Weekend Getaways

Local merchants selling hand-made crafts, food, and microbrews, and large-scale operations have managed to maintain their Vermont sensibility. -- Rob Liguori

May 6th marks the 3rd annual National Public Gardens Day. Created to bring awareness to the importance of public gardens in promoting environmental stewardship and plant and water conservation, the day will see some 500 events across the country to celebrate America's public gardens.

Just a few miles from Silicon Valley, beaches here sprawl-from wide-open sandy strips, to hidden rocky coves-and each is wildly different from the next.

Truth be told, I do not like golf. Yet, to my surprise, across the country golf fans stand along roped fairways hoping to catch Tiger or Vijay sink one. This was [unfortunately for me] the case in a small golfing town I once lived in.

Restaurants in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles have all won awards, been lauded by critics time and again, and often serve as landmarks in many travelers' memories. But what about those towns people pass by on their road trips to San Francisco or flights over the country?