http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Quick Trips 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:03:57 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1337834.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1337834.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The rattling karr-roo-oo sounds came from every direction. From the sky. From clumps of grasses and bushes. The calls of sandhill cranes filled the air above the expansive wetlands of Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1326947.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1326947.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Wherever you are in the world, you could run into a ''Windy.'' ''Windy'' is affectionate code for fans of Gone with the Wind, and they are legion. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1315286.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1315286.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST New York has pizza. Chicago has hot dogs. But perhaps no city has embraced a regional dish the way Washington has the crab cake. You don't have to go to a special crabcakeria or a sidewalk stand. Crab cakes are everywhere: at manly steakhouses, flirty bistros and waterside restaurants. I've even seen a crab cake at Japanese restaurant Sushi Ko, where it is -- some might say heretically -- fried in tempura batter and served with avocado. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1304276.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1304276.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT Occupied for centuries in succession by the Spanish, French and English, the spice island of Grenada is now home ground to the progeny of West African slaves transported here to work on sugar cane plantations. Today, after revolutions, political strife and invasion by American forces, Grenada is a peaceful land. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1292809.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1292809.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Stroll Bourbon Street morning, noon and especially night, and you're sure to see the unusual. But aside from one or two clubs and the occasional Dixieland parade, the music you'll hear is generic. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1282141.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1282141.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT A one-time tent city and longtime blue-collar enclave, Portland's Munjoy Hill neighborhood has become a hot spot in Maine's biggest city. Taking up the eastern portion of the peninsula, the area has shops, restaurants, galleries and a theater, but it doesn't have the bustle of Old Port, the sumptuous mansions of the West End or the museums of downtown's Arts District. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1270782.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1270782.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT My postman's eyebrows popped into his hairline as he handed me a lavishly painted coconut affixed with a postage stamp and my address. ''Wow!'' he mouthed in awe. ''Wow, wow, wow.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1270801.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1270801.html Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT The emcee at the pool party wanted more diversity for the dance contest. ''C'mon, ladies, don't be shy,'' he said over the mike. Wisely, the visitors from the north stayed in the lounges, leaving the competition to a half-dozen lithe young islanders. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1259126.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1259126.html Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT On the southern edge of Nashville, a half-hour drive from the airport, strip malls give way to sprawling pastures. A wild turkey trots along an interstate ramp. And a wooden sign welcomes drivers to follow a parkway into the past. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1247405.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1247405.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT When you hear the term budget travel, we know what you think: cheap hotels, C-list attractions and meal portions that wouldn't satisfy your average toddler. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1247395.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1247395.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT If you haven't visited New York City for a while, you're in for a real surprise when you go to Times Square: No traffic. Since May, Broadway from 42nd to 47th Street has been turned into a pedestrian mall. Hundreds of red and gray chairs and tables along with silver benches sit where traffic used to zigzag. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1247403.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1247403.html Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Not many people, taking a weekend break in that manic, maddening metropolis that makes up Manhattan, ever make it quite so far north as Spanish Harlem. Huddled in the northeast corner of the isle, abutting the Harlem River and en route to the infamous Bronx, that's not to say it hasn't featured prominently in collective consciousness. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1236028.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1236028.html Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Horror is going Hollywood this fall at Universal Orlando. For the first time, the theme park's annual Halloween Horror Nights will base its entire roster of ghoulish scare zones, haunted houses and live shows on horror films. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1224707.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1224707.html Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT It's billed as ''Louisiana's other side.'' And not just geographically. Start with a warm Deep South hospitality. Add rippling lakes and miles of green spaces typical of East Texas. Mix in Vegas sizzle and Hollywood flair. Roses and robots. Muffulettas -- check that, they're called muffys here. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1214046.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1214046.html Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Part old-world Havana, part cutting-edge culinary outpost, and part gentrification on steroids, the Casco Viejo just might be the most fascinating neighborhood in the Americas. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1202948.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1202948.html Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT In a city that hangs its hat on big money, a flashy skyline and well-heeled locals, a visit on the cheap might seem unlikely. But residents know it doesn't take a trust fund to have a good time here. For starters, sit down to a plate of cheap tacos and start people-watching. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1172181.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1172181.html Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT If Boston is called America's Walking City, some wags claim that's because only intrepid motorists will brave downtown Boston's crooked streets and famously volatile and voluble drivers. In fact, it's the charming juxtapositions of old and new, land and water, urban vistas and open spaces that make Boston such an attractive city to wander through at any season. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1162260.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1162260.html Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:00 EDT Of America's great cities, Chicago feels big, brawny and Midwestern-friendly. So it seems natural that the city's' two newest civic blockbusters, the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago and Millennium Park, have cozied up to each other like the best of pals along that glorious Lake Michigan shoreline. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1152328.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1152328.html Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:00 EDT Teen drama. We have a lot of it in our house.<p/> Given all the fussing and fuming, door-slamming, name-calling and general moodiness that goes on these days, it's sometimes hard to imagine my daughter, Emma, 14, and I doing anything together -- other than fighting. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1132003.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1132003.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT ''How are u? When are u coming home?'' ``I'm OK! Soon! Miss u! Love u!'' Sad to say, lame text messages have replaced heart-to-heart chats for my college-age daughter and me. Besides the fact that she's away at school, Charlotte has a boyfriend in New York City. Who can compete with that? Home-made cookies and pot roast will only get a mom so far. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1132010.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1132010.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT This is a great baseball town. Cardinals fans know to applaud for a sacrifice bunt, especially when laid down by their pitcher. They know not to applaud when the other team ties the score on a sacrifice fly, even though it means an out for the opponent. They dress in red as if it were the only color on the racks. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1122452.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1122452.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT More than just a famous collection of hills and mountains, the Berkshires of western Massachusetts are chock-a-block with world-class cultural offerings and natural beauty. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1111372.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1111372.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT You always know whether you're driving into a city with pizazz, or one whose energy is dragging. In Pittsburgh, we sensed the lively spirit of this place even before we reached our hotel. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1101181.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1101181.html Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT With its sizeable crowd of well-heeled residents and visitors, Naples has a built-in audience for fine restaurants -- and the stumbling economy has yet to trip up enthusiasm for them. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1090605.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1090605.html Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Even in Nora Roberts' world, truth can be stranger than fiction. In the best-selling author's books, the smart, sexy heroines solve crimes, rescue loved ones and always get the guy. And in mountainous Central Maryland, Roberts' new boutique hotel has just as improbable -- and rose-colored -- a back story. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1067131.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1067131.html Sun, 31 May 2009 03:01 EDT Beer cans crumpled round a dead campfire, signs of late-night partying scorched into the sandstone. In a cut-away 15 feet below the modern fire circle, there's more charred stone, flecked with the shells of Ohio River mussels and the bones of passenger pigeons -- both long extinct. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1056711.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1056711.html Sun, 24 May 2009 03:01 EDT It was a quirky, delightful scene, a head-swirling set of contrasts. Dressed-up seniors were dancing in the leafy park to a band playing Sinatra oldies and lively polkas. Scruffy old-timers bellied-up to beachfront bars, re-telling fish tales and re-ordering shots and beer chasers. Young up-and-comers sipped cold martinis in twinkly-lit courtyard gardens. Couples strolled the city pier and clustered in outside cafes, while local artists gathered in the streets to talk shop and show their wares. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1034104.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/1034104.html Sun, 10 May 2009 03:01 EDT Greenville is an eclectic mix of today and yesterday. Shoeless Joe Jackson called it home; portions of the George Clooney movie Leatherheads was filmed in and around downtown; and BMW builds crossovers and teaches performance driving just outside its city limits. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/989742.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/989742.html Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT The iced cucumbers sent an arctic jolt pulsing down to my eye sockets -- not an altogether unpleasant sensation -- and temporarily blotted out the Caribbean Sea. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/989749.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/quick-trips/story/989749.html Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:01 EDT Could I spend a week in the Yucatán without busting my budget? That was what I asked myself a few weeks ago when I was making plans to go to a friend's wedding on the beach in Tulum. It seemed silly to spend the money to fly all the way there and not see a little of the country beyond the beach. But times being what they are, I had to do it on the cheap if I was going to do it at all.