Thinking Ahead

Travel and experience ideas for future planning.

Visit the Great Outdoors at the Quaint Glen Oaks Big Sur

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Driving on Highway 1 to Big Sur is a must-do, for good reason. The spectacular views rounding each curvy bend are a treat and a thrill for both the driver and the passenger. Experiencing Big Sur should be on more bucket lists; because who wouldn’t want to spend a couple nights in this rarified atmosphere […]

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Southern Comfort – Chapel Hill Style

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Chapel Hill, North Carolina makes for an irresistible tourist destination, due to its historic architecture, its vibrant food and beverage scene, its arts, culture and its youthful, laid back vide. The town, with half of its nearly 60,000 population being students, is built around the oldest public university in the United States, the University of North

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Solvang, California, Rediscovered

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Just 45 minutes from Santa Barbara lies the charming hamlet of Solvang. Perhaps best known as the most Danish of towns outside of Denmark, there is no mistaking its heritage. The windmills, half-timbered houses, boutique shops and bakeries filled with Danish pastries—all harken back to the motherland. Yet, along with this flash trip back to traditional

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Food and Wine Weekends with the CIA at Copia in Napa

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Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more dynamic in downtown Napa, up pops new programs at the recently opened Copia center. This spectacular venue–with its own vegetable and herb gardens, glorious vistas, state of the art kitchens, demonstration theaters, exhibit spaces, restaurant, retail shop and an outdoor amphitheater is ready to indulge your

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