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Derby Daze |
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Seven Summits, One LungThe greatest risks on Aconcagua are severely windy weather and altitude sickness, both conditions experienced climbers prepare for. The wind can be a particular problem on summit days, because it generally increases the higher you go, sometimes reaching velocities of more than 100 miles per hour. |
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Healing Japan with flowers(From the 2011 Winter issue of SONOMA) |
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A RIDE TO THE RIVERA romantic route through the rolling hills of Carneros |
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Romance GuideThe Sonoma Valley is awash with spas, the Big Four are four among many, and if you wanted to try a different treatment at a different facility every day, it would take you more than a month. Herewith a brief but blissful guide to self-indulgence. |
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Romance on the cheapReal love is not about money or glamour or glitz. Real love is about kinship and emotional connection. To follow, a dozen cheap dates. |
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Sweet PainSixteen years. Two cities, one mortgage, two kids. It’s a long, winding road, marriage is, and easily the longest interval I’ve done any singular thing, childhood excepted, though just barely. |
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Wine Country Romance |
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NakedI have lost all awareness of time and place, my mind has wandered down hallways into places I haven’t visited in years, into rooms I didn’t know existed. Fingers like the warm tongues of rabbits are tenderly kneading the skin around my eyes and ears. My breathing is so slow I wonder if I haven’t just quietly slipped out of my body. |
