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		<title>SECRETS of SONOMA: Epicurean Adventures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When your three top talents are eating, sleeping, and criticizing, your career options are pretty limited, so it’s a good thing that I ended up being a travel writer. But it’s the eating for a living that I enjoy the most. That, and being able to share my finds with fellow food lovers. Lately I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whale Watching</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time to witness one of the greatest wildlife migrations on the planet, and it’s happening just west of you. Every March herds gray whales can be spotted from shore as they journey northward along the coast, completing the last leg of their 14,000-mile annual round-trip. The proud parents are heading back to their Arctic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romantic Road Trips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your Valentine’s Day weekend wasn’t exactly the whirlwind of romantic wonderment you hoped and dreamed it would be, it’s not too late to take a do-over. Spring is right around the corner and plenty of hotels are offering heavily discounted rates and packages to lure local lovers on a romantic weekend getaway. Of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog-Gone Getaways</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently did a survey at LocalGetaways and one of most requested topics for local travel tips was pet-friendly getaways. Which makes sense, because there’s nothing more sad than saying goodbye to your little buddy as you walk out the front door for weekend getaway. Ergo, this week’s theme covers a few of my top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden Getaways</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make. If I didn’t have to visit Northern California’s botanical gardens and preserves to review them for my travel guides, I probably never would have learned how amazing the places are. Until I actually visited the spectacular Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park and the mind-blowing Cornerstone Festival of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kid-Friendly Museums</title>
		<link>http://blog.localgetaways.com/2010/01/kid-friendly-museums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of my favorite family road trips as a kid were to places like the Exploratorium in San Francisco or Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley to play with all the hands-on science and technology exhibits. My dad was all for it because the tickets were cheap, and my sisters and I always came home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Getaways</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you’re going to take your lover to a fancy restaurant on Valentine’s Day, eh? How original. C’mon people, let’s spice it up a bit. Let’s plan the kind of romantic weekend getaway that your significant other would never have dreamed you’d be clever enough to think of.
This year Valentine’s Day falls on Sunday, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Affordable Spa Retreats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because economic times are tough doesn’t mean you have to forego the simple pleasures in life, such as a good long soak in a naturally carbonated mineral pool followed by a soothing foot massage. Like most other businesses, even the local spa resorts are feeling the pinch, so many have lowered their rates in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Top 5 Road Trips</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thrills & Adventure]]></category>

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Some of the best memories I have as a kid growing up in Sacramento include piling into the Country Squire station wagon with my sisters (Seatbelts? What seatbelts?) and taking family road trips to the mountains or coast. Every trip was a mini-adventure filled with discovery and danger (Don’t make me pull this car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnificent Museums</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Getaway Guru</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kid-Friendly]]></category>
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Now that winter has officially started, it’s time to plan some indoor (and warm) getaways to get you out of the house. So this week’s travel topic is about my favorite museums in Northern California. As the author of the Frommer’s California guidebook for the past 15 years, I’ve been to just about every museum [...]]]></description>
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