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Lady Goes to Disneyland
My last trip to Disneyland was eight years ago. I don’t get to the Los Angeles area very often, and when I do I usually don’t have time to spare. But on Friday I found myself in Anaheim with one day to...
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Lady in Paso Robles
After my day of Disneyland fun on Friday, I was ready for some grown-up entertainment. This started at my hotel for the evening, the W Hollywood. A drink at the open-air bar turned into a...
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Lady Visits San Francisco
The best thing about being from San Francisco is that no matter where I travel, I always have an excuse to return to one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This week I made my semi-annual...
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Lady Goes Wine Tasting in the Dry Creek Valley
One of my favorite things to do when I travel to San Francisco is to go wine tasting. Most of my recent tasting trips have been to Russian River, which is famous for its Pinot Noirs. Last week,...
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Lady in Indiana
It’s not often that my travels take me to Indiana. Aside from a Notre Dame football game a few years ago, I’ve never been to the state. But when one of my best friends from college planned a wedding in...
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Lady on Salt Spring Island
I’m a city girl. I may have grown up in a town with more horses than people, but ever since I left for college I have been addicted to the urban lifestyle. From Providence to Prague, San Francisco to...
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Lady in Manhattan
There are protests in London. The Occupy movement has taken over one of the city’s most famous landmarks, St Paul’s Cathedral. Across the pond, the Occupy Wall Street movement that inspired its London...
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Lady of 2011
2011 has been a big year of travel for me. While I didn’t set any specific goals for the year like my 2008 goal to visit 25 countries or my 2010 goal to visit 10 new countries, I did start my 90 under...
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Lady at a Wine Country Wedding in Sonoma
Last weekend I traveled to California. Yes, you read that right. I spent over 17 hours flying 6,000 miles just to spend 1.5 days in my home state. Now that you know you read that right, you may be...
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Lady’s Travel Plans
I have some exciting news: I will be traveling to California, Australia, and Dubai in the next two months! I am going to San Francisco and San Diego to see my family… Then flying back to London for 24...
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Lady in the Napa Valley
Not many people visit California’s Napa Valley in the winter. The grape harvest has long since taken place, the vines are brown and bare, and the famous Chardonnays and Cabernets are growing old in...
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Lady in Portola Valley
Wild turkeys have taken over my home town in California. Seriously. They’re everywhere. The locals don’t know what to do with them, and the animals don’t know what to make of them. But they’re not the...
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Lady’s San Francisco Sunrise
People always ask me how I cope with jet lag. Somehow they assume that after traveling non-stop for five years, I have developed an immunity to the travel-induced cycle of narcolepsy and insomnia....
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Lady Grazes in San Francisco
People always ask me what I miss most about living in San Francisco. My answer is always the same: the food and wine. But what’s a Lady in London to do when she goes home to California to await the...
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Lady in Point Loma
I’m an aunt! My new nephew was recently born in San Diego, and my mother and I traveled down from San Francisco for his arrival. We spent most of our time at the hospital, but when we weren’t fawning...
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Lady in Stillwater
Walking around Stillwater, Minnesota is like walking back in time. Old grain elevators, beautiful Victorian houses, and historic steamboat works dot the small downtown like relics from a century past....
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Lady in Red Wing
I am face-to-face with the world’s largest boot. Well, face-to-toe, really. This boot is huge. And it’s not surprising. I’m in the home of the famous Red Wing Shoes in Minnesota, and I would expect...
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Lady in Minneapolis
I almost didn’t make it to Minneapolis. Thunderstorms caused my London-Chicago flight to be diverted to Detroit, and I missed my connection to Minnesota. But I eventually got on a later flight, and...
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Lady in Yellowstone National Park
Ever since I moved to London, my travels back to the USA have focused on cities. From San Francisco to New York, Miami to Seattle, I have explored America’s urban highlights at the expense of its rural...
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Lady in Big Sky
I was a teenager the last time I traveled to Montana. I don’t remember much, but I do recall driving for hours (or what felt like hours) through flat, open land. The sky went on forever. Perhaps that’s...
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