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The Best Comedy Clubs in NYC: A Comic's Top 5 Picks

Comic Marion Grodin (www.mariongrodin.com), daughter of famed actor/comedian Charles Grodin, has earned her own stripes working the comedy clubs in New York City. Here are her picks…

How to Give Mom One of the Best Mother's Day Presents She's Ever Had

We moms all know the dirty little secret of family vacations. No, I'm not talking about the piles of laundry when we get home, though that's certainly no fun. I'm talking about how…

Slope Specs: Glacial Challenges at Early Season Favorite Les Diablerets

Les Diablerets (pronounced lay dee-AH-blur-ay) is part of a ski region that includes the linked villages of Villars and Gryon in Switzerland. Of the three, which are skiable on a…

Mississippi Mansions and Southern Architecture in Natchez

The thing that initially lured me to Natchez, Mississippi was the promise of more antebellum mansions in one town than anywhere else in the south, but upon arrival in this quaint and…

Still Quirky Key West: Best Museums and Walking Tours

It sounds odd, but some people don't like Key West at first sight. Robert Frost, who came down at age 60 in the winter of 1934, thought it "unsanitary and shabby." But then he met…

Family Vacation Finance 101: 10 Ways to Boost Your Trip-Funding Smarts

With summer just a few months away, it's the time of year when many families start thinking about vacation. The good news is that there are fantastic family travel deals at every…

Slope Specs: Mad River Glen, Iconic Vermont Ski Area Celebrates its 60th

Mad River Glen (tel. 802-496-3551; www.madriverglen.com) is an anomaly in this era of accommodations-oriented mega-resorts where real estate sales rival (or eclipse) skiing…

Global Ski Report: Cheaper, Faster, and Snowier

Whistler Gains a New Gondola, Temporarily Loses an Old One No sooner had Whistler, British Columbia (tel. 866/218-9690, 604/904-8134; www.whistlerblackcomb.com) premiered its…

The Dirt on DEET

Since the arrival of West Nile virus, pediatricians have changed their advice about the use of the most effective insect repellents, which contain the active ingredient DEET. Adverse…

What to Expect During the Year of the Fee

Let's assume, for a moment, that you can't stop 2008 from becoming the Year of the Fee.Let's assume you'll cheerfully pay every fuel surcharge, resort fee, excess luggage fee and…

Slope Specs: Solitude & Brighton, Big Cottonwood Canyon's Dynamite Duo

It is no secret that the 2007-08 ski season got a late start in most of the West. Until just before Thanksgiving, which of course was early on the calendar as it can possibly be,…

Slope Specs: Alpe d'Huez, the Glacier-Crowned Giant

Fans who follow the Tour de France know Alpe d'Huez (tel. +33 (0) 476 11 44 44; www.alpedhuez.com) as the finish of an every-other-year stage that culminates in a steep mountain road…

Travel Insurance Tips From a Broken-Thumbed Tourist

I recently dislocated my thumb while traveling in Morocco. I'd like to tell you I was camel herding in the Sahara Desert or climbing the second highest piste in the Atlas Mountains…