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The first in the "Washington Weekends" series, "Breaking Away to Virginia and Maryland Wineries" describes the lush, green splendor of the countryside, the charm and beauty of the vineyards and wineries, and the history and personalities of the industry in this up-and-coming wine region. Two pages are dedicated to each of 60 wineries in Virginia and 10 in Maryland, including information about the owners of the winery, directions, hours of operation, and the wines offered. Sprinkled throughout are sidebars on interesting topics that enrich the reader’s wine experience and highlight special places and activities in the area including barrel tasting, the cheeses of Virginia, horseback riding, historic inns, and more. Included are useful maps, the best winery wedding sites, and an ‘aroma wheel’ that enhances the tasting experience.
Customer Reviews:
Great Travel Companion.......2002-12-18
Comprehensive review of the wineries in Virginia and Maryland. Describes how each of the wineries got started and a bit about the owners, growers, and/or winemakers. Also offers a brief summary of the wines produced. Includes sidebar-type sections on such topics as individual varietals, wine festivals, and competitions.
A wonderful resource if you like weekend getaways, beautiful farms, and, of course, sipping wine! Indispensable for budding regional wine connoisseurs and casual travelers alike.
Great for MD and VA residents and Visitors!.......2002-09-19
Elisabeth Frater's lovely travel guide is great for both residents and visitors. I have lived in Northern Virginia for 13 years and don't even drink alcohol, but I found this book to be useful. Frater gives clear, concise information, but also offers opinions. You hear the facts about each winery, but you also here the stories behind each one.
I have enjoyed living in this area much more after using Frater's book to plan weekend trips. Her book was invaluable when family came to visit recently.
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This huge volume of 200 fun New York Times puzzles is perfect for solvers looking for lots of relaxing crosswords to take on vacation, to the country, or to the beach. Features: Big omnibus with hundreds of hours of solving fun Puzzles of all levels, for all solvers Edited by the #1 man in American crosswords, Will Shortz.
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Soo Fun.......2007-05-07
I recommend getting this with Vacations for Dummies. This idea is to take a foreign locale & turn it into a complete theme experience.
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Away for the Weekend: Southeast: Revised and Updated Edition (Away for the Weekend(R))
Eleanor Berman
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ASIN: 0609807765
Release Date: 2001-09-18 |
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The Away for the Weekend® series, selling more than 300,000 copies to date, is the longest running and most definitive guide of its kind. Revised for 2001, with new attraction listings and contact information, this book offers 52 seasonally arranged weekend destinations throughout the Southeast.
* See 170,000 cherry trees in spectacular bloom.
* Hear spellbinding tales at the National Storytellers Festival.
* Take a riverboat cruise on the Savannah River.
* Hop the Fantasy Express for a melodious train ride in the Smokies.
Whether you want a romantic retreat or a fun-filled family vacation, this is the perfect reference for anyone who ever wanted to get away—without going too far.
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Away for the Weekend: Southeast.......2000-04-07
Anyone living in the Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee) will find this travel book to be a practical and useful tool. The author, Eleanor Berman, pairs seasonal activities and local attractions with various locales. For me, this opened my eyes to the many enjoyable short trips my family and I can take without going too far from home. The book contains telephone numbers, driving directions and suggestions for accommodations and restaurants that I likely would never have discovered on my own. My family and I have stayed in several of the book's recommended bed and breakfasts and have been delighted. I keep this book handy to refer to for travel ideas. I reccommend it highly as a thorough and "user friendly" guide to travel in the Southeast.
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Away for the Weekend: Northern California: Great Getaways for Every Season of the Year (Away for the Weekend, Northern California)
Eleanor Berman
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ASIN: 0609803743
Release Date: 1999-03-30 |
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For a memorable weekend in Northern California you can visit a six-acre hillside blanketed with 4,000 daffodils take a stagecoach ride or pan for gold in an old mining town enjoy the pie-eating contest and other entertainment at a pumpkin festival celebrate a Victorian Christmas at a cozy landmark inn. Or you can hike, sail, museum-hop, tour the wine country, go whale watching, or relax at a well-known spa. Eleanor Berman offers hundreds of ideas for year-round fun in exciting itineraries--stretching from the roller-coaster streets of San Francisco to the crashing surf of Big Sur, from the grandeur of ancient redwood forests to the crystal-clear waters of Lake Tahoe. All itineraries are within easy reach of the Bay Area and/or Sacramento, and each includes travel directions and suggestions for accommodations and restaurants to suit every budget. You'll also find area maps, and activities especially appealing to children are noted.
Customer Reviews:
A handy guide book.......2002-07-09
I have an earlier edition of this book and use it extensively when we travel. On it's own, it's packed with interesting information and trivia. I use it together with AAA guidebooks and find they complement each other nicely. I'm looking forward to getting the latest edition since we found on this last trip up to the redwoods that a few of the restaurants recommended have since changed hands.
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Away for the Weekend (R): New York: Great Getaways Less Than 250 Miles from NYC for Every Season of the Year (Away for the Weekend)
Eleanor Berman
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ASIN: 0517881667
Release Date: 1994-10-18 |
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For a memorable weekend getaway in nearby New York State, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, did you know you can . . .
In the revised and updated best-selling travel classic Away for the Weekend®: New York, Eleanor Berman once again presents 52 exciting 2- to 4-day vacations from New York City that take full advantage of the seasonal highlights of various locations. Whether it's a historical summer weekend in Massachusetts; a fall foliage tour aboard Connecticut's Valley Railroad; tapping maple trees for syrup in Stamford, Connecticut, in winter; or mansion hopping along the picturesque Hudson River in spring, each weekend getaway is enticing and flexible, with a multitude of activities and sights to explore. Each trip offers a clear itinerary with suggestions for motels, hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, and restaurants for every price range. In addition, activities that are well-suited to children are noted, and five easy-to-read maps make navigation simple. Featuring advice on where to go, how to get there, and what to see, Eleanor Berman's travel book is the perfect guide to unusual and interesting short trips that promise something for everyone.
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Away for the Weekend: Midwest
Eleanor Berman
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Release Date: 1999-08-17 |
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Here are 52 weekend and day trips for every season of the year within 250 miles of Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. It features scores of suggestions for shopping, antiquing, sightseeing, and visiting museums. Area maps, driving directions, and information of accommodations and restaurants are included.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Discovery Guide Book.......2004-07-20
A wonderful guide to places to see & things to do when you want to hop to a nearby area but aren't familiar with it. Takes you off the beaten path to discover interesting-curious-historical places not mentioned on the chamber websites. Offers succinct descriptions to evaluate the fit such a visit is for you and your family.
wonderful for planning that quick getaway.......1999-01-13
Incredibly handy for those times when you decide on Saturday that you want to do "something different" this weekend, but have not a clue what are your options. Divided into activities appropriate for each season, the book suggests a wide range of trips around the area, from historic exploring to art appreciation to communing with nature. I had an old version of this book that I lent out and lost, and I loved it so much I'm buying another copy!
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AN EXCELLENT GUIDE TO THE PROPER CARE OF VINTAGE GARMENTS.......2001-11-10
Don't let the small size of this book fool you! It is filled with excellent instructions on how to care for vintage clothing, properly. I'm guessing most readers will be as surprised as I was by the items that actually harm our precious clothes. My entire closet is set up incorrectly. Now I know why the items I was using to protect my clothing were actually harming them.
I love the way this book feels to the touch. The paper on which it is printed glided through my fingers as I was reading it. The photos are crisp. I contacted one of the suppliers of acid-free products from the list in the back of the book. They have an excellent website and reasonable prices on products I could not find locally.
If you buy new clothing regularly, the care of your garments can be poor and it isn't really noticed. When you have a love affair with vintage clothing however, I feel it is our duty to care for these items properly, so they will survive another ten, fifty or even one hundred years. This book will teach you how to protect the lovely textiles, clothing and accessories passed down to us by our parents' and grandparents' generations.
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"Whether you're a beginning quilter or long-time enthusiast this is one for the book shelf. This wonderfully organized guide covers a wealth of quilting techniques, tools, and design ideas in painstaking detail."--Butterick Home Catalog
"This practical, well-organized reference [is] chock-full of creative inspiration...a gallery of stunning quilts [is] sure to inspire."--Sew News
From shoofly blocks and Suffolk puffs to folded stars and four-patch pinwheels, this unique volume presents both simple, traditional quilting designs and elaborate investigations of color and pattern. Quilters of all levels will enjoy exploring the anatomy of a quilt in progress--the top layer, batting, backing, border, blocks, stitching, and sashing--and constructing the variety of blocks displayed in fabulous color photos. And busy stitchers will certainly appreciate sections on rotary cutting and speed piecing that give satisfying results in half the time. With this much information and inspiration, anyone can make heirloom-quality quilts to show off and treasure.
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Gotta own this book!.......2006-07-01
I just completed a wall quilt, and using this wonderful book, I picked up several new skills which saved time and added up to a very nicely finished product! I currently have this book out on loan from my library, and they are sending me letters threatening to refer me to a collection agency if I do not return it right away... but the thought of continuing to work on the quilt without the book was even more frightening to me! Now that it's finished, I'm ready to head to the library, and place my order for my very own copy. I'll never quilt again without it!
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Feng shui (pronounced fung shway) is an ancient Chinese practice based on the idea that the auspicious placement and arrangement of buildings, walkways, doors, furniture, plants, and other objects can ensure a good life. Good feng shui allows cosmic energy or chi to flow freely, creating a harmonious environment and improving the health, love life, peace, even prosperity of those who live or work there. By carefully locating and orienting your residence and organizing its interior design to maximize good energy, you can promote success and happiness.In Feng Shui, Angel Thompson, a noted expert, explains how you can make small (or large) changes in your home or office environment to increase the flow of positive energy. Thompson's clear, practical approach provides dozens of helpful tips for making any size and type of space better.
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This Book is SO BAD it should be considered a COMIC........1998-12-10
Angel Thompson took a class with Lin Yun (of Yun Lin church fame) and decided she was an expert. That's why her book contradicts itself every third sentence. It's more full of holes than swiss cheese. It's so bad that Ms. Thompson had to call in an AUTHENTIC practitioner to analyze her home because her attempts at "Feng Shui" caused her nothing but grief. And this is the sort of book you would recommend to someone or buy for yourself?
A Feng Shui Favorite.......1998-11-22
Here is a feng shui treasure. Angel Thompson presents an incredible amount of information - it is like a textbook. If you want to learn about the five elements to include color, shapes, uses, meaning, planet etc. etc. well here's your book. I found her explanation of yin/yang to be clear, consise and thought provoking. I finally understand this often misunderstood Eastern concept. Besides giving useful tips for the home, there is also a wealth of info for your career and/or business. The highlight of this book goes beyond the facts presented - Ms. Thompson touches upon the philosophy that is the foundation of feng shui. What a beautiful life impacting message.
Feng Shui, translated into New Age babble.......1997-11-08
I got this book because of only one reason:: while browsing through Amazon.com's myriad menus one boring, listless, evening, I came across a review of this book, which had won one of those "Review of the Month" contests held at Amazon.com.
Okay, so let me be blunt. That review of the book is much better reading than the book itself. This book is written in the usual New Age speak that is full of the sound of mystic references and yet signifying nothing in the end.
Feng Shui is a real living, breathing, way of thinking (or superstition) for many Chinese and other Asians. My mother would always admonish us never to get a house with its front door facing to the West, and she would try to align our beds along a North-South Axis, which would make us into smarter or better or healthier people or something like that. I haven't figured out the part about the beds yet, but I have discovered that a house with the front door facing West can get awfully hot with the sun blazing through the front windows in the afternoons. So, much like the Jews and Muslims not eating pork, there really must be something to Feng Shui after all.
I really hoped that this book would give me some useful insights into life's little rules, such as the ones from my mother, but, instead, this book was just so hard to decipher that I finally gave up.
Rearrange the furniture for your mental health........1996-09-11
No wonder my checkbook hasn't balanced and I've been feeling edgy and crankier than usual. I need to rearrange the furniture, according to author Angel Thompson in her book Feng Shui: How To Achieve the Most Harmonious ARrangement of Your Home and Office. While moving the head of my bed to the north wall of the bedroom (to promote the natural flow of positive energy, which equalizes temperaments) and cleaning my oven (which increases cash flow) didn't seem at first like reasonable solutions, my interest in the subject grew the deeper into the book I moved. Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice based on the idea that the placement and arrangement of buildings, walkways, doors, furniture, plants, mirrors and other objects can ensure harmony in life. Good feng shui encourages cosmic energy (chi) to flow abundantly, creating a balanced environment and improved health, love, peace and prosperity for persons who live or work in the space. Even the color of point on a door can disrupt the flow of chi, with negative results for the dwellers. Thompson presents a wealth of complicated information in an easy to read manner, which when mentally assembled, makes one wonder if there isn't some credence to the philosophy. Feng Shui is the latest New Age element to flow into the mainstream, giving the unenlightened masses a chance to bring old ideas into the new century. I haven't quite figured out how to convince my boss I could be far more creative if I replaced my grungy metal desk with a more stately model fashioned out of walnut. Maybe I'll let him borrow the book
Book Description
The principles of Feng Shui are explained in this accessible text, with diagrams, floor plans, and charts to show how small changes can have an instant impact.
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