Vacation on Shine

Travel Confession: I Went to Rome and Didn't See the Sistine Chapel

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By Johan Mengesha, Senior Editor There are few works of art as magnificent as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Or at least, so I hear. The ethereal beauty of "The Creation of Adam" in person remains a mystery to me, because, as it turns out, the Sistine Chapel…

Travel Confession: I Got Lucky in Aruba

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By Lindsay Morris, Staff Writer Two weeks after graduating college in Milwaukee, I landed a magazine-editor job that took me to the East Coast. "Do you mind that travel is a job requirement?" my boss-to-be asked in my final interview. Um, of course not. I could count on my…

Travel Confession: I Convinced an Old Woman and a Nun to Jump From a Moving Train

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By Mary Kosearas, Staff Writer It was the only time in my life I was confident that jumping out of a moving train was my best option. The lights of the last town had faded behind a little foothill. I stood on a noisy, open-air platform between train cars and steadied two Greek women…

Pack More Efficiently for Your Holiday Travels!

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Growing up, along with telling you how you shouldn't stick your tongue to icicles and what boys you should never bring home, your mom may have taught you how to pack a suitcase for a vacation. Maybe she wrote checklists for you and your siblings, so you didn't forget…

User post: How the grocery store is paying for my next summer vacation

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While it sounds completely bizarre, it's true that the grocery store is going to help pay for our vacation next summer. I know it's barely fall, but the time to start saving for a vacation is now.

10 Questions to Ask Before Booking an All-Inclusive Vacation

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Whether you're running right out to schedule an all-inclusive vacation, or if you're just not sure of the point, check off the questions on my list before you book — I've come up with things you should ask yourself, fellow travelers, and even the resort to make sure you get the most budget bang for that (often) budget buck!

Family Vacation Turns Into Peep Show

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When the Ream family checked into their hotel in Denver, Colorado this summer, they never dreamed their family vacation would become someone else’s hidden camera peepshow. But …

Vacation Sex???

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www.slumberpartiesbydianajerome.com Have you ever noticed the effect a vacation has on your sex life? It's as if a change in scenery summons the vixen from within. When we're basking in the sun on a tropical beach, wining and dining in a street-side Parisian café, or…

Mad Men: Why Is Vacation Sex So Good?

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Last night on Mad Men, dapper Don Draper has to go to Rome on business, and seemingly on a whim, Betty asks if she can accompany him.

Once they're in Rome, something happens to Betty. She glams it up, flirts with Don, and their stultifying marriage seems to get an erotic adrenaline shot to the heart. It's as if they get to meet each other for the first time all over again. In fact, in one sequence, Betty waits for Don at an outdoor cafe, and when he sees that a couple Italian men are trying to pick her up, he pretends to horn in on their pickup. He sits down, begins chatting with her, and the Italian men, disgusted, leave.