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Reclaim Romance: The world's most romantic restaurants
Our 12 restaurant picks from around the world have all the right elements--a seductive view, an unhurried atmosphere, terrific food.
Chinese New Year: Year of the Ox
Another New Year's Eve is nearly here: January 25 2008 is the night before the Year of Ox begins, and over at About.com's China Travel site, Sara Naumann's blog highlights... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard?
While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
A Cookbook for the Google Generation
By Mollie Chen I've got shelf upon shelf of cookbooks at home - everything from Julia Child's classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking to Michel Richard's gorgeous Happy in the Kitchen - plus dozens more squirreled away in my...
Do you need an outdoor playground?
Take the Disney World Hotels test, a quick and fun quiz that helps you select the best hotel for your next trip. This question is: Do you need an outdoor playground for the kids?
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