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March 29, 2013

Pane e Vino – Charleston, South Carolina

17 Warren St, Charleston, SC Italian — Outdoor patio & live band occasionally $$ — Most entrees in the $15-18 range

Looking for some good Italian on the peninsula, we strolled over to Pane e Vino, located just off Charleston’s busy King Street on a much quieter, off-the-beaten path Warren Street. Entering the restaurant, you’ll pass by the giant patio hidden behind an ivy-covered wrought-iron fence, which looks larger than the main dining room of the restaurant.

The interior feels very Italian with a lowly lit, cozy and romantic atmosphere, although a little less authentic feeling than, say, Osteria la [...]

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March 28, 2013

Olive Et Gourmando – Montreal, Quebec

351 Rue St-Paul Ouest, Montreal, QC Bakery w/ Sandwiches $ to $$ — About CAD 9 – 11 for lunch

 

After the walking tour, we remained in Vieux Montreal and explored Rue St. Paul. Vieux Montreal, as we learned on our walking tour, is mostly inhabited by tourists. The main street, Rue St. Paul, is lined with restaurants and souvenir shops, and dotted in between is the typical crowd pleaser painted up in gold and throwing gold beads to the crowd–leave it to the Canadians and misinformed college freshmen that body paint is cool.

Love the sign, so typical of Quebec on many levels: [...]

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March 26, 2013

Blitz Alert: Priority Club PointBreaks through June 30, 2013

The Priority Club PointBreaks list has finally been updated.

Check our tutorial on how to book rooms for just $35 / night

When you’re ready to book: Click here to go to the PointsBreaks site

Good values that I’m seeing:

Holiday Inn Resort Krabi Ao Nang Beach – Good Thailand beach destination resort, prices usually $150+ InterContinental Hanoi Westlake – Good TripAdvisor ratings, prices usually $180+, pretty unique looking hotel

List is as follows:

COUNTRYSTATEPROPERTYSample price CanadaAlbertaHoliday Inn Express Red Deer$123 CanadaBritish Columbia Holiday Inn Osoyoos $111 CanadaBritish [...]

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March 22, 2013

McCown’s Weekend Pick: 5 Most Photogentic Cities I’ve Visited

Ok, there’s a difference between loving a city – loving the walks, the people, the things to do… and loving a city for its scenery. Either way, here are five cities that I love… and love to look at…

Prague, Czech Republic

Göreme, Turkey

Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

Bangkok, Thailand

Venice, Italy (sorry, two Italy’s…)

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March 22, 2013

Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center – Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina

When I have to stay in the area, I think I'll go out of my way to stay at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center if only because the gym is awesome. Throw in the better-than-normal....
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March 21, 2013

Montreal Old City Walking Tour – Guidatour Review

Saturday morning, we were hunting around online to figure out what to do. We had heard great things about Fitz & Follwell Co. bike tours (TripAdvisor), but they didn’t appear to handle last minute reservations very well online and the 4-hour bike tour of the whole city left at 10 a.m. from the Plateau Royal district – the opposite side of town from us. Instead, we discovered that Guidatour (http://www.guidatour.qc.ca/) offers walking tours of Vieux Montreal daily during the summer, departing from Notre Dame (luckily, 5 minutes away from us).

Guidatour review: Tickets are about $20/person for a 90 min tour, which includes a brief visit into Notre Dame. Our tour [...]

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March 20, 2013

Paris in the Snow!

On our recent trip to Paris, we were so lucky to experience the bizarre snow storm that hit Paris March 12-13, 2013. Although it shut down the airports, canceling hundreds of flights and disrupted all other train and car travel, it was a very scenic time for those of us in the city with no where to go.

Oh yeah, and we GOT ENGAGED!

Gare Montparnasse

Along Bassin de la Villette in 19th arrondissement

Along Bassin de la Villette in 19th arrondissement

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March 20, 2013

Foster’s Market – Durham, North Carolina

2694 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd, Durham, NC Diner style with sandwiches/subs, salads and breakfast $ – Appx $9 for lunch

When you walk into Foster’s, you get the impression that this place is a local institution — and not just because it feels like it has been around for a very long while. They’ve got that old country store feel going on, and not the fake feeling Cracker Barrel style (in a side note, I ate at a Cracker Barrel recently for the first time in like 10 years and had NO IDEA that they were so blatantly racist at one time. That went right over my head as a kid. Just check out their Wikipedia: “In 2004, an investigation by [...]

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