Lebanese 

sausage, Czech beers like Gambrinus and 

some of the cheapest Nutella in town. 

MAIN STREET ANTIQUES 

800 S Main St • 702-382-1882 

www.mainstreetantiqueslv.com 

This antique shop stocks more than chairs 

and clocks: It’s loaded with material from the 

gaming industry’s yesteryear, including poker 

chips and cards from long vanished casinos. 

It’s also the best place to score one of those 

old school one-armed bandit games. 

GO SEE 

FIRST FRIDAY 

Downtown Arts District • 702-384-0092 

www.fi rstfriday-lasvegas.org 

During this monthly neighborhood block party, 

art galleries, antique stores and retro clothing 

shops in the art district stay open late to 

welcome fans of fi ne art. Even if you just stick 

to the streets, you’re sure to come upon a few 

ice sculptors and fi re breathers. 

MOTOR TREND INTERNATIONAL 

AUTO SHOW 

At the Las Vegas Convention Center 

3150 Paradise Rd • 702-892-0711 

www.motortrendautoshows.com/lasvegas 

This annual exposition features new cars and 

trucks from all the major automakers (Acura, 

Ford, Honda, Kia). There’s also a new model 

gallery with environmentally friendly hybrids 

in sleeker packaging. Nov. 27-29. 

THE ROLLER COASTER 

At New York New York Hotel and Casino 

702-740-6969 

www.nynyhotelcasino.com 

The ride may only last two minutes, but with 

most of that time spent dangling upside down 

over the Strip, it’s worth it. For an additional 

price, purchase photos of yourself, complete 

with the frightened expressions you made 

during the ride.

FOUNTAINS OF BELLAGIO 

3600 S Las Vegas Blvd 

www.bellagio.com 

At this 10-acre Lake Como replica—with giant 

water jets that jump up to an incredible 24 

stories in the air—watch the water dance to a 

soundtrack of Broadway show tunes and opera. 

KÀ 

At MGM Grand Hotel & Casino 

3799 S Las Vegas Blvd S • 702-531-2000 

www.mgmgrand.com 

Although it has the hallmarks of other Cirque 

shows—great athleticism, eye-popping 

wardrobe, amazing lighting—this production’s 

story line about Egyptian twins reuniting after 

a long separation is uniquely compelling. 

GO EAT 

SHERIDAN’S FROZEN CUSTARD 

10385 A Eastern Ave • 702-944-9616 

www.sheridansfrozencustard.com 

Rich and fi lling (and topped with fresh fruit), 

a custard from Sheridan’s is one of the best 

ways to end a night on the town. Don’t leave 

without a cone of Mango Dango (vanilla 

custard with mangos, pecans and cherries). $ 

TOGOSHI RAMEN 

NOODLE HOUSE 

855 E Twain Ave • 702-737-7003 

Ramen noodles have gone upscale, leaving 

the reliable dorm-room staple in the dust. Get 

in on the fad at this noodle bar, which features 

bowls of the stuff tricked out with pork and 

veggies. $ 

THE OMELET HOUSE 

2160 W Charleston Blvd • 702-384-6868 

www.omelethouse.net 

Not surprisingly, this 30-year-old Las Vegas 

institution is a major destination for local 

omelet addicts. Signature breakfasts include 

the massive Bugsy Siegel omelet with chunks 

of beef in Italian red sauce, sour cream and 

jack cheese. $$ 

RINCON CATRACHO 

4110 S Maryland Pkwy • 702-699-9579 

People all over the valley swear that this is the 

best place to pick up Central American grub. 

Go for breakfast and order the baleadas, a 

Honduran breakfast burrito with fried beans, 

cheese, eggs, sausage and zesty sour 

cream. $$ 

JOSETTE’S BISTRO 

4983 W Flamingo Rd • 702 227-4575 

www.josettesbistro.com 

The cuisine at this spot—like French onion 

soup and fried brie—is delicious enough to 

perfect a date or take your mind off a bad day 

at the slots. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

THE ARTISIAN LOUNGE 

1501 W Sahara Ave • 702-214-4000 

www.theartisanhotel.com/lounge.php 

This hard-to-fi nd, old-school hotel bar 

tucked a few blocks west of the Strip is arty 

and gothic, and great for a glass of wine 

and some people watching. Stop by on 

Thursdays to listen to acid jazz, or Fridays for 

house music. 

THE DISPENSARY LOUNGE 

2451 E Tropicana Ave • 702-458-6343 

You won’t fi nd the usual hip trappings 

here—just a fi ne neighborhood bar that is 

becoming increasingly popular with tourists 

for inexpensive happy hour specials and welleducated 

bartenders. 

FOUNDATION ROOM 

At House of Blues Las Vegas • 702-632-7614 

www.houseofblues.com 

The unbeatable view of the Strip and the 

energetic scene here draw a massive crowd. 

Become a member to enjoy special benefi ts 

like tapas nights, dinner and wine parties, and 

exclusive shows. 

POGO’S TAVERN 

2103 N Decatur Blvd • 702-646-9735 

Though it’s a little out of the way, Pogo’s is 

like a piece of Las Vegas lounge history. Grab 

a seat in one of the vinyl booths, order a beer 

and settle in for the Friday weekly jazz jam, 

when terrifi c jazz musicians entertain barfl ies 

for free. 


RHYOLITE 

125 miles northwest of Las Vegas 

www.rhyolitesite.com 

Like many ghost towns, this one from the early 

1900s offers some wonderfully strange 

photo opportunities, like Tom Kelly’s bottle 

house, which is made almost entirely out of 

classic Adolphus Busch bottles and antique 

medicine containers. 

FUN FACT! 

In 1966, Howard Hughes moved into the 

Desert Inn Hotel, stayed for longer than he 

had booked, and was asked to leave by hotel 

management. Two years later, he bought 

the property. 

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GO SHOP 

BOOK SOUP 

8818 W Sunset Blvd • 310-659-3110 

www.booksoup.com 

It’s astonishing how many books are crammed 

into this bookshop. After you’ve found what 

you’re looking for, check to see if there’s a 

scheduled reading coming up; they’re held 

almost every day 

FRED SEGAL 

8100 Melrose Ave • 323-651-4129 

www.fredsegal.com 

This ivy-draped store on Melrose is a highend 

shopper’s paradise. Brands like Pepper 

Jeans and Juicy make it a popular stop for the 

hipsters that live west of La Brea Avenue. 

LIVE! ON SUNSET 

8801 W Sunset Blvd • 310-360-1660 

www.liveonsunset.com 

In LA, what you wear can make a signifi cant 

fi rst impression before you even open your 

mouth. Pick up duds that say you’re in-theknow, 

like trendy dresses and harem pants, at 

this hot store with a DJ booth and lounge. 

SOOLIP PAPERIE & PRESS 

8646 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood 

310-360-0545 

www.soolip.com 

Stock up on fi ne paper, brocade invitations, 

frayed leather journals and even fi ling supplies 

at this fl agship stationery store. 

GO SEE 

AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC 

100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach 

562-590-3100 

www.aquariumofpacifi c.org 

This ocean-specifi c aquarium is strictly 

dedicated to the mighty Pacifi c. You can see 

animals from Baja, the frigid Northwest and 

even the Pacifi c tropics. 

GRIFFITH PARK 

4730 Crystal Springs Dr • 323-913-4688 

www.lacity.org 

This is one of the largest urban parks in the 

country—big enough to accommodate a zoo, 

an equestrian center and four golf courses. 

Climb high enough up for sweeping views over 

the entire LA basin. 

KNOTT’S BERRY FARM 

8039 Beach Blvd, Buena Park • 714-220-5200 

www.knotts.com 

This venerable old theme park—it was 

America’s fi rst—has some heart-stopping new 


6161 W Century Boulevard 

Los Angeles, CA 90045 

888-689-3031 

www.laxcourtyard.com 


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rides. The latest, which opened in 2008, is a 

Western-themed roller coaster called the 

Pony Express. 

MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART 

628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach • 562-437-1689 

www.molaa.com 

Founded in 1996, this museum is dedicated to 

modern and contemporary Latin American art. It 

houses more than 1,000 works, including paintings, 

photographs and sculptures from artists 

in 20 Latin American countries. 

THE SANTA MONICA PIER 

Santa Monica • 310-458-8900 

www.santamonicapier.org 

LA’s cooler winter weather is great for a 

Sunday Santa Monica Pier jaunt. Stash a 

cardigan in your bag and stroll out over the 

crashing surf to ride huge rollercoasters, play 

games in the expansive arcade and eat superfresh 

fi sh at one of a dozen restaurants. 

GO EAT 

PINCHES TACOS 

8200 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood 

323-650-0614 

www.pinchestacos.com 

This taco stand is a natural starting or ending 

point for Sunset Strip weekend revelers. Order 

a shrimp burrito and you’ll have plenty of fuel 

to last the night. $ 

VIBRATO GRILL 

2930 Beverly Glen Circle, Bel Air 

310-474-9400 

www.vibratogrilljazz.com 

Set high in the Bel Air Hills, this steakhouse 

is nondescript from the outside, but a delight 

within. Classic décor, romantic lighting, tasty 

steaks and great live jazz make this the perfect 

fi rst-date spot. $$$$ 

SOOT BUL GUI RIM TWO 

233 S Vermont Ave • 213-365-9992 

With all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue 

and endless kimchee-based side dishes for 

just $16.99, this place is often packed 

with Koreatown locals. Try the gopchang 

(careful, it’s intestines) if you’re feeling 

adventurous. $$ 

E. BALDI 

375 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills • 310-248-2633 

www.ebaldi.com 

One of a handful of Italian restaurants on 

popular Canon Drive, E. Baldi stands out for 

its simple plates. The tuna carpaccio is a great 

starter before moving on to gnocchi with 

cherry tomatoes and lobster. $$$ 


SUSHI IKE 

6051 Hollywood Blvd Ste 105 • 323-856-9972 

This is the kind of place Angelinos often drive 

past everyday without knowing what they 

are missing. It’s an authentic sushi spot that 

serves unbelievably fresh fi sh, as well as an 

extremely cheap omakase option. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

VILLA LOUNGE 

8623 Melrose Ave • 310-289-8623 

www.villalounge.com 

Tiny and unassuming, Villa is a must-stop 

for those who don’t want to leave LA without 

seeing a star. You’re likely to stumble across 

the likes of Paris Hilton, Leonardo DiCaprio 

and Drew Barrymore—if you can get past the 

velvet ropes fi rst. 

JONES 

7205 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood 

323-850-1726 

This scene-y dive-bar-cum-Italian-eatery is 

popular with the “future actors” that live in 

surrounding West Hollywood. The contours 

of the long bar make it an easy place for 

people-watching. 

KEYCLUB 

9039 W Sunset Blvd • 310-274-5800 

www.keyclub.com 

This mid-sized venue is the primary haunt 

of Hollywood’s soon-to-be-famous rockers. 

Devoted fans head here to enjoy great mixed 

drinks, discover the latest act and rock out on 

the sweaty dance fl oor. 

SUNSET TROCADERO LOUNGE 

8280 W Sunset Blvd • 323-856-1079 

This is one of the more laidback Sunset Strip 

bars. Pick up a martini and some snacks and 

watch the masses stroll down the street from 

the patio. 


PASADENA 

13 miles northeast of Los Angeles 

www.ci.pasadena.ca.us 

This time of year, the San Gabriel 

Mountains looming above old-town Pasadena 

are usually covered in a dusting of snow. 

Enjoy the scenery while checking out the 

dozens of shops and restaurants along 

Colorado Boulevard. 

FUN FACT! 

LA County is the largest county in the US, with 

a population of close to 10 million. 

Memphis 

TENNESSEE 

— Mary Helen Tibbs 

GO SHOP 

A FITTING PLACE 

6150 Poplar Ave • 901-683-0210 

When local ladies want to slip into something 

special, they head to this East Memphis 

lingerie specialist. Expert staff members 

do the measuring, then present customers 

with options that range from lacy and chic to 

comfortable everyday wear. 

REBECCA RIVALTO INTERIORS 

579 N McLean Blvd • 901-726-4965 

www.rebeccarivaltointeriors.com 

Loaded with gifts for any occasion, this knickknack 

and design store has some of the most 

unique items in Memphis. Don’t miss the cozy 

pajamas and carry-on luggage, all in vibrant 

colors and prints. 

KING FURS & JEWELRY 

4568 Poplar Ave • 901-767-5464 

www.kingfursandfi nejewelry.com 

From mink to beaver to softer-than-imaginable 

leather, the selections at this store will keep 

you warm in the harshest winter weather. 

While you’re there, don’t miss the bling from 

designers such as Bixby, Hildago and Oliva. 

You’ll leave feeling like royalty. 

GO SEE 

THE RIVER INN OF HARBOR TOWN 

50 Harbor Town Sq • 901-260-3333 

www.riverinnmemphis.com 

Designed like a classic riverside town, with 

window boxes and wrought-iron lamp posts, 

this neighborhood has blossomed to include 

its own restaurants, shops and this boutique 

hotel. Stop by the hotel’s terrace late in the 

day and have a cocktail while the sun sets 

over the Mississippi River. 

ZOO LIGHTS 

2000 Prentiss Pl • 901-276-9453 

www.memphiszoo.org 

See the Memphis Zoo like you’ve never seen 

it before, with more than a million lights, 

live reindeer and even a snowy entrance. Try 

your hand at a cookie-stacking contest, get 

a picture with Santa and enjoy horse-drawn 

carriage tours thought the zoo. Begins 

Nov 27. 

THE W.C. HANDY HERITAGE AWARDS 

Beale St • 901-527-3427 

You will get the blues, but in the best possible 

way, at this event. Held on Beale Street on 

the birthday of W.C. Handy—the father of the 

blues—this parade features the best talent the 

city has to offer. Nov. 15.

GO EAT 

BRYANT’S BBQ & BREAKFAST 

3965 Summer Ave • 901-324-7494 

www.bryantsbreakfast.com 

Specialties at this country cafeteria include 

delicious gravy, thick-cut bacon and 

homemade biscuits so fl uffy you’d swear they 

could fl oat off the plate. You’ll leave satisfi ed, 

and, more than likely, ready for a nap. $ 

LAS TORTUGAS 

1215 S Germantown Rd • 901-751-1200 

www.delimexicana.com 

It simply doesn’t get more authentic than this 

Mexican deli. The Magallanes family prepares 

dishes like fi sh tacos, tortugas (traditional 

sandwiches) and the creamiest guacamole 

you’ll ever taste fresh daily. They even import 

bottled Coca-Cola with real sugar (instead of 

corn syrup) from Mexico. $$ 

GO PARTY 

CLUB 152 

152 Beale St • 901-544-7011 

www.club152memphis.com 

The party at this three-level factory of music 

and dancing on the middle of the Beale 

Street Entertainment District can last all 

night. The fi rst fl oor features live music, the 

second fl oor has hip-hop tunes by local DJs, 

while the third is a special VIP area. 

THE HI-TONE CAFÉ 

1913 Poplar Ave • 901-278-8663 

www.hitonememphis.com 

Boasting live local and touring bands nearly 

every night and a small yet impressive menu 

of specialty pizzas, Hi-Tone is defi nitely one of 

Memphis’ top indie venues. 


SPRINGDALE, AR 

330 miles northwest of Memphis 

www.springdale.com 

Visitors to the Natural State can ride a 

restored railcar through the scenic Boston 

Mountain range, ice-skate at the Jones Center 

for Families and get a leg up on area history at 

the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. 

FUN FACT! 

In the 1950s, a local man opened a business 

on the once-bustling Lamar Avenue with a 

very curious slogan: “Where You Won’t Get 

Bit.” No, it wasn’t a petting zoo, but rather 

an appliance store owned by a man named 

Herbert Bittman. 

Miami 

FLORIDA 

— Dinkinish O’Connor 

GO SHOP 

IMAGINE 

3252 NE First Ave • 305-704-8246 

www.imaginegiftsco.com 

Your environmentally friendly pals will love 

their holiday presents even more if you wrap 

them in eco-friendly paper from this store. You 

can even fi ll their packages with the shop’s 

natural soy candles and earth-friendly gifts. 

MAYFAIR ANTIQUE MARKET 

At Streets of Mayfair Mall 

3390 Mary St • 305-673-4991 

High-end antique dealers hawk their wares 

both inside the shopping center and out on the 

sidewalk at this monthly show and sale. Memorabilia 

from the 1900s to the 1960s tends to be 

extensively represented. Nov. 21-22. 

STYLE LAB MIAMI 

5580 NE Fourth Ct • 305-756-1010 

www.udstylelab.com 

This boutique is a great shopping spot for 

funky men and women. It carries cool stuff for 

him (messenger bags, global accessories), 

new clothes for her (shirt dresses and graphic 

tees) and even funky home accessories 

(Buddha soap and fossil ice trays). 

SO-MI 

2775 NE 187th St, Ste 2 • 786-787-9087 

www.so-mi.com 

You’ll fi nd everything from Hudson jeans 

and fl owy tops to preppy journals and funky 

Arabian rugs—even a brass frog in a lotus 

pose—at this cool store owned by best 

friends Sophia and Miriam. 

GO SEE 

ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 

At Miami Beach Convention Center 

1901 Convention Center Dr • 212-627-1654 

www.artbaselmiamibeach.com 

The sister show of an annual contemporary 

art extravaganza held in Basel, Switzerland, 

this exhibition draws gallery owners and art 

enthusiasts from all over the world to examine 

the newest pieces, taste local cuisine and 

enjoy the beautiful winter weather. 

GOLD COAST RAILROAD MUSEUM 

12450 SW 152 St • 305-253-0063 

www.gcrm.org 

For many people, The Polar Express and 

Thomas the Tank Engine kindled a passion 

for railroading that lasted well into adulthood. 

The Gold Coast Railroad Museum offers a 

nostalgic journey back to those more innocent 

times. And kids will love the choo-choo rides. 

MIAMI BOOK FAIR INTERNATIONAL 

Multiple locations• 305-237-3258 

www.miamibookfair.com 

Visit this literary amusement park to swap 

thoughts with the local intelligentsia. More 

than 300 authors will appear, including An 

Inconvenient Truth writer Al Gore. Nov. 8-15. 

NOUVELLE DAY SPA 

8713 SW 124th Ave • 305-274-7471 

www.nouvelledayspa.com 

This affordable day spa is a great place to 

gear up for a day on Miami Beach. Relieve dry 

skin with a cranberry supreme body treatment 

(with eucalyptus steam) and freshen up your 

toes with a signature pedicure. 

SANTA’S ENCHANTED FOREST 

7900 SW 40th St • 305-559-9689 

www.santasenchantedforest.com/santas 

Billed as the world’s largest Christmas theme 

park, this free carnival features a petting zoo, a 

92-foot-tall Christmas tree, two rollercoasters, 

a magic show and puppeteers. 

GO EAT 

RASPADOS LOLY’S 

10404 W Flagler St • 305-227-0488 

www.raspadoslolys.com 

Looking for a sweet treat that’s more 

adventurous than your average ice cream? 

Order a Latin American-style shaved ice with 

crumbled pound cake and dulce de leche at 

this family-run sweet shop. $ 

SAINT CITY COFFEE SHOP 

9302 NW 22nd Ave • 305-693-3877 

They say the farther south you go in Florida, 

the more Northern the food gets. Don’t tell 

that to the folks at this take-out-only barbecue 

joint, where the meat and macaroni and 

cheese rival the best in the panhandle. $ 

EPICURE MARKET SUNNY ISLES BEACH 

17190 Collins Ave • 305-947-4581 

www.epicuremarket.com/sunny_isles 

Pick up perfect picnic supplies at this international 

market—locals love the comté cheese 

and Spanish sausage—then walk to nearby 

Sunny Isles Beach to enjoy your spread on the 

sand. $$ 

AREA 31 

At the EPIC Hotel 

270 Biscayne Blvd • 305-424-5234 

www.area31restaurant.com 

This restaurant is named after the fi shing 

region from which it procures its seafood, so 

you can expect the selection of crudos—there 



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are six varieties—to be incredibly fresh. 

Eat yours at a table overlooking the 

water. $$$$ 

WISH 

801 Collins Ave • 305-674-9474 

www.wishrestaurant.com 

Light and delicious seafood entrées like 

pan-seared wild salmon, hamachi (yellowtail) 

sashimi and local steamed snapper are sure 

to help you keep your body beach-ready. 

$$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

D’VINE HOOKAH LOUNGE 

445 Lincoln Rd •305-674-8525 

www.dvinelounge.com 

Set on one of South Beach’s two top peoplewatching 

drives, this wine and hookah 

lounge goes a step beyond normal cheese 

pairings. Pair your bottle selection with a 

hookah featuring an interesting fl avor, like 

watermelon. 

THE DILIDO BEACH CLUB 

At The Ritz-Carlton South Beach 

1 Lincoln Rd • 786-276-4000 

www.ritzcarlton.com 

Watch the beautiful people surface on the 

shore like mermaids at this beachfront lounge. 

Hookahs are free, rum cocktails are walletfriendly 

and “Top Chef” season fi ve contender 

Jeff McInnis is behind the grill. 

LOUIS 

At the Gansevoort South • 2325 Collins Ave 

305-531-4600 

www.louismiami.com 

One could easily envision Marie Antoinette 

pulling up in a carriage at the entrance of 

this bar, which features edgy yet glamorous 

décor, including thrones, chandeliers 

and skulls. 


EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK 

47 miles southwest of Miami 

www.nps.gov/ever 

Whether you stumble upon an endangered 

Florida panther or a former missile base 

hidden in the center of a swamp, your tour 

through the largest subtropical wilderness in 

the US is bound to yield some surprises. 

FUN FACT! 

Miami-based pharmacist and former military 

aviator Benjamin Greene invented the fi rst 

widely used sunscreen. 


Milwaukee 

WISCONSIN 

— Jeanette Hurt 

GO SHOP 

GOO GOO GAA GAA 

18905 W Capital Dr, Brookfi eld • 262-790-6890 

www.googoogaagaa.com 

If you’re shopping for a baby shower, you’ll 

go ga-ga over this spot. It boasts a wide 

array of nursery accessories (including baby 

chandeliers), retro-inspired baby clothes and 

the softest bedding around. 

LARRY’S MARKET 

8737 N Deerwood Dr • 414-355-9650 

www.larrysmarket.com 

Stock up on artisan Wisconsin products and 

imported goodies at this gourmet grocery, 

which sells rich coffee beans, creamy cheese 

spreads and pre-made desserts, as well as 

accoutrements like fondue pots, caviar spoons 

and cheese knives. 

LUCI BOUTIQUE 

532 Water St • 414-226-0114 

www.luciboutique.com 

Clai Green, founder of Milwaukee’s Fred 

boutique, just opened up this new store, 

bringing her hip fashion sense to the historic 

Third Ward. Fancy dresses in curve-fl attering 

shapes are the specialty. 

MOLLY MAGRUDER 

330 Main St, Racine • 262-898-9080 

This sleek little boutique has always offered 

a great selection of clothes, handbags and 

shoes, but just recently, it added a line of 

upscale consignment clothes. The pieces are 

so well cared for that you can’t tell the resale 

from the new stuff, except by the severely 

slashed prices. 

GO SEE 

CHRISTMAS IN THE WARD 

Third Ward • 414-273-1173 

www.historicthirdward.org 

Santa and his helpers bring seasonal fun to 

the Third Ward’s annual holiday celebration. 

Store specials, a tree lighting ceremony and 

horse-drawn carriage rides help you de-stress 

during holiday shopping. Dec. 4-5. 

GREAT LAKES DISTILLERY 

616 W Virginia St • 414-431-8683 

www.greatlakesdistillery.com 

Tours of the oldest distillery in the state— 

surprisingly, it opened in 2006—just got even 

better. Due to a change in the law, it can now 

offer samples of its award-winning gin and 

citrus- and honey-fl avored vodka. After you’re 

done tasting, pick up some artisan brandy for 

post holiday-dinner drinks. 

HOLIDAY FOLK FAIR INTERNATIONAL 

At Wisconsin Exposition Center • 8200 W 

Greenfi eld Ave, West Allis • 414-225-6225 

Music, dance and food from dozens of ethnic 

traditions are celebrated at the Holiday Folk 

Fair International, which offers local cuisine 

and handcrafted gifts from a number of 

cultural organizations. Nov. 20-22. 

MILWAUKEE HOLIDAY LIGHTS FESTIVAL 

Downtown Milwaukee • 414-220-4700 

www.milwaukeedowntown.com/ 

categories/14-holidaylightsfestival 

Thousands of bulbs light up Santas, trees 

and snowmen in Pere Marquette Park, Zeidler 

Union Square Park and Cathedral Square Park. 

Every year, new and more extravagant LED 

displays are added, turning the downtown 

area into a veritable winter wonderland. 

Nov. 19 through Jan. 3. 

GO EAT 

HONEYPIE CAFÉ 

2643 S Kinnickinnic Ave • 414-489-7437 

www.honeypiecafe.com 

The Davenport at this hip eatery takes the 

post-holiday turkey sandwich to new heights 

with toasted bread, cranberry mustard, 

horseradish mashed potatoes, caramelized 

onions, tomatoes and bacon, all smothered in 

a gruyère cream sauce. $$ 

ANVIL PUB AND GRILL 

N70 W6340 Bridge Rd, Cedarburg 

262-376-2163 

www.anvilpubandgrille.com 

In a former blacksmith’s shop in the Cedar 

Creek Settlement building, this pub combines 

historic charm with gourmet bar snacks. Try 

the “black and tan” onion rings—battered onions 

drizzled with stout beer—at a table with a 

view of the Cedar Creek waterfall. $$$ 

POLONEZ RESTAURANT 

4016 S Packard Ave, St Francis 

414-482-0080 

This South Side Polish restaurant features 

some of the best pierogis, potato pancakes 

and golabki (stuffed cabbage rolls) in 

Wisconsin. Everything is made from scratch, 

including the slow-cooked soups. $$$ 

OSTERIA DEL MONDO 

1028 E Juneau Ave • 414-291-3770 

www.getosteria.com 

Order the veal saltimbocca at this 

sophisticated Italian restaurant. Tender and 

juicy, it’s served with sage, prosciutto, fresh 

spinach and gnocchi in a white wine veal 

reduction. $$$$

GO PARTY 

BRYANT’S COCKTAIL LOUNGE 

1579 S 9th St • 414-383-2620 

www.bryantscocktaillounge.com 

Trendy new bars across the nation may be 

reviving the art of the pre-Prohibition cocktail, 

but this bar never stopped serving them in the 

fi rst place. The talented bartenders can make 

around 450 cocktails. But rather than order 

them by name, just select a favorite liquor or 

desired fl avor and they’ll create something 

for you. 

FAT ABBEY BIER CAFÉ 

134 E Juneau Ave • 414-755-0333 

www.fatabbey.com 

The folks who own Café Hollander and 

Trocadero opened this new beer lovers’ 

haven, with 24 taps and another 50 brews in 

bottles or cans. The emphasis is on ales and 

lagers from Belgium and the Netherlands, 

but you can also fi nd some fi ne, local 

craft beers. 

LEMON LOUNGE 

2846 N Oakland Ave • 414-915-3300 

It’s easy to get cozy in this 300-square-foot bar 

attached to the Miramar Theater. Chic and fun, 

it’s the perfect spot for a post-show martini. 

Order a lemon drop, the house specialty. 

TWO BAR 

722 E Burleigh St • 414-372-7880 

www.artbar-riverwest.com 

Can’t decide whether to go out for drinks or 

stay in with your honey? Head to this bar, 

where the staff is so okay with PDA that 

they’ve stocked the jukebox with love songs 

and will bring drinks like the Love Potion No. 9 

back to your private booth. 


MAGIC QUEST 

118 miles northwest of Milwaukee • At Great 

Wolf Lodge • 1400 Great Wolf Dr, Wisconsin 

Dells • 608-253-2222 

www.greatwolf.com 

Get in touch with your inner Harry Potter 

at the Dells’ newest attraction. With your 

trusty, computer-chip-enhanced magic 

wand, you’ll be able to open magic chests, 

light sconces, animate creatures and 

accumulate gold. 

FUN FACT! 

Public Enemies, last summer’s blockbuster 

about John Dillinger, was partially fi lmed at the 

Milwaukee County Historical Society Building. 

Minneapolis/St. Paul 

MINNESOTA 

— Elizabeth Kephart Reisinger 

GO SHOP 

COOKS OF CROCUS HILL 

877 Grand Ave, St. Paul • 651-228-1333 

www.cooksofcrocushill.com 

High-end cookware, cool gadgets and the 

latest cookbooks are among the stock at this 

locally owned kitchen boutique. If time allows, 

take an evening culinary course in the upstairs 

educational center. 

PUMPZ & CO. 

3335 Galleria, Edina • 952-926-2252 

www.pumpzco.com 

Accessories make the outfi t, and this 

designer shoe and handbag boutique is just 

the place to go for a fi nishing touch. From 

multiple-strand necklaces and studded belts 

to fl at boots that will last for seasons, the 

wares at this shop are perfect for a winter 

wardrobe update. 

QUAIL RIDGE TRADING COMPANY, LTD. 

10504 France Ave S, Bloomington 

952-881-1117 

www.quailridgetrading.com 

A recent visit to this eclectic store found artisan 

jewelry, hand-painted canvases, kitschy 

character slippers, whimsical lamps and fl irty 

cocktail dresses. 

GO SEE 

THE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE 

2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis • 612-871-4907 

www.americanswedishinst.org 

If the closest you’ve gotten to Swedish culture 

is the meatball counter at IKEA, step inside 

this majestic mansion to see galleries full 

of authentic Scandinavian art while being 

warmed by 11 kakelugnar (Swedish porcelain 

tile stoves). 

CASANOVA’S HOMECOMING 

At Ordway Center for Performing Arts 

345 Washington St N, St. Paul • 612-333-6669 

www.mnopera.org 

The Minnesota Opera presents this 

comedic show this month. Composed by 

Minnesotan Dominick Argento, it features lush 

musical lines and lots of plot twists. 

Nov. 14-22. 

NICOLLET MALL 

Between Washington Ave and 13th St, 

Minneapolis 

Shoppers adore this cobblestoned pedestrian 

mall in downtown Minneapolis. Large 

department stores are interspersed with chic 

boutiques, some of the city’s fi nest restaurants 

and local works of sculpture. 

GO EAT 

QUANG 

2719 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis 

612-870-4739 

www.quangrestaurant.com 

Had enough stuffi ng? Visit one of the city’s 

best-loved Vietnamese restaurants for giant 

plates of caramelized lemongrass chicken that 

are legendary. $ 

JOSEPH’S GRILL 

140 South Wabasha, St. Paul • 651-222-2435 

www.josephsgrill.com 

This local favorite is one part American bistro 

and one part classic supper club. Hearty portions 

of sandwiches, pasta and burgers are 

available anytime, with steaks, chops and fi sh 

in the evening. $$$ 

SEA CHANGE RESTAURANT AND BAR 

818 S Second St, Minneapolis • 612-225-6499 

www.seachangempls.com 

Renowned chef Tim McKee opened his latest 

venture at the Guthrie Theater to rave reviews. 

His ambitious menu focuses on sustainable 

seafood, like chilled littleneck clams and scallops 

with citrus, oregano and cucumber. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

CC CLUB 

2600 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis 

612-874-7226 

Named one of the best dive bars in Minneapolis 

by websites like Thriftyhipster.com, this 

gritty hole-in-the-wall sports a diverse crowd, 

strong drinks and witty servers. 

GASTHOF ZUR GEMÜTLICHKEIT & 

MARIO’S KELLER BAR 

2300 University Ave, NE • 612-781-3860 

www.gasthofzg.com 

Germans really know how to throw a party. See 

for yourself with a giant boot of beer and some 

raucous polka music at this “guest house.” 


AFTON ALPS 

32 miles southeast of Minneapolis 

Afton • 651-436-5245 

www.aftonalps.com 

Strap on some skis or rent a snowtube 

and hurtle down the rolling hills at this fun 

mountain getaway. Beginners can take lessons 

at the ski and snowboard school. 

FUN FACT! 

Minnesota’s offi cial state grain is wild rice. 

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ILLINOIS/IOWA 

GO SHOP 

QUAD CITIES GIFTS & SOUVENIRS 

1601 River Dr, Moline • 309-277-0937 

Looking for a Quad Cities souvenir to show 

off back home? Pick one up here, where the 

goods include T-shirts, hats, local snacks, 

books and handmade soaps. 

GO SEE 

QUAD CITY ARTS FESTIVAL OF TREES 

At RiverCenter • 136 E Third St, Davenport 

309-793-1213 

www.quadcityarts.com/festoftrees.asp 

You’ll feel like you’re in an enchanted land 

when you walk through the hundreds of 

decorated trees to the gingerbread village at 

this festival. Visit on Nov. 21 to see the holiday 

parade. Nov. 20-29. 

GO EAT 

THE MACHINE SHED 

7250 Northwest Blvd, Davenport 

563-391-2427 

www.machineshed.com 

Named “The Best Breakfast in America” by the 

Travel Channel’s “Food Paradise” series, this 

homey local chain bakes its huge cinnamon 

rolls from scratch and serves an unbeatable 

hash brown skillet. $$ 

GO PARTY 

RIVER MUSIC EXPERIENCE 

129 N Main St, Davenport • 563-326-1333 

www.rivermusicexperience.org 

The live music at this historic building is 

infused with traditional American folk style. 

Stop in to hear the best of blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ 

roll, country and Cajun music. 


PORT BYRON, IL 

16 miles northeast of Moline 

www.portbyronil.com 

With a population of just 1,600, this adorable 

historic town is nestled on a bend in the 

Mississippi River. Quaint restaurants with 

river views, antique stores and friendly 

residents make it a great place to spend the 

day—or a weekend. 

FUN FACT! 

People scoffed at Davenport native Otto 

Frederick Rohwedder’s invention for 16 years 

before it fi nally caught on, but the joke’s on 

them: The man invented sliced bread. 


— Lee Nelson 

New Orleans 

LOUISIANA 

— Richard Meeks 

GO SHOP 

LE PETIT SOLDIER SHOP 

528 Royal St • 504-523-7741 

This offbeat store attracts history fanatics with 

signature toy soldiers dressed in Confederate 

and Union colors. Those with deeper pockets 

might want to take a look at rare German 

helmets from World War II. 

TRASHY DIVA 

839 Chartres St • 504-581-4555 

www.trashydiva.com 

The name of this shop belies its classy stock, 

which includes vintage clothing, retro footwear 

and fashions from local designers. 

YIA YIA’S ATTIC 

230 Polk St • 504-488-9396 

Grandma won’t let you into the attic to poke 

around? One visit to this store and you might 

be able to surmise what’s up there. This neighborly 

Lakeview enclave offers a multitude of 

knickknacks, quilts and historical treasures. 

GO SEE 

CELEBRATION IN THE OAKS 

At New Orleans City Park • 504-483-9373 

www.celebrationintheoaks.com 

This annual festival features fanciful 

decorations, rides and exhibits like the “Cajun 

Night Before Christmas.” Nov. 20 through 

Dec. 30. 

STEAMBOAT NATCHEZ 

2 Canal St • 800-987-9852 

www.steamboatnatchez.com 

Enjoy New Orleans’ delightful fall weather on 

board an authentic paddleboat. Several types 

of cruises are offered, including an evening 

jazz cruise, but all tours feature an educational 

narrative that discusses the river’s importance 

to international commerce. 

“THANK YOU, GREGORY!” 

At Freda Lupin Memorial Hall • 504-522-0996 

www.nobadance.com 

Led by Broadway star Jason Samuels Smith, 

this tribute to tap legend Gregory Hines, 

starring notable contemporary jazz dancers 

and musicians, also immortalizes Fred Astaire, 

Gene Kelly and Ann Miller. Nov. 20-21. 

GO EAT 

KOZ’S 

515 Harrison Ave • 504-484-0841 

www.kozcooks.com 

Visit this Cajun joint for traditional New 

Orleans po’ boys served with a heavy 

helping of Crescent City commentary from its 

gregarious owner. Don’t pass up the Will’s 

Chamber of Horror sandwich, which includes 

roast beef, turkey, ham, cheese, Creole 

mustard, Italian dressing and mayo. $ 

MAT AND NADDIE’S 

937 Leonidas St • 504-861-9600 

www.matandnaddies.com 

When the weather cooperates, the patio at 

this funky café offers a unique view of the 

Mississippi River levee. Don’t leave without 

trying the shrimp and crawfi sh croquettes and 

the grilled jerk pork tenderloin. $$$ 

GALATOIRE’S RESTAURANT 

209 Bourbon St • 504-525-2021 

www.galatoires.com 

The traditional New Orleans réveillon dinner 

originated in the mid-1800s when French 

families celebrated a late night “awakening” 

on both Christmas and New Year’s Eves. Try it 

at Galatoire’s beginning Dec. 1. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

THE BLUE ROOM 

At the Roosevelt New Orleans 

123 Baronne St • 504-648-1200 

www.therooseveltneworleans.com 

Once the Grand Dame of the city’s nightlife 

scene, this nightclub re-opened its doors 

this year for the fi rst time since being closed 

because of Hurricane Katrina. Make sure you 

dress for the occasion. 

DINO’S BAR & GRILL 

1128 Tchoupitoulas St • 504-558-0900 

Young and old alike fl ock to this popular 

Warehouse District watering hole on Friday 

nights to hear the Yat Pack, a group of local 

musicians that named themselves after a 

common New Orleansian term for “native.” 


BAY ST. LOUIS, MS 

62 miles northeast of New Orleans 

www.baysaintlouiscity.com 

An artist’s hamlet that sits on the Gulf of 

Mexico, this hospitable Southern town 

offers plenty of artsy diversions, including a 

nationally renowned second Saturday art walk. 

FUN FACT! 

Who exactly is buried in the tomb marked 

Marie Laveau? It’s actually the queen of 

voodoo’s sister-in-law, who had the same 

name. The real voodoo queen is buried at St. 

Louis Cemetery #1.

New York 

NEW YORK 

— Jacqueline Detwiler 

GO SHOP 

BROOKLYN INDUSTRIES 

162 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn • 718-486-6464 

www.brooklynindustries.com 

Stop by the original location of this clothing 

retailer for T-shirts, jackets and skinny jeans 

with serious street cred. Cropped coats and 

signature Brooklyn hoodies are very popular. 

CHELSEA MARKET 

75 Ninth Ave • 212-243-6005 

www.chelseamarket.com 

With the Food Network studios upstairs, it’s no 

surprise that you can fi nd everything you need 

for dinner in this rustic shopping center. Making 

a lobster bisque? Pick up the main ingredient at 

The Lobster Place, fresh cream at Ronnybrook 

Dairy and wine to match at Chelsea Wine Vault. 

LE LABO 

233 Elizabeth St • 212-219-2230 

www.lelabofragrances.com 

What with too-sweet scents and pushy 

salespeople, buying perfume in a department 

store can be a headache-inducing experience. 

Try something different at this scent lab, where 

every perfume is hand-mixed. 

LOVESONG 422 

441 E Ninth St • 212-533-5683 

www.shoplovesong.com 

This store is something many New York 

shoppers once considered apocryphal: a chic 

boutique in which most items are priced below 

$100. Recent fi nds include vintage-inspired 

dresses, hot jeans and perfect fall boots. 

MCNALLY JACKSON BOOKS 

52 Prince St • 212-274-1160 

www.mcnallyjackson.com/index.php/fi ction 

Even if you don’t take part in the regular book 

clubs and Gotham Writers’ Workshops, you 

can’t help but fi nd a new favorite among the 

artfully curated novels at this bookshop. 

UNION SQUARE HOLIDAY MARKET 

14th St and Fourth Ave • 212-460-1200 

Around the holidays, the artists that normally 

populate this avant garde city square—along 

with many others from out of town—erect 

dozens of red-and-white striped tents to hawk 

handmade trinkets, ornaments and T-shirts. 

Nov. 25 through Dec. 24. 

GO SEE 

BIKRAM YOGA NYC 

143 W 72nd St• 866-964-2692 

www.bikramyoganyc.com 

If you’re looking for a quick way to warm up in 

the winter weather, you can’t do much better 

than a 90-minute class at this hot yoga studio. 

No matter how frightful the weather gets 

outside, the classroom is always a balmy 

105 degrees. 

SUNSHINE CINEMA 

143 E Houston St • 212-330-8182 

www.landmarktheatres.com 

This forum for art-house fl icks offers stadiumstyle 

seating, a glass annex with gorgeous city 

views and gourmet popcorn with eight different 

seasonings. The movies are pretty good, too. 

“TIM BURTON” 

At MoMA • 11 W 53rd St • 212-708-9400 

www.moma.org 

Puppets, drawings, fi lms and various ephemera 

from the twisted mind of one of Hollywood’s 

most popular cartoonists will be on display at 

this special retrospective, along with several 

never-before-seen pieces. Begins Nov. 22. 

WHISPERING GALLERY 

At Grand Central Station 

42nd St and Park Ave • 212-340-3404 

www.grandcentralterminal.com 

Located in front of the famous Oyster Bar 

and Restaurant, this architectural marvel 

allows couples to whisper into opposite 

corners and hear each other as if they were 

standing shoulder to shoulder. Stake out an 

inconspicuous spot and watch the locals to 

see how it works. 

WOLLMAN RINK 

In Central Park • East Side between 62nd and 

63rd sts • 212-439-6900 

Skip the line at Rockefeller Center and head to 

this rink under the trees in Central Park. You’ll 

have more room to move around, and you may 

even see some stars. 

GO EAT 

MAOZ 

38 Union Sq E • 212-260-1988 

www.maozusa.com 

This vegetarian fast-food spot only serves 

one thing: pita pockets fi lled with crispy 

falafel balls. Choose additional toppings 

from the menu—like hummus, feta cheese or 

avocado—or add them yourself at the topping 

bar. $ 

PROSPERITY DUMPLING 

46 Eldridge St • 212-343-0683 

If the holiday shopping has you tearing up 

when you peer into your wallet, stop at this 

Chinatown standby for 10 perfectly formed 

pork dumplings for just $2. $ 

ROLF’S BAR AND RESTAURANT 

281 Third Ave • 212-477-4750 

You may have heard of a Bavarian Christmas, 

but you haven’t really seen it until you’ve 

enjoyed a smoked brat and sauerkraut in this 

ornament-festooned German restaurant. It’s so 

fabulously gaudy that people often stare from 

across the street. $$ 

BHATTI 

100 Lexington Ave • 212-683-4228 

www.bhattinyc.com 

When it comes to great Indian food, the 

tenderness of the lamb is often the battle 

in which the war for supremacy is won. Rest 

assured that the rogan josh (lamb curry) at 

this cozy date spot will fall apart the minute it 

touches your fork. $$ 

SAZON 

105 Reade St • 212-406-1900 

www.sazonnyc.com 

The Tribeca incarnation of midtown’s white 

tablecloth Puerto Rican spot Sofrito, this 

enormous Old San Juan-style restaurant is 

perfect for a business lunch. Order corn fritters 

and a plantain sandwich. $$$ 

ORGANIKA 

89 Seventh Ave S • 212-414-1900 

On the trendiest stretch of Seventh Avenue, 

this tiny Village restaurant offers a break from 

the exorbitant prices and high calorie counts of 

its neighbors’s menus. Try the chewy gnocchi, 

or ask about the daily specials, which often 

include delicious seafood carpaccios. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

123 BURGER SHOT BEER 

738 10th Ave • 212-315-0123 

www.123burgershotbeer.com 

It’s safe to say you won’t be recommending 

this joint to that “fi nancially independent” 

friend of yours, but if you know anyone among 

the legions of the recently laid off, you should 

defi nitely inform them of the $1 burgers, $2 

shots and $3 beers at this bar. Or bring them 

with you—’tis the season, after all. 

CAMPBELL APARTMENT 

In Grand Central Terminal 

15 Vanderbilt Ave • 212-953-0409 

www.hospitalityholdings.com 

The former offi ce of one John W. Campbell, 

fi nancier and railroad magnate, this 

mahogany, turn-of-the-century-style bar 

(complete with a stone fi replace) inside Grand 

Central will make you feel classier than Audrey 

Hepburn. What should you order? Why, a 

Manhattan, of course. 



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NEW YORK 

CLOVER CLUB 

210 Smith St • 718-855-7939 

www.cloverclubny.com 

One of the newest cocktail emporiums 

to hit the city, this Brooklyn outpost is so 

popular it was named the world’s best new 

cocktail bar at the Tales of the Cocktail 

convention in 2009. Celebrate your trip to the 

outer boroughs with a Queens Park Swizzle, a 

deconstructed mojito snowcone with a dash 

of bitters. 

DOUBLE DOWN SALOON 

14 Ave A • 212-982-0543 

www.doubledownsaloon.com 

This Lower East Side incarnation of the 

notorious Las Vegas bar is a real dive. Get into 

the spirit with a round of pool, a pinball game 

and a pint of domestic brew under the graffi tistyle 

murals. 

CAFETERIA 

119 Seventh Ave • 212-414-1717 

www.cafeteriagroup.com 

By day, this Chelsea restaurant masquerades 

as a trendy diner, but come 4am, it morphs 

into an after-hours nightspot, complete with 

celebrities (Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher 

were recently spotted), artisan macaroni and 

cheese and impromptu dance parties. 

PUBLIC ASSEMBLY 

70 N Sixth St, Brooklyn • 718-384-4586 

www.publicassemblynyc.com 

This warehouse-style bar hosts parties that 

are exactly the way you want Brooklyn parties 

to be: super-hip, poseur-free and in a pseudowarehouse. 

Visit on Nov. 14 for Play It Loud, 

a pumping, early-’90s house-inspired dance 

party featuring Doug Gomez, Darshan Jesrani 

and Son of Sound. 


WARWICK VALLEY WINERY 

AND DISTILLERY 

67 miles northeast of NYC, 114 Little York Rd, 

Warwick, NY • 845-258-4858 

www.wvwinery.com 

The home of Doc’s Draft hard ciders and 

American Fruits eau de vie, this cidery/winery/ 

distillery celebrates fall with live music and 

cozy fi res in its tasting room, which was once 

an apple packing house. 

FUN FACT! 

John Hertz, who founded New York’s Yellow 

Cab Company, chose yellow because he had 

read a study that said it was the easiest color 

to see. 


Newport News/ 

Williamsburg 

VIRGINIA 

— Wayne Dawkins 

GO SHOP 

LAND OF LAPIS 

At City Center at Oyster Point 

701 Town Center Dr • 757-596-5274 

www.oysterpointonline.com 

With a wide variety of Afghan imports (and a 

smattering of Turkish and Indian goods), this is 

a delightful winter shopping destination. The 

authentic lapis lazuli jewelry is stunning. 

THE RUNNER’S SOURCE 

10355A Warwick Blvd, Newport News 

757-223-4970 

www.therunnerssource.com 

Both fi rst-time runners and long-time champions 

will fi nd something handy at this shop. In 

addition to custom-fi t expertise, the staff has 

extensive knowledge of local trails. 

VICCELLIO GOLDSMITH 

325 Water St, Yorktown • 757-890-2162 

www.viccelliogoldsmith.com 

Precious metal craftsman J. Henry Viccellio’s 

fi ne jewelry line features locally inspired 

items, like a Jamestown locket engraved with 

an image of arriving ships. 

GO SEE 

ANNUAL LIGHTED BOAT PARADE 

Settlers Landing Rd, Hampton • 757-727-1271 

During this free event, 30 lighted boats pass 

along Hampton’s waterfront while onlookers 

sip hot cocoa and watch for Santa, who leads 

the parade. Dec. 5. 

LEE HALL MANSION 

163 Yorktown Rd, Newport News • 757-888-3371 

www.leehall.org 

One of the few surviving antebellum 

mansions in this part of Virginia, this former 

home of planter Richard Decauter Lee includes 

hundreds of artifacts from the old South. 

Book a tour to learn about them from a 

costumed historian. 

17TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN LIGHTS 

At Newport News Park • 757-926-1400 

Thanksgiving Day kicks off this annual drivethru 

event in which a half a million electric 

lights animate fanciful displays that range 

from holiday and winter scenes to historical 

depictions of Virginia settlements. Nov. 26. 

GO EAT 

COUNTY GRILL & SMOKEHOUSE 

26 E Mercury Blvd, Hampton • 757-723-0600 

www.countygrill.net 

This restaurant is so serious about getting 

your ribs right, the tables come equipped 

with six regional barbecue sauces, including 

Memphis, Kansas City and East Carolina. $$ 

MARY HELEN’S RESTAURANT 

87 Lincoln St, Hampton • 757-728-9050 

www.maryhelens.com 

Local favorites at this Southern and Creole 

kitchen include gumbo, jambalaya and red 

beans and sausage over white rice. If you can’t 

decide, go for the buffet, which includes fried 

chicken, cornbread and sweet tea. $$ 

FAT CANARY 

410 Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg 

757-229-3333 

www.fatcanarywilliamsburg.com 

“Canary” actually refers to wine—old ships 

used to pick up wine in the Canary Islands— 

and there’s certainly a lot of it here. Pair 

a bottle with a selection from the eclectic 

seasonal menu, which has included dishes 

like seared foie gras with hazelnut toast and 

blackberries. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

GRANBY THEATER 

421 Granby St, Norfolk • 757-961-7208 

www.granbytheater.com 

If you want a nightclub experience inspired by 

the superclubs of South Beach and New York, 

stop by the Saturday night “Premiere” dance 

party. A giant video screen shows music videos 

and DJs spin remixes until close. 

AMERICAN THEATRE 

125 E Mellen St, Hampton • 757-722-2787 

www.hamptonarts.net 

If clubs aren’t your thing, have a cultured night 

out with a concert or show. Sara Tavares (Nov. 

15), Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Nov. 21) and 

Danu’s Christmas in Ireland concert (Dec. 8-9) 

are on the schedule this fall. 


GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC MUSEUM 

166 miles south of Newport News • 59200 

Museum Dr, Hatteras, NC • 252-986-2995 

www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com 

This museum draws nautical history buffs 

with exhibits on piracy, 19th-century 

shipwrecks and the technology used to 

recover the USS Monitor. 

FUN FACT! 

The Chesapeake Bay includes two of the 

six major North Atlantic US ports: Norfolk 

and Baltimore. 

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FLORIDA 

— Lisa Roberts 

GO SHOP 

AUDUBON PARK COMMUNITY MARKET 

In front of Stardust Video & Coffee 

1842 E Winter Park Rd 

www.apmarket.wordpress.com 

This Wednesday evening market is practically 

a party in a parking lot: Shop for fresh veggies 

and herbs, homemade hot sauce, hand-cut 

soaps, clothing and crafts while listening to 

local musicians and speakers. 

THE COLLECTION BRIDAL 

301 N Park Ave, Winter Park • 407-740-6003 

www.thecollectionbridal.com 

Discerning brides shop here for headpieces, 

veils and dresses from names like Vera Wang 

and Reem Acra, but even single women go for 

the cocktail and special occasion dresses. 

DUVAL STREET TRADERS 

At Gaylord Palms Resort • 6000 W Osceola 

Pkwy, Kissimmee • 407-586-1322 

www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-palms 

Crammed with items reminiscent of Key West 

and its laidback lifestyle, this shop offers 

a little bit of the islands for inland home 

decorators. Shoppers will fi nd whimsically 

painted patio items and tropical sculptures. 

FLAG WORLD 

728 Virginia Dr, Orlando • 407-895-9245 

www.afl agworld.com 

No matter what kind of fl ag you’re in the market 

for—Old glory, a sports banner or a custom 

design—this shop carries it. It also has historic 

American, French and British fl ags. 

HOUNDS & KITTIES 

144 Lake Ave, Maitland • 407-637-2919 

This pet market is all about healthy vittles 

for Fido and Fluffy. Besides bags and cans of 

healthy food, there’s a display of homemade 

cookies for customers to take home. 

THE ISLAND CLOTHING STORE 

At Universal CityWalk 

6000 Universal Blvd, Orlando • 407-363-8000 

Walk the walk on an Orlando vacation by 

outfi tting the family in the right attire. Choose 

from designer labels like Tommy Bahama 

and Lilly Pulitzer, or just pick up beach-ready 

jewelry and accessories. 

GO SEE 

FESTIVAL OF TREES 

At Orlando Museum of Art 

2416 N Mills Ave, Orlando • 407-896-4231 

www.omart.org 

This event is arguably the museum’s most 

anticipated of the year. It features 40 

whimsically trimmed trees, a gingerbread 

village and holiday dancing. The Holiday 

Boutique is perfect for whittling down a 

shopping list. Nov. 13-22. 

GRAVES GOLF ACADEMY 

AT EAGLE CREEK 

10350 Emerson Lake Blvd • 866-377-2316 

www.moenormangolf.com 

Let this school’s instructors work the kinks out 

of your game before you take on the course’s 

Scottish-style bunkers. Players learn the 

philosophies of Canada’s Moe Norman, who 

perfected a single-axis swing. 

SANFORD MUSEUM 

520 E First St, Sanford • 407-688-5198 

www.sanfordfl .gov/Museum.aspx 

Visit this historical museum to learn about 

Sanford’s journey from 19th-century frontier 

town to prosperous center of commerce 

and agriculture. Among the collection is a 

Timucuan dugout canoe that is more than 

1,000 years old. 

LITTLE WOMEN 

At Icehouse Theatre 

1100 N Unser St, Mt. Dora • 352-383-4616 

www.icehousetheatre.com 

One of Central Florida’s most-respected 

troupes, The Mount Dora Theatre Company, 

will be performing Louisa May Alcott’s classic 

about the trials and tribulations of the Alcott 

family. Nov. 13 through Dec. 13. 

THE CITRUS TOWER 

141 N US Hwy 27, Clermont • 352-394-4061 

www.citrustower.com 

Soaring 500 feet above sea level, the 

observation deck of this tower offers a grand 

view of the rolling towns and citrus fi elds of 

the eight-county area. 

LIGHT UP MOUNT DORA 

Donnelly Park, Mt. Dora • 352-383-2165 

Community choirs, ballerinas and Santa gather 

to celebrate the fl ipping of the switch on the 

park’s 2 million tiny white lights. Join carolers in 

singing holiday favorites while walking through 

this dazzling winter wonderland. Nov. 28. 

GO EAT 

TASTY WOK 

1246 E Colonial Dr • 407-896-8988 

This diminutive Cantonese eatery, which 

occupies a corner lot in Orlando’s Asian 

district, is a top spot for inexpensive Chinese 

food. Locals love it for scallion pancakes, 

roasted duck and noodle bowls. $ 

MAMA B’S GIANT SUBS 

692 N Orange Ave • 407-422-7353 

Mama has fed downtowners for decades. Stop 

in for subs with generous portions of meat and 

creamy chicken salad. Mama wouldn’t want 

you going hungry. $ 

KIKU JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE 

6939 Old Hwy 441, Mt. Dora • 352-385-2888 

www.kikusteakhouse.com 

This hibachi-style restaurant is the new kid on 

the block, but its delicious chicken, steak and 

veggie preparations are winning a loyal following. 

There’s a dedicated sushi bar, too. $$$ 

PORTOBELLO COUNTRY 

ITALIAN TRATTORIA 

At Downtown Disney • 1650 E Buena Vista Dr, 

Lake Buena Vista • 407-934-8888 

www.portobellorestaurant.com 

Executive Chef Steven Richard’s cuisine conjures 

up visions of sun-saturated hillsides in 

Italy with crusty breads, sun-dried tomatoes, 

fl avorful olive oils and pungent cheeses. $$$ 

OCEAN PRIME 

7339 W Sand Lake Rd • 407-781-4880 

www.ocean-prime.com 

This classy establishment knows presentation 

is everything, from the dining room ambience 

to artfully garnished plates. Chef’s specialties 

include seared tuna, Chilean sea bass and 

jumbo lump crab cakes. $$$$ 

SPANISH RIVER GRILL 

737 E Third Ave, New Smyrna Beach 

386-424-6991 

www.spanishriver-nsb.com 

Latin food here is served with just the slightest 

modern accent. Specialties include such 

dishes as Portuguese pan roast, with steamed 

clams, scallops and pork in a seafood tomato 

broth. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

CENTRAL STATION ROCK BAR 

100 E Central Blvd, Orlando • 407-426-8336 

For twentysomethings looking for a hangout, 

this place will fi t like your favorite vintage 

T-shirt—it’s comfy and casual. There are also 

drink specials most nights and video games, karaoke 

and live music Fridays through Sundays. 

CUBA LIBRE 

9101 International Dr, Orlando • 407-226-1600 

www.cubalibrerestaurant.com 

Part restaurant, part lounge, this nightspot 

offers two fl oors on which to dance, snack and 

sip mixed drinks. Visit on a Saturday to dance 

to hip-hop, Top 40, R&B and Latin beats. 



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FLORIDA 

DUNGEON LOUNGE 

12287 University Blvd • 407-454-4622 

www.dungeonlounge.com 

This VIP martini bar is a rare animal in East 

Orlando, which has a heavy concentration 

of UCF students. Dark and castle-themed, it 

features martinis with names like Battle Ax 

(raspberry vodka, Razzmatazz liqueur and 

pineapple juice). 

FRANK’S PLACE 

146 N Clarke Rd, Ocoee • 407-291-8330 

This retail mall sports pub features great bar 

games—pool, darts, video—in an easy-toaccess 

setting. In between rounds, check out 

the beer memorabilia on the walls, or chill out 

in front of a TV tuned to the big game. 

GARAGE BAR 

At Rt 46 Entertainment District 

4316 W St Rd 46, Sanford • 407-268-4646 

www.route-46.com 

The vintage automobile décor here is so 

involved, visiting gearheads might think 

they’ve died and gone to heaven. But décor 

aside, this is a great place to hang out, watch 

the SPEED Channel or listen to live music. 

LIZZY MCCORMACK’S IRISH PUB 

55 N Orange Ave, Orlando • 407-426-8007 

www.lizzymccormacks.com 

No-fuss and low pretention is how this Irish 

pub likes to keep it. You’ll fi nd plenty of time to 

relax during “Orlando’s longest happy hour,” 

from 2pm to 8pm. 


CHRISTMAS, FL 

24 miles east of Orlando 

www.nbbd.com/godo/FortChristmas 

Originally settled as Fort Christmas in 1837, 

the town dropped the “Fort” when the post 

offi ce opened and started accepting mail addressed 

to Santa. Visit the 25-acre historical 

park to see a replica of the original fort. 

ART OF THE CHOPPER 

90 miles north of Orlando • At Appleton 

Museum of Art • 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd 

352-291-4455 

www.appletonmuseum.org 

This exhibit showcases outrageous motorcycles 

that were custom-made as contemporary art 

by such well-known builders as Jerry Graves, 

Indian Larry and Mike Brown. Through Jan. 10. 

FUN FACT! 

Walt Disney World covers 40 square miles— 

the size of San Francisco or two Manhattans. 


Pensacola 

FLORIDA 

— Shannon Cothran 

GO SHOP 

A&J MUGS 

24 N Palafox St • 850-434-2203 

www.ajmugs.com 

While this store offers far more than mugs, it’s 

the military coffee cups and beer steins that 

really draw customers. If you love dogs, make 

sure to meet the several rescued ones that run 

loose inside (we’re not really sure how that 

works out with all the porcelain). 

GO SEE 

MARKETBASKET 

201 E Gregory St • 850-433-4421 

www.juniorleagueofpensacola.org 

Locals will crowd the Civic Center for the 

biggest shopping extravaganza in town this 

month. More than 60 merchants will be present, 

and holiday prize drawings will benefi t the 

Pensacola Junior League. Nov.19-22. 

GO EAT 

THE GLOBAL GRILL 

27 S Palafox Pl • 850-469-9966 

www.dineglobalgrill.com 

As you might expect from the name, the tapas 

plates here showcase foods from around the 

world. Try the Roma tomatoes with feta cheese 

and olives if you’re feeling Italian, or a tempura 

salmon roll for a taste of the Far East. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

SEVILLE QUARTER 

130 E Government St • 850-435-0543 

www.rosies.com 

This place bills itself as Pensacola’s premier 

entertainment and dining complex, and it 

really has cornered the market on partying: 

There are seven places to have fun, including a 

billiards bar and a New Orleans-style pub. 


FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 

56 miles east of Pensacola 

www.downtownfairhope.com 

You may feel like you’re in a Disney movie at 

this perfect getaway for a rainy fall day. The 

little town is fi lled with block upon block of 

cheery boutiques, bookstores, coffee shops 

and restaurants. 

FUN FACT! 

Pensacola Beach’s white sand is sometimes 

called “singing sand” because it’s so soft that 

it makes humming noises when you walk on it. 

Philadelphia 

PENNSYLVANIA 

— Pam George 

GO SHOP 

BETTY’S TASTY BUTTONS 

2241 Grays Ferry Ave • 215-735-9060 

www.bettysfudge.com 

Lately, this store has gained a following for 

Phluff, a marshmallow cream made with 

honey, organic vanilla beans and barley malt 

syrup (it comes in regular and raspberry). 

GREENABLE 

126 Market St • 215-922-6066 

www.greenable.net 

If you’re looking for responsible building 

solutions for your home, visit this green DIY 

market, which sells eco-friendly countertops, 

cabinetry, paint, appliances and fl ooring. 

SMAK PARLOUR 

219 Market St • 215-625-4551 

www.smakparlour.com 

This boutique refl ects its designer owners’ 

love of anything “vintage-inspired, girly, fun 

and fl irty.” Stop in for wearable Barbie dollstyle 

fashions. 

SWEET JANE VINTAGE AND RECORDS 

1742 E Passyunk Ave • 215-339-0882 

www.myspace.com/ilovesweetjane 

You like vinyl; she likes vintage clothing. Find 

them both at this combination record shop 

and boutique, where even the new stuff, like 

Os Os Clothing from locals Bethany Santos 

and Carly Frank, is retro-inspired. 

GO SEE 

CHEMICAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION 

315 Chestnut St • 215-925-2222 

www.chemheritage.org 

This must-see science museum attracts 

chemistry nerds from all over the country. 

Check out the “Making Modernity” exhibit to 

fi nd out how chemistry has affected our lives 

in unexpected ways. 

HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW 

AT MACY’S CENTER CITY 

1300 Market St • 215-241-9000 

www.macys.com 

In Grand Court in the Wannamaker Building, 

a display of snowfl akes, ballerinas and 

snowmen—made of 10,000 energy-effi cient 

LED lights—runs every hour on the hour while 

the store is open. Nov. 27 through Dec. 31. 

OLIVER! 

At Walnut Street Theatre 

825 Walnut St • 215-574-3550 

www.walnutstreettheatre.org 

See this classic musical in a theater that is so

historic it was actually open during Charles 

Dickens’ lifetime. Before the show, take a 

walk through the venue itself, which was once 

owned by John Wilkes Booth’s brother, Edwin. 

Nov. 10 through Jan. 10. 

IKEA THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE 

Benjamin Franklin Parkway 

www.6abc.com 

See if you can get a spot on the Philadelphia 

Art Museum’s steps for a great vantage point 

for the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the 

nation. You’ll have to arrive pretty early, but it’s 

worth it for the great view. Nov. 26. 

YARDS BREWING COMPANY 

901 N Delaware Ave • 215-634-2600 

www.yardsbrewing.com 

Free tours are available on Saturdays at 

Philly’s fi rst 100% wind-powered brewery. 

Stop in to try the Philadelphia Pale Ale, named 

one of the best pale ales in the country by The 

New York Times. 

GO EAT 

JAMAICAN JERK HUT 

1436 South St • 215-545-8644 

www.jamaicanjerkhutinc.com 

This Caribbean-fl avored BYOB—outfi tted with 

a tiki-style counter—is a great place to shake 

off the chill of winter weather. Try a jerk platter, 

served with rice, peas, Jamaican cabbage and 

fried plantains. $ 

TARTES 

225 Arch St • 215-625-2510 

This little pink jewel box in Old City is revered 

for its delicate confections, which include 

carrot cake, chocolate chip cookies and 

delectable pastries and tarts. $ 

BIBOU 

1009 S Eighth St • 215-965-8290 

www.biboubyob.com 

Pierre Calmels—an alum of the city’s famed 

Le Bec-Fin—and his wife Charlotte have 

dedicated this new BYOB in South Philly to 

seasonal ingredients prepared with French 

fl air, resulting in dishes like fl uffy foie gras, 

garlicky escargot and a delectable hangar 

steak in green peppercorn sauce. $$$ 

LEILA CAFE 

401 S 13th St • 267-319-1903 

www.leilacafe.com 

Billed as Center City’s “most authentic” Middle 

Eastern restaurant, this new eatery is owned 

by two Middle Eastern friends, who banded 

together to sell potent coffee, creamy hummus 

and crispy balls of falafel. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

THE BLOCKLEY POURHOUSE 

3801 Chestnut St • 215-222-1234 

www.theblockley.com 

As a restaurant, The Blockley is all about American 

pub fare, but as a music venue, its offerings 

range from live acoustic acts to DJs to pluggedin 

bands. The beer list is equally diverse. 

JOHNNY BRENDA’S 

1201 N Frankford Ave • 215-739-9684 

www.johnnybrendas.com 

If you love good beer and live music, you’ll 

really appreciate Johnny Brenda’s, which was 

hip before its Fishtown neighborhood was 

even on the cultural map. 

THE PIANO BAR 

1939 Arch St • 215-563-4704 

www.pianobarat20thandarch.com 

Practice your show tunes and brush up on 

your Top 40 lyrics at this piano bar, which is all 

about audience participation. Request a song 

online before you go, and your favorite pianist 

will learn it. 

THE SECRET KARAOKE ROOM 

3945 Chestnut St • 215-386-1072 

www.distritorestaurant.com 

As if Distrito (a modern Mexican restaurant) 

weren’t cool enough—with a Volkswagon you 

can dine in and a wall of Mexican wrestler 

masks—the place also has a “secret” karaoke 

room, hidden behind a bookcase at the 

hostess stand. 

VINO RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 

1001 N Second St •215-923-2014 

www.vinorestaurantlounge.com 

This new, sophisticated wine bar in the equally 

new Piazza at the Schmidts—an open-air plaza 

and mixed-use development—is outfi tted with 

leather sofas and a DJ playing an eclectic mix 

of music. 


THE POCONO MOUNTAINS 

115 miles north of Philadelphia 

www.800poconos.com 

Whether you get around on skis or a snowboard, 

the winter weather is the draw here: 

The area’s skiing industry dates back to 1946, 

and the moderate hills are great for beginners. 

FUN FACT! 

The organ in the Grand Court of the Wannamaker 

Building is the largest operational pipe 

organ in the world. 

Phoenix 

ARIZONA 

— Karen Werner 

GO SHOP 

ARIZONA HIKING SHACK 

11649 N Cave Creek Rd • 602-944-7723 

www.hikingshack.com 

Wanna repel off Camelback Mountain? 

Scale the Praying Monk? The Shack has you 

covered with all the equipment—and expert 

advice—a hiker, climber or caver could ever 

need. So give thanks for the cooler weather 

and get outside. 

GRAND TOUR 

7134 E Stetson Dr, Scottsdale • 480-990-8687 

www.thegrandtourhome.com 

A trip to this home accessories store can feel 

like a world tour. Stop in for French tableware, 

Moroccan lanterns and cushions made from 

international vintage textiles. 

REVLON OUTLET STORE 

1402 S 40th Ave, Phoenix • 602-352-2800 

Tucked in the back of the Revlon warehouse 

is a dinky little room that doles out serious 

bargains. You’ll discover great deals on 

current products as well as discontinued 

merchandise—some of which goes for under 

a dollar. 

GO SEE 

CHALLENGER SPACE CENTER 

21170 N 83rd Ave, Peoria • 623-322-2001 

www.azchallenger.org 

Kids and adults alike can fl y simulated fl ight 

missions, where they become fl ight crew 

members, mission controllers and scientists, 

at this space-focused learning center. Don’t 

forget to stop in the gift center for some 

astronaut ice cream on your way out. 

JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY 

At Japanese Friendship Garden 

1125 N Third Ave • 602-256-3204 

www.japanesefriendshipgarden.org 

On the second Saturday of the month, a tea 

master at this tranquil tea center performs 

the authentic Japanese ceremony for guests. 

There are very few spots available, so make 

reservations in advance. 

TAKE A HIKE ARIZONA 

10115 E Bell Rd, Scottsdale • 480-634-8488 

www.takeahikearizona.com 

This company offers full- and half-day 

excursions into the Sonoran Desert, complete 

with snacks, water, backpacks and trekking 

poles. Kids get their own camera to document 

the adventure, and guides engage them in 

educational games. Tours can be customized 

based on fi tness levels. 



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Phoenix CONT’D 

ARIZONA 

GO EAT 

LEE’S SANDWICHES 

1901 W Warner Rd, Chandler • 480-855-1778 

www.leessandwiches.com 

When the French brought the baguette to 

Southeast Asia, the banh mi—or Vietnamese 

sandwich—was born. Lee’s bakes its own 

crunchy loaves, then fi lls them with grilled pork, 

cilantro, pickled carrot and daikon radish. $ 

STAX BURGER BISTRO 

4400 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale 

480-946-4222 

A little larger than sliders, the burgers at Stax 

are offered with a choice of “meats,” which can 

include beef, buffalo, lamb, ostrich, kangaroo, 

antelope, turkey, salmon and veggie patties.$$ 

ZINC BISTRO 

15034 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale 

480-603-0922 

www.zincbistroaz.com 

This charming French restaurant along the 

sidewalks of Kierland Commons offers a 

delicious steak au poivre with fries as well as 

a nouveau mac and cheese (with smoked ham, 

mimolette and parmasan). $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

PEPIN RESTAURANTE ESPAÑOL 

7363 Scottsdale Mall, Scottsdale 

480-990-9026 

www.pepinrestaurant.com 

This Spanish restaurant transforms into a 

nightclub on weekend nights. Local fl amenco 

and salsa dancers burn up the dance fl oor, and 

novices can take tango lessons on Sundays. 

PHX NIGHTCLUB 

122 E Washington St • 602-258-1830 

www.phxnightclub.com 

Co-owned by the Minnesota Vikings’ Bobby 

Wade—who went to a local high school—this 

contemporary club lends an urban vibe to the 

city center. Check out their club hit cover band. 


OATMAN HOTEL 

220 miles east of Phoenix 

181 Main St, Oatman • 928-768-4408 

Clark Gable and Carol Lombard honeymooned 

here in 1939, but that’s not this hotel’s only 

claim to fame. It’s also reputed to be haunted. 

FUN FACT! 

The average Phoenix visitor is 50 years old and 

stays for 4.6 nights. 


Pittsburgh 

PENNSYLVANIA 

— Andy Mulkerin 

GO SHOP 

AVALON EXCHANGE 

5858 Forbes Ave • 412-421-2911 

www.avalonexchange.com 

This Squirrel Hill store is the fl agship of a small 

but growing chain of vintage consignment 

shops in town. There are always some gems to 

be found among the racks of duds discarded 

by the city’s young and fashionable. 

E.B. PEPPER 

5411 Walnut St • 412-683-3815 

www.ebpepper.net 

One of the ’burgh’s best-known boutiques, e.b. 

Pepper carries women’s clothing from the most 

exclusive national designers, including jeans 

from 7 For All Mankind, dresses from Three 

Dots and coats from Alice + Olivia. 

LE MIX 

1102 S Braddock Ave • 412-241-5800 

Antique and arty are the buzzwords at this 

fun shop in the tiny Regent Square business 

district. Expect to fi nd all manner of housewares, 

furniture and collectibles, including old 

costume jewelry. 

GO SEE 

MENDELSON GALLERY 

5874 Ellsworth Ave • 412-361-8664 

www.mendelsongallery.net 

This gallery has long been respected in Pittsburgh 

for its curatorial particularity; the road 

to notability in the local art scene is nearly 

always punctuated with a show at this gallery. 

MONONGAHELA INCLINE 

E Carson St • 412-361-0873 

The Mon is the older of the two funiculars 

in Pittsburgh—in fact, it’s the oldest incline 

system in the US. Operated by Port Authority 

Transit, it takes you between Station Square’s 

shops and the top of Mount Washington. 

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER 

1212 Smallman St • 412-454-6000 

www.heinzhistorycenter.org 

Through January, this history museum features 

a large exhibit on President Lincoln, including 

an account of his stay in Pittsburgh in 1861, 

copies of his inaugural addresses and originals 

of the Emancipation Proclamation. 

GO EAT 

SPAK BROTHERS PIZZA AND MORE 

5107 Penn Ave • 412-362-7725 

www.spakbrothers.com 

This tiny pizza and sandwich joint is perfect for 

those who like the traditional American greasy 

spoon—and it’s particularly good at converting 

meat dishes to tasty vegetarian options. $ 

TANA ETHIOPIAN CUISINE 

5929 Baum Blvd • 412-665-2770 

www.tanaethiopiancuisine.com 

Tana blends traditional Ethiopian fare—stews 

you scoop up with injera (fl at bread)—with 

contemporary fl air (like weekly jazz shows). 

For the best experience, craft a vegetarian 

platter with split peas in tumeric sauce and 

cabbage and carrots in garlic. $$ 

AUGUST HENRY’S CITY SALOON 

946 Penn Ave • 412-765-3270 

www.augusthenrys.com 

The half-pound Angus beef burgers at this downtown 

saloon can satisfy the most kingly of appetites. 

One of them by itself will keep you sated 

through a meeting at the David L. Lawrence 

Convention Center across the street. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

AVA LOUNGE 

126 S Highland Ave • 412-363-8277 

www.shadowlounge.net 

The other half of the venerable Shadow 

Lounge, this bar was founded in 2007 for 

those who’d rather relax than jump around 

when taking in some tunes. The weekly 

Monday night jazz and jam session, called 

Interval, is a favorite among younger patrons. 

SOUTH SIDE 86 

1825 E Carson St • 412-390-1910 

Formerly known as The Locker Room, this 

sports bar is almost as famous among 

Pittsburgh fans as its owner, Steelers receiver 

Hines Ward. The drink specials are plenty: 

Thursday nights feature 86-cent Coors Light. 


OGLEBAY RESORT 

AND CONFERENCE CENTER 

58 miles southwest of Pittsburgh 

465 Lodge Dr, Wheeling, WV • 800-624-6988 

www.oglebay-resort.com 

The holidays are the perfect time to visit this 

West Virginia resort. This month it features 

The Winter Festival of Lights, a huge drive-thru 

display of lighted scenes, and a village of small 

stores to augment your holiday shopping. 

FUN FACT! 

The “Mr. Yuk” poison warning sticker was 

invented by the Poison Center at Pittsburgh’s 

Children’s Hospital in 1971.

Portland 

MAINE 

GO SHOP 

LIFE IS GOOD 

428 Fore St • 207-253-5048 

www.lifeisgood.com 

If you like funky, happy “Life is Good” gear, 

you won’t want to miss this Old Port shop, 

packed with hats, organic cotton T-shirts, 

boxers, tote bags and even dog gear with the 

optimistic slogan. 

GO SEE 

“MOODS OF NATURE: 

JAY CONNOWAY AND THE 

LANDSCAPE OF NEW ENGLAND” 

At the Portland Museum of Art 

7 Congress Sq • 207-775-6148 

www.portlandmuseum.org 

This special exhibit showcases the work 

of Monhegan Island artist Jay Connaway, 

featuring many of the bold coastal scenes he 

painted in the ’30s and ’40s. Through Dec. 6. 

GO EAT 

THE CORNER ROOM 

110 Exchange St • 207-879-4747 

www.thefrontroomrestaurant.com 

This affordable restaurant from Chef Harding 

Smith, who also runs the popular Front Room 

and Grill Room, focuses on light, rustic Italian 

food, from simply topped pizzas (prosciutto 

and arugula) to handmade pastas. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

ÚNA 

505 Fore St • 207-828-0300 

www.unawinebar.com 

This chic little lounge calls itself a wine bar, 

but it also offers cocktails— such as the acaiblueberry 

cosmopolitan, with infused vodka, 

white cranberry and lime juice—any of which 

is sure to take the chill off a winter evening. 


CAMDEN, ME 

86 miles northeast of Portland 

www.camdenme.org 

With quaint harbors, brisk hiking trails and 

stores in century-old brick buildings, Camden 

makes a nice day trip any time of year. Want 

to linger? Enjoy a cozy room and an amazing 

gourmet dinner at The Hartstone Inn. 

FUN FACT! 

Ninety percent of Maine’s land is covered 

by forest. 

Raleigh/Durham 


— Linda Fullerton — Margot Carmichael Lester 

GO SHOP 

FATHER & SON ANTIQUES 

107 W Hargett St, Raleigh • 919-832-3030 

www.swankarama.com 

The well-stocked retro inventory here 

includes Mid-Century Modern furnishings 

(such as designs from Eames and Herman 

Miller), period art accessories and 

vintage clothing. 

OX & RABBIT SODA AND SUNDRIES 

732 9th St, Durham • 919-286-7850 

Part old-time soda fountain (try the Co-Cola 

with a shot of raspberry syrup), part hipster 

accessory shop, this place is just plain fun. 

UPTOWN NATURE 

At Carr Mill Mall 

200 N Greensboro St, Carrboro • 919-969-0995 

From an amazing array of soy and beeswax 

candles to racks of 100% organic cotton 

clothing, you’ll fi nd items to dress your home, 

garden and self at this eco-friendly retailer. 

GO SEE 

DINOSAUR TRAIL 

At Museum of Life + Science 

433 Murray Avenue, Durham • 919-220-5429 

www.ncmls.org/dinosaurs 

Venture back to the Late Cretaceous period as 

you stroll the half-mile forest path lined with 

life-sized dinosaurs—including a 65-foot-long 

Alamosaurus—then dig for marine fossils at 

this cool exhibit. 

PEAK CITY FILM FESTIVAL 

multiple venues, Apex • 919-355-8879 

www.peakcityfi lmfestival.org 

This family-oriented festival features indie 

productions for general audiences. A slew of 

related events, including a red-carpet gala, fi ll 

out the weekend. Nov. 20-22. 

14TH ANNUAL AMERICAN INDIAN 

HERITAGE CELEBRATION 

At NC Museum of History 

5 E Edenton St, Raleigh • 919-807-7900 

www.ncmuseumofhistory.org 

Explore the heritage and culture of North 

Carolina’s eight recognized tribes at this free 

event. Artists will demonstrate conventional 

craft-making skills and dancers will perform 

traditional songs and dances. Nov. 21. 

GO EAT 

YE OLDE WAFFLE SHOP 

173 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill • 919-929-9192 

Those hunting for a hearty breakfast need 

DECEMBER 11-20 

MERRILL MERRIL M AUDITORIUM 

PORTLAND, POORTLA 

MAINE 

Robert Ro ober Moody, conductor 

Dancing Santas Festive singalongs 

Yuletide favorites 

Celebrate the season with New England’s favorite ite holiday show! Organ Prelude 

Festival of Trees 

look no further than Chapel Hill’s main drag. A 

slightly more authentic version of those Waffl e 

Houses by the freeways, this spot is low on 

décor, but high on fl avorful waffl es. Don’t let 

the line scare you; it moves pretty fast. $ 

ALADDIN’S EATERY 

6325 Falls of Neuse Rd, Raleigh 

919-878-7690 

www.aladdinseatery.com 

A wide array of Middle Eastern fare and even 

some Lebanese wines make up the menu at 

this attractively designed North Raleigh eatery. 

Order the tabouli—it’s delicious. $$ 

SUSHI LOVE 

2812 Erwin Rd, Durham • 919-309-2401 

www.sushilove.org 

Whether you’ve got a yen for plain fi sh or new 

combinations—like the Blue Devil Roll, named 

after nearby Duke University—you’ll fi nd 

something to love at this popular sushi joint. 

Those who eschew raw fi sh might like the 

tempura and Mongolian-style dishes. $$ 

GO PARTY 

ABBEY ROAD TAVERN & GRILL 

1195 W Chatham St, Cary • 919-481-4434 

www.abbeyroadgrill.net 

If you totally dig those mop-topped lads from 

Liverpool, stop by this hotspot, which offers 

draft beer, sports games on TV and even a 

selection of burgers named after Beatles band 

members (and Yoko). 

OSCAR’S Q AND BAR 

At Timberlyne Shopping Center • 1129 Weaver 

Dairy Rd, Chapel Hill • 919-929-9388 

Ten regulation billiards tables host local 

players looking for a good time, but you don’t 

have to be a pool shark to like this joint: There 

are foosball tables and videogames as well. 


26TH ANNUAL NORTH CAROLINA 

HOLIDAY FLOTILLA 

131 miles southeast of Raleigh 

At Wrightsville Beach • 910-256-2120 

www.ncholidayfl otilla.org 

Ring in the holidays by attending this lightedboat 

parade featuring almost 50 festively 

decorated watercraft. The fl otilla is followed by 

a fi reworks display. Nov. 28. 

FUN FACT! 

Sir Walter Raleigh, the explorer for whom 

Raleigh is named, was beheaded after a failed 

expedition to fi nd El Dorado. 

® 


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Richmond 

VIRGINIA 

GO SHOP 

THE BIZARRE BAZAAR’S 34TH 

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION 

600 E Laburnum Ave • 804-673-7015 

www.thebizarrebazaar.com 

Once a year, the Richmond Raceway 

transforms into an enormous market featuring 

more than 475 vendors. The selection ranges 

from ornaments, children’s toys and holiday 

foods to designer sportswear, pewter gifts and 

antique furniture. Dec. 2-6. 

OPENHOUSE 

5807 Patterson Ave • 804-288-5807 

www.openhouse-richmond.com 

This home store carries several emerging 

brands—like LoooLo, Dermond Peterson and 

Diana Fayt—that shoppers will be hardpressed 

to fi nd anywhere else. 

PHILOSOPHIE 

3132 W Cary St • 804-355-3102 

Nestled in the heart of one of Richmond’s oldest 

shopping districts, this women’s clothing 

store carries classic pieces and fancy accessories 

that usually outlast the overnight trends. 

GO SEE 

26TH ANNUAL UKROPS-SUPERVALU 

CHRISTMAS PARADE 

2500 W Broad St • 804-788-6478 

www.richmondchristmasparade.org 

Richmond’s largest single-day event of the 

year, this parade will feature 2 full miles of 

fl oats, balloons and marching bands. It kicks 

off at 10am, but come early: Last year’s parade 

drew more than 100,000 spectators. Dec. 5. 

THE BYRD THEATRE 

2908 West Cary St • 804-353-9911 

www.byrdtheatre.com 

People don’t come to The Byrd for the 

latest blockbuster release; they fl ock to 

this authentic second-run 1920s theater 

(complete with a full balcony, a chandelier and 

concession stand attendants in classy black 

dresses) for the experience. And much like the 

old days, the tickets cost a mere $1.99. 

THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT 

At Carpenter Theatre 

600 E Grace St • 804-327-5755 

www.vaopera.org 

This month, the Virginia Opera presents Gaetano 

Donizetti’s masterpiece—a story of a girl 

raised by the French regiment who discovers 

her royal ancestry—in the original French. The 

story delves into themes of self-determination, 

heritage and pride. Nov. 27 and 29. 


— Christina Couch 

GO EAT 

CAFÉ OLE 

2 N Sixth St • 804-225-8226 

Serving up Mexican food and California-style 

burritos for more than 15 years, this café is 

a favorite among the business lunch crowd, 

particularly those with big appetites. Come 

hungry: Portions are huge. $ 

CAFÉ GUTENBERG 

1700 E Main St • 804-497-5000 

www.cafegutenberg.com 

Thanks to a recent makeover, this spot no 

longer has to split its space between novels 

and food. The newer, larger version has even 

added a vegetarian-friendly menu that features 

locally grown ingredients. $$ 

KOBE JAPANESE STEAK & SUSHI 

19 S 13th St • 804-643-8080 

www.kobesteakandsushi.com 

Ladies who can maneuver their high heels 

through Shockoe Slip’s cobblestone streets 

will be rewarded with a top-notch Japanese 

meal at this hibachi-style restaurant. For a 

special night, order the surf and turf. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

BANDITO’S BURRITO LOUNGE 

2905 Patterson Ave • 804-354-9999 

www.banditosburritolounge.com 

Packed with dancing college students, 

Bandito’s is also home to weekly Texas hold- 

’em tournaments and regular DJ nights. 

MULLIGAN’S SPORTS GRILLE 

1323 W Main St • 804-353-8686 

This classic sports bar features weekly karaoke 

and Texas hold-’em nights as well as the 

occasional live band. Sports junkies can get 

their fi x on the bar’s fl at-screen TVs. 


ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY MUSEUM 

80 miles southwest of Richmond 

103 Main St, Smithfi eld • 757-356-1223 

This very local history museum is home to 

a delightful collection of items, including 

Native American artifacts, a miniature Colonial 

plantation house and an entire exhibit devoted 

exclusively to ham. 

FUN FACT! 

Author Patricia Cornwell, who set many 

of her crime novels in Richmond, based 

fi ctional heroine Kay Scarpetta on a real-life 

medical examiner from the area. 

QualityPedalCars.com 

Growing up has never been so much fun! 

 

 

Rochester 

NEW YORK 

GO SHOP 

CRAFT COMPANY NO. 6 

785 University Ave • 585-473-3413 

www.craftcompany.com 

This converted fi rehouse—the former home 

of engine company no. 6—abounds with 

artisan-made objects to decorate home and 

body, whether folksy (colorfully painted Sticks 

furnishings), sleek (sinuous metal menorahs) 

or chic (Somers Randolph’s silver jewelry). 

GO SEE 

DOWNSTAIRS CABARET THEATRE 

20 Windsor St • 585-325-4370 

www.downstairscabaret.com 

On any given night, this eclectic venue 

might host a highly toasted revue, country 

music band, one-man (or -woman) show or 

performance on its way to or from Broadway. 

GO EAT 

PIRANHA SUSHI BAR 

682 Park Ave • 585-360-2754 

www.piranhasushibar.com 

Inspired by the cultural mix in Peru, this 

understated bistro serves a creative list of 

sushi rolls (tuna, mango and avocado, for 

instance) and a selection of tapas like grilled 

steak with chimichurri sauce. $$ 

GO PARTY 

LIQUID 

169 St Paul St • 585-325-5710 

www.liquidnightspot.com 

With pulsating lights, thumping urban beats, 

drink specials, two busy dance fl oors and large 

screens streaming live footage of club patrons, 

we’re not sure what more this nightclub could 

possibly offer. 


EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART 

88 miles east of Rochester 

401 Harrison St, Syracuse • 315-474-6064 

www.everson.org 

Although it’s known for its American 

collections, the Everson has a show on tour 

from Wales this fall. “Turner to Cézanne” 

showcases works from masters such as Corot, 

Monet, Renoir and van Gogh. 

FUN FACT! 

— Elizabeth Forbes 

Future anarchist Emma Goldman spent her 

young life in Rochester as a sweatshop worker 

and unhappy bride.

St. Louis 

MISSOURI 

GO SHOP 

DESIGNS BY ELISE 

1771 S McKnight Rd, Ladue • 314-495-5876 

www.eliselandy.com 

For a cool twist on the traditional holiday 

jewelry gift, stop in here and pick up some 

“party pearls” for that special someone. The 

colorful, fl irty designs make them way more 

fun than your grandma’s pearls. 

MAIN STREET BOOKS 

307 S Main St, St. Charles • 636-949-0105 

www.mainstreetbooks.net 

Located on historic Main Street in St. Charles, 

this charming independent bookstore was 

recently nominated as the best bookstore in 

the US in Nickelodeon’s Parents’ Picks Awards. 

MORIS FASHIONS 

26 Maryland Plz • 314-361-6800 

www.morisfashions.com 

Two Uptown fellas founded this store in 2005 

and have fl ourished by catering to St. Louis’s 

fashionable set. They gather sleek men’s 

garments from not only the East and West 

coasts, but Europe as well. 

GO SEE 

ST. LOUIS RAMS 

At Edward Jones Dome 

701 Convention Plz • 314-342-5201 

www.stlouisrams.com 

Football on TV is only satisfying for so long. 

When you’re really ready for some football, 

take the MetroLink to “The Dome” for a live 

game. The Rams face off against the Arizona 

Cardinals (Nov. 22) and the Seattle Seahawks 

(Nov. 29) this month. 

PURINA FARMS 

200 Checkerboard Dr, Gray Summit 

314-982-3232 

www.purina.com/purina-farms 

The St. Louis area is home to Purina, and the 

company offers a novel tourist attraction: 

Purina Farms, where visitors can pet barnyard 

farm animals, see a 20-foot-tall cat house and 

watch dog obedience performances. Hay rides 

are also available. 

SHELDON ART GALLERIES 

3648 Washington Blvd • 314-533-9900 

www.thesheldon.org 

This gallery complex features more than 7,000 

square feet of space for rotating exhibitions 

of painting, printmaking, photography, 

architecture, sculpture, jazz history and 

children’s art. In the evenings, it turns into a 

concert venue. 

GO EAT 

BIG ED’S CHILI MAC’S DINER 

510 Pine St • 314-421-9040 

The weather in St. Louis is starting to get 

chilly, so get yourself to Big Ed’s for a heaping 

bowl of the area’s best chili mac (for non- 

Midwesterners, that’s chili-topped spaghetti).$ 

EL SCORCHO 

7356 Manchester Rd, Maplewood 

314-644-5566 

www.elscorcho.info 

This deep South-style roadhouse offers the 

best Tex-Mex in the area. A bar offering a 

variety of tequilas sets the stage for zesty 

espinachas (tangy spinach dip) and pepperjack 

cheese dip. $$ 

KEMOLL’S 

#1 Metropolitan Sq • 314-421-0555 

www.kemolls.com 

In addition to its fi ne Continental dishes (beef 

tenderloin in cognac sauce, rack of lamb, 

lobster tails), this spot boasts a stunning view 

of the riverfront, including the Arch. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

POMME CAFÉ & WINE BAR 

44 N Central Ave, Clayton • 314-721-8801 

www.pommmerestaurants.com/cafe 

This romantic, brick-walled bistro presents a 

broad range of excellent wines. It also offers 

a late-night snack menu, featuring cheeses, 

pâtés and homemade potato chips. 

PJ’S TAVERN 

127 W Jefferson • 314-966-2001 

www.pjsandjeffersons.com 

A classic post-work, happy hour tavern, this bar 

serves great draft beers—they’ve got eight on 

tap—in a casual room full of giant fl at-screen 

TVs. It’s like your living room, only better. 


KIMMSWICK, MO 

25 miles south of St. Louis 

www.gokimmswick.com 

Named one of the “Top 100 Small Town 

Getaways” by Midwest Living, this spot offers 

a chance to step back into the 19th century. 

Visit Nov. 21 for the Christmas parade and 

open house. 

FUN FACT! 

Redd Foxx, the late comedian who starred in 

“Sanford and Son,” was born in St. Louis. He’s 

honored on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. 

San Antonio 

— Kevin Mitchell — Erin Aparicio 

TEXAS 

GO SHOP 

ESPERANZA PEACE MARKET 

922 San Pedro Ave • 210-228-0201 

www.esperanzacenter.org 

The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center 

offers a colorful alternative to the mall every 

Thanksgiving weekend with hundreds of 

handmade wares, fair trade crafts from Latin 

America and intricate artwork. Nov. 27-28. 

LONE STAR MERCANTILE IN LA VILLITA 

418 Villita St, Bldg 200 • 210-223-4199 

www.lavillita.com 

As one of the largest and nicest San Antonio 

memorabilia shops, the Mercantile has more 

than enough Texas pride to fi ll a stocking. Stop 

in for ornaments, salsas, cowboy night lights, 

Alamo mugs and T-shirts. 

PEARL FARMER’S MARKET 

200 E Grayson St • 210-212-7260 

www.pearlfarmersmarket.com 

Stop by Sol y Luna for some monkey bread 

(a version of a sticky bun) for breakfast and 

browse the wide selection of fresh produce, 

baked goods, grass-fed meats, nuts and honey 

at this market. All the vendors live within a 

150-mile radius of the city. 

GO SEE 

SEAWORLD’S HOLIDAY CELEBRATION 

10500 Sea World Dr • 800-700-7786 

www.seaworld.com 

Ring in the season with special holidaythemed 

shows, like the comedic Sea Lions 

Deck the Halls and the Polar Express 4-D 

Experience, while the park is fi lled with lights 

and holiday cheer. It’s open on weekends and 

all of Thanksgiving week. 

HOLIDAY RIVER PARADE 

AND LIGHTING CEREMONY 

San Antonio River Walk • 210-227-4262 

www.paseodelrio.org 

Join thousands of people to see the 122,000 

lights along the San Antonio River Walk 

turn on, followed by a parade of elaborately 

decorated, illuminated boats. Afterwards, 

stop by one of the many cafés lining the river’s 

shores for dinner. Nov. 27. 

MOSCOW BALLET’S THE GREAT 

RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER 

224 E Houston St • 210-226-3333 

www.majesticempire.com 

Russia’s fi nest ballerinas in exquisite costumes 

join dancing puppets and elaborate, hand-painted 

scenery to bring the holiday tale of Clara and 

the nutcracker prince to life on Nov. 29. 



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San Antonio CONT’D 

TEXAS 

GO EAT 

GREEN VEGETARIAN 

CUISINE AND COFFEE 

1017 N Flores St • 210-320-5865 

www.greensanantonio.com 

Try the Neatloaf (with peppers, onions, tomatoes 

and bread crumbs) at this all-vegetarian 

restaurant housed in a restored 1890s building. 

It even hosts a free, live opera the fi rst Sunday 

of each month (Dec. 6). $ 

GUENTHER HOUSE 

205 E Guenther St • 210-227-1061 

www.guentherhouse.com 

These days, the stately former home of the Pioneer 

Flour Mills’ founding family serves breakfast 

and lunch to visitors. Stop in for the strawberry 

waffl es or champagne chicken enchiladas. $ 

TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE 

201 N St Mary’s St • 210-222-2263 

www.txlc.com 

In the Texas ranch tradition, most of the food here 

is mesquite-grilled or wood-roasted. As a result, 

the barbecue scent wafting out of the kitchen is 

enough to set mouths watering all by itself. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

THE COAST 

2831 NW Loop 410 • 210-344-1000 

www.thecoastsa.com 

Spend the night dancing on sand and drinking 

piña coladas at this club just outside of the 

loop. Top 40 hits keep the dance fl oor moving, 

and the spacious porch is great for loungers. 

RIVERCENTER COMEDY CLUB 

849 E Commerce St • 210-229-1420 

www.rivercentercomedyclub.com 

Up-and-coming Texas talent and big name 

comedians from across the country entertain 

here. Past headliners include Drew Carey, 

Carlos Mencia and George Lopez. 


THE EXOTIC RESORT ZOO 

60 miles north of San Antonio 

235 Zoo Trail, Johnson City • 830-868-4357 

www.zooexotics.com 

Take a Hill Country safari at this 137-acre zoo. 

Many animals crowd around the tour train to 

eat from the hands of visitors. 

FUN FACT! 

The San Antonio River was given its name by a 

Spanish priest who camped at the river on the 

feast day of St. Anthony. 


San Francisco 

CALIFORNIA 

— Josh Krist 

GO SHOP 

CALLOU DESIGNS 

101 Pierce St • 415-678-9446 

www.calloudesigns.com 

Colorful tops and dresses and sleek men’s club 

shirts make this little boutique a must-visit 

for fashionistas shopping in the Lower Haight. 

The staff will even put together party outfi ts as 

part of the shop’s custom design service. 

CREATIVITY EXPLORED 

3245 16th St • 415-863-2108 

www.creativityexplored.org 

This unique art gallery displays the creations 

of developmentally disabled adults, whose 

notecards, paintings, drawings and sculptures 

range from funky to traditional. Creative takes 

on local landmarks sell fast. 

ROLO ON MARKET 

2351 Market St • 415-431-4545 

www.rolo.com 

In the heart of the Castro, this high-end 

boutique is where super-hip guys go for 

designer clothes—like duds from Nice 

Collective and Earnest Sewn—at decent 

prices. Come ready to search and you’re sure 

to fi nd something impressive. 

GO SEE 

MUSEUM OF 

THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 

685 Mission St • 415-358-7200 

www.moadsf.org 

Those interested in the historical culture of 

the African peoples will enjoy this new 

museum, which features exhibits on 

traditional celebrations, music, culinary 

traditions and adornment. 

JAPANESE TEA GARDEN 

75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Rd, Golden Gate Park 

415-752-1171 

www.sfpt.org/japanese_tea_garden 

Consider the tranquility and balance of this 

enclosed garden while sipping green tea and 

eating fortune cookies. The treats, which are 

now associated with take-out Chinese food, 

were reportedly invented here. 

CABLE CAR MUSEUM 

1201 Mason St • 415-474-1887 

www.cablecarmuseum.org 

A “living museum” of the coolest kind, this 

spot offers a one-of-a-kind chance to see the 

big pulleys that power all the city’s trolleys. In 

addition to vintage cable cars, photographs, 

memorabilia, tools and scale models are also 

on display. 

GO EAT 

CHEF JIA’S RESTAURANT 

925 Kearny St • 415- 398-1626 

Located where the Financial District meets 

Chinatown, this humble restaurant serves 

veggie and garlic-heavy Chinese dishes that 

have made it a popular destination despite 

famous culinary neighbors. Try the honey chili 

chicken. $ 

THE CITRUS CLUB 

1790 Haight St • 415-387-6366 

www.citrusclubsf.com 

Belly up to the bar to watch the chefs create 

sizzling sauces to cover Thai noodles topped 

with peanuts, shrimp, tofu, chicken or veggies. 

Start with the garlic edamame. $$ 

PLUTO’S 

627 Irving St • 415-753-8867 

www.plutosfreshfood.com 

The Inner Sunset location of this local institution 

offers salads, sandwiches and meat plates with 

a healthy California touch. Best of all, it serves 

Thanksgiving-style stuffi ng year-round. $$ 

GO PARTY 

PHONE BOOTH 

1398 S Van Ness Ave • 415-648-4683 

This local bar transforms into a serious scene 

on weekend nights, with excellent drinks and 

friendly bartenders. If you come during happy 

hour (3pm to 7pm), grab some fresh, free 

popcorn before it disappears. 

BEAUTY BAR 

2299 Mission St • 415-285-0323 

www.beautybar.com 

Imagine a beauty parlor where, as soon as 

work hours are over, the customers get up 

to dance and the stylists get to work making 

drinks. That’s pretty much what you’ll fi nd 

here. There’s even a manicurist on duty. 


EAST BAY, CA 

16 miles east of San Francisco 

www.oaklandcvb.com 

Visit the Hangar One distillery in Alameda, see 

Jack London’s log cabin in Oakland, and then 

head to Berkeley for an evening of fun near the 

famous college campus. 

FUN FACT! 

San Francisco is named after St. Francis 

of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and 

protecting nature. 

Detail, José de Mota (active 1710-1728), New Spain, Our Lady of Joys, 1711, Oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 66 7/8 inches, Collection of Casa Jesuita 

de San Ignacio, Parras, Coahuila [CNCA-DGSMPC] 

This exhibit was originally organized by the “Mandato Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso. ” The “Mandato Antiguo Colegio de San 

Ildefonso” receives financial support and is composed of the “Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM),” the “Consejo Nacional 

para la Cultura y las Artes (CNCA)”, and the “Gobierno del Distrito Federal (GDF). ” The organizers, and museum participants, express 

their deepest appreciation to CNCA, the UNAM, the INAH, and the INBA for their generous collaboration. Furthermore, the organizers 

recognize the valuable support provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art, which is dedicated to promoting the exploration, 

understanding, and enjoyment of the visual arts of the United States for national and international audiences. By recognizing the importance 

of experiencing original works of art, the foundation provides opportunities for interaction and study, beginning with the introduction 

and growth of its own art collection in Chicago. To continue the cross-cultural dialogue over American Art, the foundation supports and 

collaborates on innovative exhibitions, as well as investigative and educational programs. Inherent in these activities is the conviction that 

art has the potential, at the same time, to distinguish and unite cultures. *Additional support for the project came from the United States 

Embassy in Mexico, and the UNAM-PAPYT. 

This exhibition has been made possible locally by generous grants from the Goldsbury Foundation, the 

William and Salomé Scanlan Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

Additional support came from Myfe White Moore.

San Juan 

PUERTO RICO 

GO SHOP 

ABITTO 

1124 Ashford Ave, Condado • 787-724-0303 

Look no further than this hip unisex boutique 

for some of the hottest warm-weather 

clothing and accessories by Mossimo, Dolce 

& Gabbana and Iceberg. There’s also an 

impressive selection of shoes for men and 

designer sunglasses. 

HIP HOP 


www.go2hiphop.com 

With brands like Kipling, Volcom, Juicy 

Couture and Paul Frank, this store is a 

must-visit if you have pre-teens on your gift 

list. Grownups tend to appreciate the jazzy 

handbag and tote selection. 

MI PEQUEÑO SAN JUAN 

107 Calle Cristo, Old San Juan • 787-977-1636 

www.mipequenosanjuan.com 

You can’t help but fall for this shop’s handpainted 

replicas of the charming and colorful 

façades, doorways and balconies of Old 

San Juan. Watching the in-house artists 

create them is almost as much fun as taking 

one home, and they’ll even personalize them 

for you. 

GO SEE 

LA CASA DEL LIBRO 

255 Calle del Cristo • 787-723-0354 

www.lacasadellibro.org 

Bibliophiles will be enchanted by this 

museum,which safeguards hundreds of books 

from the 15th to 17th centuries. Holdings include 

a fi rst-edition volume of Papal sermons 

dating back more than 500 years and one of 

the earliest maps to include Puerto Rico. 

MUSEO DEL NIÑO 

150 Calle Cristo • 787-722-3791 

www.museodelninopr.org 

This charming kids’ museum caters to the 

under-eight crowd with interactive exhibitions 

about space exploration, transportation, 

nutrition and ecology. 

UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO 

BOTANICAL GARDENS 

Hwy 1 at Rd 847, Rio Piedras • 787-758-9957 

www.upr.edu 

Escape winter in this exotic urban oasis, which 

is covered with more than 30,000 indigenous 

fl owers and plants, including heliconias, 

palms and trees used by the Taino Indians. 

Also on the grounds are several ponds, a 

sculpture garden, wild parrots and iguanas. 

GO EAT 

KASALTA 

1966 McLeary Ave • 787-727-7340 

www.kasalta.com 

This cafeteria is famous for its bold coffee, 

pastries and savory Spanish dishes, and its 

communal seating is known for stimulating 

conversation and creating new friendships. $ 

AJILI MOJILI 


www.hdmdesigns.com/ajili/main.htm 

This popular restaurant is named after one of 

San Juan’s signature sauces, so you can expect 

the fare to be fl avorful. Don’t leave without trying 

the mofongo (mashed, fried green plantains 

with seafood or meat). $$$ 

AL DENTE 

309 Recinto Sur, Old San Juan • 787-723-7303 

www.aldentepr.com 

This stylish Italian bistro is popular for 

its handmade pastas (try the veal-stuffed 

tortellini) and decadent desserts. Enjoy the fall 

weather with outdoor café seating. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

N LOUNGE 

At Normandie Hotel • 499 Ave Munoz Riviera 

787-729-2929 

www.normandiepr.com 

Hipsters of all ages gather at this stylish 

modern lounge in the art deco Normandie 

hotel to mingle and dance. The terrace is an 

ideal spot for imbibing cocktails and enjoying 

the balmy Caribbean breeze. 

PLAZA DEL MERCADO DE SANTURCE 

Calle Dos Hermanos at Calle Capitol 

787-723-8022 

Every Friday and Saturday evening, this urban 

farmers market turns into a giant outdoor 

block party, where Sanjuaneros gather to 

celebrate the weekend. 


RIO CAMUY CAVE PARK 

97 miles west of San Juan 

www.parquesnacionalespr.com 

This 268-acre park offers a glimpse into 

an unbelievable tropical cave system, with 

cathedral-like caverns that were carved out by 

the Camuy River more than 1 million years ago. 

FUN FACT! 

Puerto Ricans have been US citizens since the 

Jones-Shafroth Act was passed in 1917. 

Sarasota/Bradenton 

FLORIDA 

— Joanne Curcio Quiñones — Brian Ries 

GO SHOP 

HOME RESOURCE 

741 Central Ave, Sarasota • 941-366-6690 

www.homeresource.com 

This small-town shop carries big-city furniture, 

from Knoll to Herman Miller. Young and old 

interested in modern décor head here to outfi t 

their high-rise condos and beachfront pads. 

PICKLES AND PONYTAILS 

1821 Hillview St, Sarasota • 941-953-2024 

www.picklesandponytails.com 

Moms who are into matching mother-daughter 

ensembles and pregnant women who need a 

tailored look will love this Southside Village 

shop. It stocks adorable fashions from lines 

like Baby LuLu and Peppertoes. 

WET NOSES 

472 John Ringling Blvd, St Armands Circle 

941-388-3647 

www.wetnoses.biz 

Sure, you picked up souvenirs for the family, 

but what did you get for your pooch? At this 

cute pet shop you can keep it simple with an 

organic chew toy, or buy an entire bedroom 

ensemble for your furry best friend. 

GO SEE 

CROWLEY MUSEUM 

AND NATURE CENTER 

16405 Myakka Rd • 941-322-1000 

www.cmncfl .org 

Get a feel for old Florida with Crowley’s exhibit 

of settlers’ dwellings and artifacts, then take 

a walk on the boardwalk. There you’ll see the 

diversity of Florida’s original landscape, and 

potentially glimpse birds like the bald eagle 

and red-shouldered hawk. 

THE JOHN AND MABLE RINGLING 

MUSEUM OF ART 

5401 Bayshore Rd • 941-359-5700 

www.ringling.org 

Although he’s known mostly for his Greatest 

Show on Earth, John Ringling was also a 

consummate collector of art. The museum 

hosts his collection, which includes the largest 

collection of full-scale Rubens paintings 

outside of Europe. 

VILLAGE OF THE ARTS 

1015 12th Ave W, Bradenton • 941-747-8056 

www.villageofthearts.com 

This quaint Bradenton outpost is home to 

restaurants, shops and galleries in the heart 

of the old city. Most of the businesses are 

housed in converted 1920s bungalows, with 

colorful updates. 



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LUCKY STAR 

4462 Cortez Rd W, Bradenton • 941-794-3198 

This Chinese restaurant offers classic dishes 

and a delightful dim sum brunch. Try the salt 

and pepper calamari. $ 

CAFÉ EPICURE 

1298 Palm Ave • 941-366-5648 

www.sarasota-italian.com/_epicure/e-main.htm 

This spot serves casual Italian fare, from 

simple pressed sandwiches to house-made 

lasagna. To continue your Italian-themed 

dining experience, stop at Jolly Gelato next 

door for a pistachio gelato. $$ 

CHUTNEY’S 

1944 Hillview St • 941-954-4444 

www.chutneysetc.com 

It’s diffi cult to pigeonhole Chutney’s cuisine, 

since the menu is stocked with dishes from 

all over the Mediterranean, India and the 

Caribbean. Let your waiter guide you, or just 

order the blazing vindaloo curry. $$ 

GO PARTY 

CABANA INN 

2525 S Tamiami Trail • 941-955-0195 

This humble spot attached to an old motel 

attracts an amazing crowd for its live music 

and karaoke. Visiting celebrities have been 

known to belt out a tune or two. 

EVIE’S TAVERN 

1989 Ringling Blvd • 941-955-3843 

www.eviesonline.com 

With a massive bar area below and cozy 

private loft spaces above, Evie’s attracts 

both dancers and loungers. There are other 

bars in the area, but everyone usually ends 

up here. 


ROSA FIORELLI WINERY 

20 miles northeast of Sarasota • 4250 County 

Road 675, Bradenton • 941-322-0976 

www.fi orelliwinery.com 

Owners Rosa and Antonio Fiorelli brought 

their Sicilian winemaking tradition with them 

to Manatee County, where they produce an 

award-winning muscadine dessert wine from 

just 10 acres of grapes. 

FUN FACT! 

Sir John Hamilton Gillespie created one of 

the fi rst two US golf courses in Sarasota 

in 1886. 


Seattle 

WASHINGTON 

— Adem Tepedelen 

GO SHOP 

WORLD SPICE MERCHANTS 

1509 Western Ave • 206-682-7274 

www.worldspice.com 

Stepping into this shop is like strolling into an 

Old World apothecary, but with an even better 

scent. Purchase exotic pure spices, like grains 

of paradise, or choose a blend: you’ll never 

buy those little supermarket packets again. 

GO SEE 

THE WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM 

719 S King St • 206-623-5124 

www.wingluke.org 

If the weather isn’t ideal for a stroll through 

the International District, spend an afternoon 

here learning about the fascinating 

history, culture and art of the Asian Pacifi c 

American community. 

GO EAT 

TASTE RESTAURANT 

At the Seattle Art Museum 

1300 First Ave • 206-903-5291 

www.tastesam.com 

This chic, downtown eatery is a great place to 

duck in for lunch: It serves up modern takes 

on comfort food, like mini pizzas, deviled eggs 

and griddled grilled cheese. $$ 

GO PARTY 

TINI BIGS 

100 Denny Way • 206-284-0931 

www.tinibigs.com 

You’ll fi nd more than martinis on the 

classic-meets-cutting-edge drink menu now 

that renowned Canadian mixologist Jamie 

Boudreau is behind Tini’s award-winning 

bar. Try the Cinnamon Paloma, with tequila, 

cinnamon, grapefruit and soda. 


SNOQUALMIE FALLS 

30 miles east of Seattle 

Snoqualmie • 425-985-6906 

www.snoqualmiefalls.com 

The 268-foot Snoqualmie Falls are most 

dramatic in the winter when the Snoqualmie 

River is engorged with rainwater. The two-acre 

park offers a hiking trail, observation deck and 

views from both above and below. 

FUN FACT! 

Seattle boasts the highest percentage of 

library card-holders in the country. 

Tampa 

FLORIDA 

— Susan Barnes 

GO SHOP 

THE PINK PETTICOAT 

1625 W Snow Circle • 813-253-2244 

www.thepinkpetticoat.com 

Indulge your feminine side at this intimate 

boutique tucked away in Old Hyde Park 

Village. It features high-end lingerie, pajamas 

and even yoga outfi ts to suit every taste. 

SILVER EDGE 

At Centro Ybor Mall, 1600 E Eighth Ave, Ybor 

City • 813-242-6290 

This boutique in Ybor City stocks so much 

silver, you’re almost guaranteed to fi nd the 

perfect piece for someone on your shopping 

list. Handcrafted silver items and white gold 

pieces tend to be particularly well loved. 

TOFFEE TO GO 

4318 W El Prado Blvd • 866-863-3332 

Forget chocolate—toffee is the perfect midshopping 

snack. Try the milk chocolate almond 

fl avor with sweet creamery butter. Fudge has 

nothing on the specialty here. 

GO SEE 

CIGAR HERITAGE FESTIVAL 

At Centennial Park, Ybor City • Ninth Ave 

between 18th and 19th sts • 813-247-1434 

www.cigarheritagefestival.com 

Join fellow cigar afi cionados at this festival in 

the city that was once the cigar capital of the 

world. Rolling demonstrations, museum tours, 

cultural food wagons and kids’ activities make 

the event fun even for non-smokers. 

Nov. 21. 

RIBFEST 2009 

At Vinoy Park • 701 Bayshore Dr NE, 

St. Petersburg • 727-528-3828 

www.ribfest.org 

Get your fi ll of ribs at this massive three-day 

festival, where you can feast on slow-cooked 

varieties from the world’s best barbecuers. 

Also check out live music (Saturday features 

rock band Blue Oyster Cult), kids’ activities 

and classic car and motorcycle shows. Nov. 

13-15. 

WONDERLAND 

At Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 

1010 N W.C. MacInnes Pl • 800-955-1045 

www.tbpac.org 

Be among the fi rst to see this modernized 

Alice in Wonderland at its world premiere in 

Tampa. Can Alice defeat the Queen of Hearts 

and restore balance to a chaotic Wonderland? 

You’ll have to see it to fi nd out. Nov. 24 

through Jan. 3.

GO EAT 

CUSTOM CREATIONS CAFÉ & BAKERY 

2606 W Hillsborough Ave • 813-234-3755 

www.cafe-bakery.com 

Stop by the renovated Pickford’s Sundries 

shop for a traditional cream soda from the 

soda fountain and a healthy dose of fun. $ 

LEAFY GREENS CAFÉ 

1431 Central Ave, St. Petersburg 

727-289-7087 

www.leafygreenscafe.com 

Raw and vegan dishes make up the menu here, 

but that doesn’t mean you’re doomed to a 

fl avorless meal. Thai, Italian and Asian spices 

ensure that even the healthiest of plates will 

have your mouth watering. $$ 

SIX TABLES TAMPA 

4267 Henderson Blvd • 813-207-0527 

www.sixtablestampa.com 

Three-fi gures sounds like a lot to spend on a 

dinner for one, but at this French restaurant, 

the price is worth it. Have the six-course 

prix fi xe dinner, which has included roasted 

duckling and lobster bisque. $$$$$ 

GO PARTY 

BEAKS OLD FLORIDA 

2451 Central Ave, St. Petersburg 

727-321-9100 

www.beaksoldfl orida.com 

Warm up your vocal cords before you head to 

this bar on a Wednesday: It’s open mic night, 

and the locals can get a little wild. 

THE BUNGALOW TAMPA 

2202 W Kennedy Blvd • 813-253-3663 

www.bungalowtampa.com 

Catch Monday night football or watch the Lightning 

take the ice on one of this bar’s dozen 

fl at-screen TVs. Order a draft beer and surf-and 

turf-sliders and you’re set for the game. 

GO DAY TRIPPING 

SAFETY HARBOR, FL 

23 miles west of Tampa 

www.safetyharbor.com 

When visiting this small town, make sure to 

stop by the Espiritu Santo mineral springs, 

which Hernando de Soto accidentally found 

while looking for the fountain of youth. 

FUN FACT! 

In 2009, North Beach at Fort De Soto (south of 

Clearwater) was named the top beach in the 

US by TripAdvisor.com. 

Washington, DC 

DULLES/REAGAN 

— Tony Ware 

GO SHOP 

THE HOUR 

1015 King St • 703-224-4687 

www.thehourshop.com 

Any cocktail afi cionado worth his or her 

artisan margarita salt will want to pour praise 

on this new boutique, which specializes 

in vintage and contemporary home bar 

accessories, including glassware, shakers, 

jiggers and muddlers. Your plastic cup days 

are over. 

THE CURIOUS GRAPE 

4056 Campbell Ave • 703-671-8700 

www.curiousgrape.com 

This bazaar’s indulgent aisles overfl ow 

with local and international boutique 

cheeses, single-origin chocolates and wines 

from every major region in the world. The 

friendly staff can inform decisions about 

pairing and sharing. 

SASSANOVA 

7134 Bethesda Ln • 301-654-7403 

www.sassanova.com 

When it comes to tending to the indie and 

designer fashion needs of Washington’s wellheeled 

women, entrepreneurial duo Sarah 

and Sassy know a thing or three. Indeed, three 

is the magic number for the pair’s shoe and 

handbag empire, as this third location opened 

just last summer on Bethesda Row. 

TREASURY 

1843 14th St NW • 202-506-6908 

www.shoptreasury.com 

One of the most fashionable ways to recycle 

in DC is at this vintage store. In a loft-like, 

exposed-brick setting open four days a week, 

jewelry and clothing gleaned from estate sales 

and auctions fi nd new owners. 

REDEEM 

1734 14th St NW • 202-332-7447 

www.redeemus.com 

This highly regarded outpost for urban apparel 

has maintained a balance of grit and glamour 

by importing small-run, edgy labels like Gentle 

Fawn, Religion and Tankus. 

BIG PLANET COMICS 

4908 Fairmont Ave • 301-654-6856 

www.bigplanetcomics.com 

This local chain offers monthly comics and 

collected editions from every major publisher, 

across all genres and appropriate for every 

age range. The space is always well-organized, 

and the staff will happily let you in on which 

critically acclaimed graphic novel will become 

next year’s multiplex blockbuster. 

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GO SEE 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF 

THE AMERICAN INDIAN 

Fourth St & Independence Ave SW 

202-633-1000 

www.nmai.si.edu 

While celebrating Thanksgiving, it’s important 

not to forget those who lived here fi rst. Intentionally 

built facing the rising sun, this museum 

on the National Mall has a collection of more 

than 800,000 works of historical signifi cance to 

the various Native American Nations. 

KOREAN WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL 

Daniel French Dr and Independence Ave NW 

202-426-6841 

www.nps.gov/kowa 

Come Veterans Day, pay your respects 

to the men and women who fought for 

Korea’s freedom. This squad of 19 stainlesssteel 

soldiers fl anks a black granite wall 

sandblasted with photographic images, as 

well as a Pool of Remembrance. 

IMAGINATION STAGE 

4908 Auburn Ave • 301-280-1660 

www.imaginationstage.org 

The home of a multidisciplinary theater arts 

organization for young people, this state-ofthe-art 

facility features a year-round schedule 

of professional productions. Visit this month to 

see Disney’s Mulan (Nov. 24 through Jan. 10). 

SPY IN THE CITY 

At the International Spy Museum 

800 F St NW • 202-393-7798 

www.spymuseum.org/spyinthecity 

For those who really like a puzzle, this interactive 

spy museum offers a tour in which personal 

Geo-COBRA GPS units lead wannabe secret 

agents around the District to trace hidden 

signals, break codes and see historic sights. 

NATIONAL MUSEUM 

OF THE MARINE CORPS 

18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy • 877-635-1775 

www.usmcmuseum.org 

This 135-acre site full of interactive, immersive 

exhibits honors members of the Marine Corps. 

The striking design of the museum’s soaring 

atrium evokes the fl ag-raisers at Iwo Jima. 

CLAUDE MOORE COLONIAL FARM 

6310 Georgetown Pike • 703-442-7557 

www.1771.org 

This living history site vividly showcases what 

it was like to prepare for winter just prior to 

the Revolutionary War. Visit with heritage 

breed animals, taste heirloom crops and learn 

how to preserve everything from fi sh to herbs. 

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BOCCATO GELATO & ESPRESSO 

2719 Wilson Blvd • 703-869-6522 

www.bocatto.net 

Coffee lovers have spilled the beans, so 

to speak, about this Clarendon gelateria: 

It features coffee from renowned Portland 

roasters Stumptown. Visit now for perfectly 

pulled espresso. $ 

SOMETHING SWEET 

3706 Macomb St NW • 202-364-2525 

www.somethingsweetdc.com 

With rack upon rack of moist, spongy cupcakes, 

along with sundaes, milkshakes and 

chipwiches (any fl avor of ice cream sandwiched 

between two cookies), this shop is 

always a great idea. $ 

KORA 

2250-B Crystal Dr • 571-431-7090 

www.korarestaurant.com 

In a spacious dining room cast in warm 

neutrals, a team led by Chef Morou Ouattara 

coordinates the production of handmade 

pastas, rustic Italian entrées and pizzas baked 

in a wood-burning oven. $$ 

ZENTAN 

1155 14th St NW • 202-379-4366 

www.zentanrestaurant.com 

This sleek dining room is ideal for anyone 

who’s ever wanted to dine like an international 

man-of-intrigue. The red cherry mojitos, 

sashimi and minimalist black-laquered booths 

would be at home in any slick spy movie. $$$ 

JACKSON’S ROASTING & CARVING CO. 

933 N Quincy St • 703-312-1073 

www.jacksonsfamous.com 

Slow roasted and beer-braised hunks of 

turkey, ham or brisket are carved to order, and 

served in thick stacks on every sandwich. 

GO PARTY 

ROOM 11 

3234 11th St NW • 202-332-3234 

www.room11dc.com 

This intimate wine bar offers two dozen wines 

for under $12 a glass, including eight dessert 

varieties to go with the pastry selection from 

bakery Paisley Fig. 

PIZZERIA PARADISO 

2003 P St NW • 202-223-1245 

www.eatyourpizza.com 

As part of a move to a larger location, the 

Dupont Circle branch of this pizzeria has 

expanded its bar to more closely mirror its 

Georgetown’s Birreria Paradiso. What this 

means is that it now offers 12 rotating craft 

drafts, English-style cask ale and at least 

150 bottled varieties. 

THE ST. REGIS BAR 

923 16th St NW • 202-638-2626 

www.stregis.com/washingtondc 

Adorned in plush purple velvet and Kenya 

black marble, this cocktail lounge for 

sensualists serves luxurious libations, like the 

St. Regis, with rum, tequila, orange juice and 

cranberry juice and champagne. 

POV 

515 15th Street NW • 202-661-2400 

www.starwoodhotels.com 

The freshly christened W Hotel Washington offers 

striking views of the monuments and White 

House from its new lounge and terrace, which 

feature seasonal craft cocktails conceived by 

New York’s legendary Sasha Petraske. 

LITTLE MISS WHISKEY’S 

GOLDEN DOLLAR 

1104 H St NE 

A two-story bar from the fi ne folks behind 

Jimmy Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Club, this 

unmarked, unlisted Atlas District townhouse 

is nondescript from the outside, but harbors 

a bordello-like interior, in which hip socialites 

sip craft beers and dance to DJed tracks. 

STEVE’S BAR ROOM 

1337 Connecticut Ave NW • 202-293-3150 

www.stevesbar.com 

Located in what was once a VIP room at a 

Greek-themed nightclub, this second-story 

bar is like a comfy retro rumpus room with 

a bowling alley. Even better, there are snack 

machines that dispense beer. 


EASTON, MD 

70 miles east of Washington, DC 

www.eastonmd.org 

This charming small town is a year-round 

destination for fans of Colonial and Victorian 

architecture and antiques, but the fall and 

winter months host several arts events, 

including November’s Waterfowl Festival 

(Nov. 13-15). 

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Before succumbing to the elements in 2002, 

Maryland’s Wye Oak was the largest living 

example of a white oak tree in the nation. 

At its end, the 460-some-year-old tree had a 

crown spread that covered a third of an acre. 

West Palm Beach 

FLORIDA 

— Jeff Fleet 

GO SHOP 

FUN TO FINE JEWELRY 

460 S Rosemary Ave • 561-805-9998 

www.funtofi nejewelry.com 

This jewelry boutique caters to both sexes. 

Women will love the line of interchangeable 

beaded bracelets from Tedora of Italy, and men 

will go for Edward Mirell’s line of titanium and 

cable dog tags. 

COTTAGE CACHE 

12000 SE Dixie Hwy, Hobe Sound 

772-285-5045 

www.cottagecache.com 

At this spot, you’ll fi nd home accessories, 

garden décor, shabby chic items, vintage 

furniture and custom-made objets d’art, as 

well as kids’ clothes and gift items. 

MYSTIQUE CREATED GEMS 

250 Worth Ave, Palm Beach • 800-778-0080 

www.mystiquegems.com 

This store specializes in beautiful and inexpensive 

gold and platinum jewelry fi tted with the 

fi nest cubic zirconium stones. There are more 

than 1,000 styles from which to choose. 

GO SEE 

HEATHCOTE BOTANICAL GARDENS 

210 Savannah Rd, Ft Pierce • 772-464-4672 

www.heathcotebotanicalgardens.org 

The Heathcote has it all: exotic subtropical 

plants, dazzling fl owers, a whirlpool pond 

and a Japanese garden complete with bonsai 

trees. The winter months are when Petrea 

volubilis, a purple wreath vine, makes its most 

spectacular appearance. 

JUPITER INLET 

LIGHTHOUSE & MUSEUM 

500 Captain Armour’s Way, Jupiter 

561-747-8380 

www.jupiterlighthouse.org 

Take a tour of this landmark lighthouse— 

built in 1860—and then visit its connected 

waterfront museum in a restored WWII barracks 

building, which contains the local history exhibit 

“Five Thousand Years on the Loxahatchee.” 

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF POLO 

AND HALL OF FAME 

9011 Lake Worth Rd, Lake Worth 

561-969-3210 

www.polomuseum.com 

Winter is polo season in Florida, so now’s the 

best time to stop into the museum dedicated 

to this 2,600-year-old sport. It’s home to 

an extensive collection of images, trophies, 

videos and memorabilia.

GO EAT 

BOSTON’S ON THE BEACH 

40 S Ocean Blvd, Delray Beach • 561-278-3364 

www.bostonsonthebeach.com 

Order the signature basket—fried shrimp, 

chicken fi ngers and onion rings—at this 

beach bar and enjoy it with a round of frozen 

daiquiris. $$ 

TAVERNA OPA 

700 S Rosemary Ave • 561-820-0002 

www.opapalmbeach.com 

The food here is so authentic, you’ll feel like you 

accidentally boarded a plane to the Greek Isles. 

Order the sausage and crispy zucchini, and 

keep your eyes peeled for belly dancers. $$$ 

III FORKS 

4645 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens 

561-630-3660 

www.3forks.com 

With thick cuts of beef, fresh fi sh and buttery 

lobster, this spot is the apotheosis of the 

steakhouse form. Pair your entrée with something 

from the 3,000-bottle wine cellar. $$$$ 

GO PARTY 

CLUB SAFARI 

4000 RCA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens 

561-622-7024 

www.clubsafaripbg.com 

This Aztec-themed nightclub has brought fl air 

bartending and great house and hip-hop music 

to South Florida for 17 years. Keep an eye out 

for Rob Husted’s bartending tricks. 

TRYST 

4 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach • 561-921-0201 

www.trystdelray.com 

On Sunday afternoons, the best seat in the 

house here is on the patio, next to live jazz, 

blues and island bands. Order a brew from the 

long list, and get ready to relax. 


LAKE OKEECHOBEE 

42 miles west of West Palm Beach 

www.lakeokeechobee.org 

The second largest freshwater lake entirely 

within the continental US, Okeechobee is 

best known for its fi shing. You could land a 

largemouth bass, crappie or blue gill. 

FUN FACT! 

Palm Beach County, at 1,971 square miles, is 

larger than both Rhode Island and Delaware 

(individually). 

White Plains 

NEW YORK 

GO SHOP 

SIREN BOUTIQUE 

224 Mamaroneck Ave, Mamaroneck 

914-777-2122 

www.sirenboutique.com 

Located near the bustling harbor, this boutique 

stocks clothes and accessories with a fun, 

trendy edge. Its selection of glamorous coats 

will get you through the winter fashionably. 

GO SEE 

42ND STREET 

1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford • 914-592-2222 

www.broadwaytheatre.com 

Try not to fi nd parallels between this re-staging 

of the classic musical and its content (It’s 

about mounting a successful stage production 

during the Great Depression). Dinner is 

included, so you don’t have to think about the 

economy at all. Through Nov. 29. 

GO EAT 

CITY LIMITS DINER 

200 Central Ave • 914-686-9000 

www.citylimitsdiner.com 

Although it’s called a diner, the comfort food 

menu has been updated to include housesmoked 

salmon and artisan French toast made 

from Challah rolls. $$$ 

GO PARTY 

JAMES JOYCE PUBLIC 

HOUSE & RESTAURANT 

166B Mamaroneck Ave • 914-397-1077 

www.jamesjoycerestaurant.com 

This cozy pub is a perfect refuge on a chilly 

day. Stop in for a pint—there are 15 on tap— 

and a bite of comfort food, and cheer on your 

favorite team. 


CATSKILL REGION FESTIVALS 

69-80 miles southeast of White Plains 

www.visitthecatskills.com 

The Catskill region heralds the coming of 

winter with a number of festivals this year. 

Tingle your taste buds at the International 

Pickle Festival in Rosendale (Nov. 22), or sip 

wines while collecting free ornaments along 

the Shawangunk Wine Trail (Dec. 5-6). 

FUN FACT! 

Westchester 

a destination for all seasons 

White Plains has nine sites on the National 

Register of Historic Places, including its 

Armory and the Jacob Purdy House. 

Wichita 

KANSAS 

— Kristin Gorski — Sarah McIntosh 

GO SHOP 

AL’S OLD & NEW BOOK STORE 

1710 W Douglas Ave • 316-264-8763 

www.alsoldbooks.com 

For the last 50 years, this local favorite has 

drawn book lovers ready to discover great 

new reads. Even if your tastes run more 

toward hard-to-fi nd or out-of-print books, 

stop in: Classics are easy to locate in the wellorganized 

inventory. 

GO SEE 

CLAY ART STUDIO 

708 W Douglas Ave • 316-262-4914 

www.wichitadelano.com/members/ 

clayartstudio.htm 

Call ahead to sign up for a class or a workshop 

at this art gallery and school. It specializes in 

wheel-thrown pottery, sculpting, tile making 

and hand building. No time for a lesson? It 

sells a selection of locally made pieces. 

GO EAT 

THE PALETTE BISTRO 

613A W Douglas • 316-295-4133 

www.thepalette.biz 

At The Academy of Fine Art, this casual bistro 

offers pastries, sandwiches, soups, desserts 

and coffees to enjoy while discussing your new 

favorite works, which may include some from 

the attached photography gallery. $ 

GO PARTY 

BACKSTAGE BAR AND GRILL 

6140 E 21st St • 316-618-8500 

www.myspace.com/backstagebar 

Every night’s different at this low-key bar. Karaoke 

rules the house on Friday nights, and comedy 

is the thing on Sundays. If you’re more into 

music, visit on a Saturday for DJs and dancing, 

or keep your eyes peeled for live bands. 


BONNER SPRINGS 

183 miles northwest of Wichita 

205 East Second St • 913-422-1020 

www.bonnersprings.org 

Start a trip to this adorable Midwest town with 

a visit to the National Agricultural Center and 

Hall of Fame, then stop by the Moon Marble 

Company to watch marbles being made. 

FUN FACT! 

For leisure and for business, Westchester has it all. 

Fabulous Fall events and foliage, Delicious dining, 

Super shopping, Luxurious lodging, Marvelous meeting ing g 

spaces... Minutes away from Manhattan.Visit our 

web site for a free Travel and Planner Guide, Hotel Specials, ecials, 

Golden Apple Savings Pass and travel information. 

 

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us today. 

Airways 

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Routes 149 

Beverages 150 

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New Nonstops 

Allentown/Bethlehem — Ft. Lauderdale 

Allentown/Bethlehem — Orlando 

Asheville — Orlando 

Atlanta — Atlantic City 

Atlanta — Branson, MO 

Atlantic City — Orlando 

Baltimore/Washington — Indianapolis 

Baltimore/Washington — New Orleans 

Charleston, WV — Orlando 

Knoxville — Orlando 

Milwaukee — Boston 

Milwaukee — Denver 

Milwaukee — Indianapolis 

Milwaukee — Minneapolis/St. Paul 

Milwaukee — Pittsburgh 

Milwaukee — San Francisco 

Milwaukee — Seattle/Tacoma 

Milwaukee — St. Louis 

Milwaukee — Washington, D.C. 

(Reagan National) 

November 4, 2009 

Akron/Canton — Ft. Lauderdale 

Flint — Ft. Lauderdale 

Harrisburg — Ft. Lauderdale 

Indianapolis — New York (LaGuardia) 

Orlando — New York (LaGuardia) 

Orlando — Washington (National) 

December 17, 2009 

Atlanta — Nassau 

Baltimore/Washington — Nassau 

Orlando — Key West 

Orlando — Nassau 

December 19, 2009 

Atlanta — Aruba 

Branson, MO — Orlando 

February 11, 2010 

Atlanta — Montego Bay 

Baltimore/Washington — Montego Bay 

Orlando — Aruba 

Orlando — Montego Bay 

February 13, 2010 

Orlando — Aruba 

New Destinations 

Allentown/Bethlehem 

Asheville 

Atlantic City 

Branson, MO 

Charleston, WV 

Key West 

Knoxville 

Nassau, Bahamas 

Montego Bay, Jamaica 

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Making air travel better 

ByePass Online Check-In 

EventSavers 

Corporate Travel 

• 146 • November 2009 

MORE FOR YOU //PROGRAMS 

With AirTran’s Net Escapes e-mails, you can 

stay up to the minute with sale fares and 

special offers. 

Sign up at net-escapes.com today and start saving! 

Check in online anywhere from 24 hours to 90 

minutes before takeoff. 

For more information about online check-in, 

visit airtran.com. 

For anyone booking a group, meeting or 

convention with 10 passengers or more, one 

phone call can get you substantial savings 

on AirTran Airways’ already low fares. 

For more information about this and other 

EventSavers special offers for group travel, call the 

EventSavers desk toll-free at 1-866-68-EVENT 

(1-866-683-8368) or visit eventfares.com. 

Start with everyday low fares 

that don’t require an overnight 

stay or roundtrip purchase. 

Pair that with free Business 

Class upgrades (pending availability), same-day 

standby with no-charge, fully refundable fares 

(on select coach tickets) and advanced seating 

with priority boarding, and you can see why 

A2B is the best corporate travel program in 

the world. 

See if your company qualifi es for A2B by calling 

1-678-254-7458 or e-mailing sales@airtran.com 

(Subject: A2B), or simply visit A2Bcorporate.com. 

Business Class 

It’s the world’s most affordable Business Class. 

Stretch out in our two-by-two seats, which offer 

more seat, leg and elbow room. You’ll also enjoy 

priority boarding, which gets you on and off the 

plane fi rst, as well as complimentary cocktails. 

For details on Business Class, visit airtran.com or call 

1-800-AIR-TRAN. 

If you’re between 18 and 22 years old, you 

can fl y standby to any of our destinations at 

super-low fares. 

You can also earn a 1/2 A+ credit each way 

you fl y if you are enrolled in our frequent fl ier 

program, A+ Rewards. 

GO TO AirTran AirTranU.com .com fOR DETAILS 

Easy Payment Options 

A secure and convenient new payment method for the 

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More rewarding. 

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One-way coach fl ight 1 

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One-way coach ticket 8 

One-way Business Class fl ight 16 

Enroll today at aplusrewards.com. 

Receive credit for the fl ight you are currently 

on, by signing up now at airtran.com. *A+ 

Rewards seats are subject to availability and 

blackout dates. Taxes and fees are extra — the 

September 11th security fee of up to $2.50 per 

segment is not included. A segment is defi ned 

as one takeoff and one landing. Passengers 

traveling to/from Puerto Rico are subject to 

additional government taxes of up to $32.20. 

Fares to/from Mexico and the Caribbean do 

not include additional government taxes of 

up to $100. 

With the AirTran Airways’ A+ Visa, 

your purchasing power is taken to a whole new level. 

- Earn 16 A+ credits with your fi rst purchase using your A+ Visa: the 

equivalent of a round-trip reward fl ight or four Business Class upgrades. 

- Get two $50 Discount Certifi cates good for AirTran fl ights every year 

after the fi rst year that you pay the low annual fee. 

- Every purchase made goes toward earning A+ credits for even more 

reward fl ights and upgrades. 

This offer is only valid when you apply on board. Ask a Flight Attendant 

for an application today. 

As an A+ Rewards member, renting your next car from Hertz can earn A+ 

credits** towards reward travel. 

- Earn a 1/2 A+ credit for every rental up to four days. 

- Earn one A+ credit for every rental of fi ve days or more. 

Simply provide your A+ Rewards number at either the time of reservation 

or drop-off of your Hertz rental car. 

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and ask for a Hertz representative to receive special AirTran rates. 

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insurance/dealer replacement, or any other promotional rates or group travel. Frequent Flier 

Surcharge of $.50 per day, up to a maximum of $2 per rental, may apply. 

Connecting 

Getting started is simple. On your Wi-Fi device (laptop or mobile device), 

just connect to the “gogoinfl ight” signal and sign up. 

Support 

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1-877-350-0038. In the air, visit airborne.gogoinfl ight.com. 

©2009 Aircell, all rights reserved. Gogo is a registered trademark of Aircell LLC and its affi liates. 

Shop now, save now. 

Pay for your Gogo ® Infl ight Internet session and log on to SkyMall.com/gogoairtran, 

spend $75 on merchandise and receive a $12.95 instant rebate to cover your Gogo ® 

Infl ight Internet purchase. Plus, earn a 1/4 A+ Rewards credit for every $50 you 

spend on SkyMall merchandise. 

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To purchase these and other great products, visit us online at airtran.com/store, or 

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AirTran 

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memory. (AT4260) $18.95 

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Ash grey crewneck sweatshirt 

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Portland 

Boston 

Rochester 

Minneapolis/St.Paul 

Buffalo/Niagara 

White Plains 

Detroit 

New York (LaGuardia) 

Allentown/Bethlehem 

Akron/ 

Canton 

Harrisburg Philadelphia 

Pittsburgh 

Atlantic City 

Baltimore/Washington (BWI) 

Columbus 

Dayton 

Washington, D.C. (Reagan) 

Charleston 

Washington, D.C. (Dulles) 

Richmond 

Newport News/Williamsburg 

Flint 

Milwaukee 

Chicago 

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Moline/Quad Cities 

Bloomington/Normal 

Denver 

San Francisco 

Indianapolis 

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We serve over 50 cities across the country. And everywhere we go, low fares follow. 

St.Louis 

Kansas City 

Wichita 

Las Vegas 

Raleigh/Durham 

Branson 

Charlotte 

Knoxville 

Asheville 

Memphis 

Los Angeles (LAX) 

Atlanta 

* San Diego 

Charleston 

Phoenix 

Dallas/Ft.Worth 

Jacksonville 

Pensacola 

New Orleans 

Orlando 

Houston (Hobby) 

Tampa 

San Antonio 

West Palm Beach 

Sarasota/Bradenton 

Ft. Myers 

Ft.Lauderdale 

Miami 

MEXICO MEXICO 

Nassau 

Key West 

Cancun 

Montego Bay 

San Juan 

For schedules, go to airtran.com. 

Effective February 11, 2010 

Routes and cities subject to change without notice. 

Some nonstop routes indicated operate seasonally and/or less than daily. 

* San Diego and Burlington are served seasonally. 

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Aruba


MORE FOR YOU //BEVERAGES 

Complimentary 

AirTran Airways is pleased to offer Coca-Cola products on all of our flights. Now serving Fortnum & Mason premium tea exclusively on 

AirTran flights. Visit www.fortnumandmason.com to order. 

For Purchase 

All Beverages complimentary in Business Class. In the main cabin, Premium Juices and Premium Water $2; Premium Coffee $4. 

Icelandic 

Glacial Water 

Premium Water – $2 

Alcoholic Beverages 

AirTran Airways is pleased to offer Anheuser-Busch products on all of our flights. 

Beer $5; Liquor, Signature Cocktails and Wine $6. 

Merlot 

Bloody Mary 

Mix 

smartwater ® 

Chardonnay 

Regular and 

Decaf Coffee 

Premium Coffee – $4 

illy Latte 

Regular and 

Decaf Tea 

Hot Chocolate 

We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards only. 

Earn double points when you use your AirTran Airways A+ Visa Card to pay for drinks on board. 

Premium Juices – $2 

Peach Mango Tropical Punch 

Signature Cocktails – $6 

Florida Mango 

Fuze Refresh ® Peach Mango 

mixed with Bacardi Rum — takes 

you away to a tropical paradise 

Georgia Peach 

Fuze Refresh ® Peach Mango mixed 

with Finlandia Vodka — refreshingly 

delicious 

Maryland Punch 

Fuze Refresh ® Tropical Punch 

mixed with Bacardi Rum — a 

splash of delight

MORE FOR YOU 

Information for your safety and comfort 

Check-In 

AirTran Airways offers four (4) convenient 

check-in options: online, online from mobile 

web, at the ByePass kiosk in the terminals 

and at the ticket counter. We recommend 

you check in at least 90 minutes before your 

scheduled departure time. Your assistance 

will help us achieve an on-time departure. 

Disability Assistance 

AirTran Airways offers assistance to its 

customers with disabilities, including wheelchair 

assistance on the ground and in fl ight. 

Carry-On Baggage 

Customers are limited to one (1) bag per person, 

plus one (1) additional personal item, such as a 

handbag, overcoat, or wrap; camera; reasonable 

amount of reading material; laptop computer; 

briefcase; infant bag; or child-restraint seat if the 

child occupies the seat. All carry-on baggage must 

fi t completely underneath the seat in front of you 

or in an overhead compartment. Food or drink 

brought on board must be either consumed prior 

to takeoff or stowed as carry-on baggage. At 

times, the number of items allowed on board may 

be subject to space availability and government 

limitations. No carry-on item may exceed overall 

dimensions (length + width + height) of 55" and 

must remain within 17" long x 12" wide x 8.5" high to 

fi t underneath the seat. Occasionally, a customer 

may purchase an additional seat to transport an 

article not suitable for acceptance as checked or 

carry-on baggage. Please contact your AirTran 

Airways Ticket Agent for more information. 

Seatbelt 

Turbulence is the most likely threat to your 

safety aboard this fl ight. We do all we can 

to avoid turbulence; however, in the unlikely 

event of clear-air turbulence, AirTran Airways’ 

policy requires that unless you absolutely 

must leave your seat, your seatbelt should 

remain fastened about you at all times. 

Flight Deck Visits 

Visits to the fl ight deck are available while the 

aircraft is parked at the gate. Let your fl ight 

attendant know if you are interested in seeing it. 

//WELCOME ABOARD 

Refreshments 

Complimentary snacks, soft drinks, juices, 

water and coffee are served on most fl ights. 

Alcoholic beverages are available at a nominal 

charge in the main cabin. Business Class 

customers receive complimentary drinks. 

Only alcoholic beverages provided by AirTran 

Airways, and served by our fl ight attendants, 

may be consumed aboard this fl ight. In 

accordance with federal law, we serve alcohol 

only to passengers who are 21 years of age 

or older, and cannot serve alcohol to anyone 

who appears to be intoxicated. All food and 

beverages furnished by AirTran Airways must 

be collected prior to takeoff and landing. 

Smoking 

Smoking is not permitted anytime while aboard an 

AirTran Airways fl ight, including in the lavatories. 

Also, federal law prohibits, and a passenger 

can be fi ned up to $2,000 for tampering with, 

disabling, or destroying an aircraft lavatory 

smoke detector. Thank you for your compliance 

and helping to keep our planes smoke-free. 

Electronic Devices 

We ask your cooperation in turning off and 

stowing all portable electronic devices when 

directed to do so by a fl ight attendant. We ask 

that you discontinue use of your cellular phone, 

pager and personal digital assistant (PDA) 

with transmitting devices once the forward 

cabin door is closed. All portable electronic 

devices must remain off during taxi, takeoff 

and landing. We must ask that you never use 

the following during fl ight: cellular phones, 

two-way pagers, radios (AM/FM, VHF, or 

satellite), TV sets, remote-controlled games 

or toys, cordless computer mice, GPS, and 

commercial television cameras. These 

devices emit signals that may interfere with 

the aircraft’s communication and navigation 

systems, triggering a warning and creating 

possible inconvenience for all passengers. 

Suitable devices such as laptop computers, 

PDAs without transmitting devices, audiotape 

and CD players, hand-held electronic games, 

shavers, cameras, and calculators may be 

used when directed by a Crew Member. 

Crew Interference 

Please be advised that interference with 

a Crew Member’s duties is a violation 

of federal law. An incident report may 

be fi led with the FAA regarding a 

passenger’s behavior. Under federal law, 

no person may assault, threaten, intimidate 

or interfere with a Crew Member in the 

performance of his/her duties aboard 

an aircraft. Crew interference may result 

in a fi ne of up to $10,000, imprisonment 

or both for violating federal law. 

Security 

Passengers should refrain from carrying 

packages or articles belonging to someone else, 

and your baggage should be in your sight at all 

times when not in the custody of AirTran Airways. 

Hazardous Materials 

Many common items used every day in the 

home or workplace may seem harmless but, 

when transported by air, can be very dangerous. 

In fl ight, variations in temperature and pressure 

can cause items to leak, generate toxic fumes or 

start a fi re. For this reason, hazardous materials 

are prohibited in luggage or from being carried 

on board, and federal law requires you to 

declare them. Violators may be subject to a 

civil penalty of up to $25,000 for each violation 

and, in appropriate cases, a criminal penalty of 

up to $500,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 

fi ve (5) years. Certain exceptions for personal 

care, medical needs, sporting equipment 

and items to support physically challenged 

passengers are acceptable. If you are unsure 

whether the item you wish to pack in your 

luggage or ship by air is hazardous, pick up a 

brochure located at the ticket counter, contact 

your airline representative or visit our website. 

Customer Relations 

We would like to hear your comments. 

Please contact us via e-mail by visiting 

airtran.com and following the “contact 

us” link near the bottom of the page. 

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