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<item><title><![CDATA[ In W.Va., Unexpected Riches ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082201647.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082201647.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bramwell remains a tiny Victorian testament to a time when coal was king and mine owners built grand, beautiful homes. ]]></description><dc:creator>Kathy Legg</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[W.Va.,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unexpected]]></category><category><![CDATA[Riches]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larry Robinette]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Palm Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newport (Rhode Island)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Curtis Bishop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mercer County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Molly Robinette]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bank of Bramwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Buckingham Palace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chanel No. 5]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellis Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pocahontas Fuel Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Harrisburg Turns On The Lights ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902404.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902404.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A city of 50,000 on Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania's capital has blossomed since the 1999 opening of a downtown cultural center.  ]]></description><dc:creator>James F. Lee</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Harrisburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turns]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrisburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Weinstock]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Dickens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sunoco Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whitaker Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Murison]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Fritz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Sawyer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Commerce Bank Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrisburg Senators]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hurricane Agnes]]></category><category><![CDATA[IMAX Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Civil War Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sex and the City]]></category><category><![CDATA[State Museum of Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susquehanna River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Three Mile Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whitaker Center for Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hilton Hotels Corporation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Tropical Thrill, Just Past Baltimore ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081300964.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081300964.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Windsurfer wannabes can get on board and go with a two-day, six-hour "guaranteed" program at Maryland's Gunpowder Falls State Park. ]]></description><dc:creator>Carol Denny</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tropical]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thrill,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Just]]></category><category><![CDATA[Past]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hal Ashman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marty McHugh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aberdeen Proving Grounds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gunpowder Falls]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gunpowder River]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Nosh by the Mile in Pikesville ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080801945.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080801945.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Delis run from good to great in Baltimore's northwest suburban community of Pikesville.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101616278" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101616278" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Bonnie S. Benwick</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Nosh]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mile]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pikesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eli W. Schlossberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pikesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Wang]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larry Franks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Lev]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mosi Treuhaft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dunkin' Brands Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judaica Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Place Your Bets: Atlantic City Ups Its Hotel Stakes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073101856.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073101856.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Something was amiss in Atlantic City. Stretched out on a chaise longue inside Harrah's Resort's new tower, I did not hear one blip of a slot machine, see one spin of a roulette wheel or overhear one $%*&@# from a losing gambler. It was as if someone had made the casino go poof! ]]></description><dc:creator>Andrea Sachs</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Place]]></category><category><![CDATA[Your]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bets:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic]]></category><category><![CDATA[City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ups]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hotel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stakes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrah's Entertainment Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Rappaport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Jonic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Lopresto]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orange County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randal Mrasik]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reno]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Arden Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ British Roots in The Forests of Pa. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503063.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080503063.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Visit Ligonier, Pa., where the Union Jack still flies and the past is ever present. ]]></description><dc:creator>Christine H. O'Toole</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[British]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roots]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forests]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pa.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fort Ligonier]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin West]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mary Jo Culbertson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allen Ramsey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joshua Reynolds]]></category><category><![CDATA[King George III]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laughlintown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maria Theresa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nantucket]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennerstown Speedway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Powdermill Nature Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[North America]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Foraging for Dinner on Amish Back Roads ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902051.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902051.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I don't plan my dinner menu before heading out to shop the Amish-owned farms in St. Mary's County in Maryland. There's no point. I can't call ahead to see if the Stoltzfus family has fresh chickens today or if their neighbors have dressed rabbits at the ready. These folks don't have iPhones, or even... ]]></description><dc:creator>Walter Nicholls</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Foraging]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dinner]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amish]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roads]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Mary's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Locust Grove]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPhone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toyota Motor Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Face to Face With Rappahannock's Rural Charms ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072501583.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072501583.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As my lips move close to the llama's, I give the curious animal his necessary meet-and-greet moment, an opportunity for him to smell me and size me up. I want to be friends, run my fingers through his deep brown fleece, grab the reins and lead him through an obstacle course, then, perhaps, down a...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101617006" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101617006" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Walter Nicholls</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rappahannock's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rural]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charms]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gwen Hays]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Hallberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clyde Humphrey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Eastwood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rappahannock County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sperryville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah National Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Appalachian Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Between the Beaches ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202618.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202618.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ If you're looking to escape the beach fatigue of nearby Rehoboth, head to the Delaware coast town of Lewes where the farmer's market is full of fresh food and characters. ]]></description><dc:creator>Zofia Smardz</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Between]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Chicago, a Lake Shore Dive ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071801542.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071801542.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maybe to keep a secret, Chicago doesn't crow too much about the miles of sandy beaches on its beloved Lake Michigan.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Christina Talcott</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lake]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lincoln Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lake Michigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick Law Olmsted]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[DuSable Museum of African American History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Field Museum of Natural History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hyde Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Hancock Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lincoln Park Zoo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shedd Aquarium]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Chicago]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hooked on Hoover's Shenandoah Retreat ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502470.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/15/AR2008071502470.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To capture the essence of Rapidan Camp, the summer home of President Herbert Hoover in what is now Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, stand on the back deck of his cabin and just listen. ]]></description><dc:creator>Tim Warren</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hooked]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hoover's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Retreat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lou Henry Hoover]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ramsay MacDonald]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah National Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Herbert Hoover]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles A. Lindbergh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry C. Byrd]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joel T. Boone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Mobile Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Camp David]]></category><category><![CDATA[Catoctin Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stanford University]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For This DJ, OC's Beach Food Is A-OK ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802414.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802414.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For 28 years, DJ Batman has spun the tunes at countless clubs and gigs along this nine-mile stretch of shore. He offers a cholesterol-laden insider's tour of the boardwalk.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101622562" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101622562" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[This]]></category><category><![CDATA[DJ,]]></category><category><![CDATA[OC's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[A-OK]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Beatty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ocean City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boog Powell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carol Sottili]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Mathias]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coppertone Sun Care Products]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ocean City Boardwalk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Two Inns, One Weekend -- at the Very Minimum ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102477.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102477.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ York, Pa., and Monkton, Md., are for those who want to enjoy two distinct getaways in one weekend. ]]></description><dc:creator>Elise Ford</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Two]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inns,]]></category><category><![CDATA[One]]></category><category><![CDATA[Weekend]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Very]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minimum]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Simpson]]></category><category><![CDATA[York (Pennsylvania)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harley-Davidson Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chevy Chase]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hollywood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judy Garland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Wallis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phillip Tagliaferri]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gunpowder Falls]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gunpowder River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delmarva Peninsula]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bath County, Va.: Singing Despite the Rain ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401249.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/24/AR2008062401249.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For more than 30 years, the Garth Newel Music Center has been home to a handful of musicians and a master chef who share their creations with local folks and those willing to make the trek. ]]></description><dc:creator>Linton Weeks</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bath]]></category><category><![CDATA[County,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Va.:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Singing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Despite]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warm Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Evelyn Grau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bath County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Garth Newel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Herter Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randy Wyche]]></category><category><![CDATA[Girl Scouts of the United States of America]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jefferson Pools]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beth Eley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christine Herter Kendall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Edelsack]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hot Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Huntsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jacob Yarrow]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kent Ford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Moravec]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Trent Jones]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sam Snead]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carnegie Institution of Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Garth Newel Music Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pulitzer Prize Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yale University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ For a Fast Break, Breakfast on Kent Island ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062001010.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062001010.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For a fast break from the Beltway grind, slug across the Bay Bridge and pull into Kent Island for breakfast and hometown happiness.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Christina Talcott</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Break,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breakfast]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe White]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kent Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kmart Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kent Island (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Norfolk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stevensville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plain Joe Coffee Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Portugal]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Paddle Fatigue on Va.'s Eastern Shore ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702422.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/17/AR2008061702422.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Mid-Atlantic version of a monsoon was not a good beginning. Then came an untimely dip in the frigid bay and winds that drove all those promised migrant birds into cover.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101623851" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101623851" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Carol Sottili</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Paddle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatigue]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Va.'s]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carol Evans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Burden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ocean City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mills Wehner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northampton County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastern Shore Tourism Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Weather Channel Enterprises Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ N.Y.C. With Kids: Think Outside the Frame ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002625.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/10/AR2008061002625.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Forgoing the usual family summer vacation of surf and sand to hit the mean streets of New York's art scene may sound insane, but the trick is to explore it lightly, as part of the city's life. ]]></description><dc:creator>Stephen Brookes</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[N.Y.C.]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kids:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Think]]></category><category><![CDATA[Outside]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jason Rhoades]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Museum of Modern Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whitney Museum of American Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Gallery of Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cai Guo-Qiang]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philip Worthington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walter de Maria]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Central Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]></category><category><![CDATA[YouTube Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Swing Through Golf History in New Jersey ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303186.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060303186.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Golf Association's museum is repository of over 42,000 objects, 500,000 photos and thousands of hours of historical movies, it's also the country's oldest sports museum, says the director. ]]></description><dc:creator>Linton Weeks</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Swing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Through]]></category><category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category><category><![CDATA[History]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arnold Palmer]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States Golf Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Chase]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bobby Jones]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jefferson Memorial]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Gallery of Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Althea Gibson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annika Sorenstam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Babe Zaharias]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Hogan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Francis Ouimet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene Sarazen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry Vardon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Horace Rawlins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jack Nicklaus]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Reid]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Russell]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Shippen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[William H. Taft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Professional Golfers' Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Md./Va. Special Issue ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060302540.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/03/AR2008060302540.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:37:37 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Two states, two Carroll counties. One is right outside Baltimore, the other is far from Washington. And both might make you think twice about returning home. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Md./Va.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Special]]></category><category><![CDATA[Issue]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Va. Beach, One Pier, No Pressure ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052702390.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052702390.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Just three or four hours from the Washington region, with a wealth of piers both big and small, Virginia Beach is a perfect spot to wet a line, breathe the salt air and bask in the sea breezes.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101624585" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101624585" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Tim Warren</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Va.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beach,]]></category><category><![CDATA[One]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pier,]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pressure]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Outer Banks of North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ocean City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Elkins, W.Va., Stage Is Set for a Revival ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001628.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001628.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When you watch Kenny Sexton onstage singing a song that's three-quarters staccato laughter, it's hard not to laugh with him. It's also hard to imagine a time when he earned his living as an accountant. ]]></description><dc:creator>Melanie D.G. Kaplan</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elkins,]]></category><category><![CDATA[W.Va.,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Set]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Revival]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenny Sexton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellen Spears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beverly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Branson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kathy Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randolph County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sonny Bono]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springdale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susie Heckel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grand Ole Opry House]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia Railroad Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ozark Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Anglers Earn Their Stripes in New York ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601583.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601583.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Some people come to New York for the shows. Others come for the arts or the food. Now a growing number is coming for the fishing. ]]></description><dc:creator>Richard Morin</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Anglers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Earn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stripes]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brendan McCarthy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bensonhurst]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sheepshead Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coney Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamaica Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hudson River]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sun, Sand & Surf 2008 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051402578.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051402578.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 16:29:16 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Are you thinking that you can't afford a vacation this summer? With gas and food prices skyrocketing, who can blame you? But all the strees means you may never need a vacation more. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sun,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sand]]></category><category><![CDATA[&]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surf]]></category><category><![CDATA[2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Princeton Review ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302752.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302752.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For those majoring in sightseeing, admission is a two-wheel breeze. And exploring the university campus and two-square-mile borough by bike is the way to roll. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101624969" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101624969" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Christine H. O'Toole</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Princeton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Review]]></category><category><![CDATA[Princeton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aaron Burr]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wayne Manor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrew Carnegie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Gehry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grover Cleveland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards]]></category><category><![CDATA[Magdalena Abakanowicz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mimi Omiecinski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nassau Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Whitman College]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ That's Italian in Virginia? Almost. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050900512.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050900512.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Keswick Hall is a country-house hotel set on 600 acres in Virginia's hunt country in a 1912 Tuscan-style mansion. ]]></description><dc:creator>K.C. Summers</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[That's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Almost.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Keswick Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Matthews]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Crawford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura Ashley Holdings plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tuscany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Mommy, Where Did Mother's Day Come From? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050603149.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050603149.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In Grafton, W.Va., former Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, site of the first Mother's Day service, will host a commemoration of the original that took place there 100 years ago. ]]></description><dc:creator>Zofia Smardz</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Mommy,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Where]]></category><category><![CDATA[Did]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mother's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Come]]></category><category><![CDATA[From?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindi Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anna Jarvis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chad Proudfoot]]></category><category><![CDATA[George McClellan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anna Jarvis Birthplace Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hallmark Cards Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Home Depot Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tygart River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union Army]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Pennsylvania, the Morel the Merrier ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201464.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201464.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pennsylvania's Chester County is a mecca for mushrooms and is the engine of the state which produces about 60 percent of the nation's total  yield. ]]></description><dc:creator>Bonnie S. Benwick</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania,]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morel]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Merrier]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aimee Olexy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chester County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kennett Square]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anthony Vietri]]></category><category><![CDATA[BFF Patti]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bryan Sikora]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Angelucci]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lori Zytkowicz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Samuels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Avondale Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brandywine Valley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Day in New York ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201451.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050201451.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Five writers go in five directions in New York City to relay all that the Big Apple has to offer.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101626835" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101626835" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leonard Bernstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yonkers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Bronx]]></category><category><![CDATA[Central Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Empire State Building]]></category><category><![CDATA[Family Guy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ This Place Gives Me the Jitters ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902701.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/29/AR2008042902701.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In the picturesque but long-past-quaint university town of Charlottesville, there are many places to get a decent caffeinated pick-me-up. ]]></description><dc:creator>Roger Piantadosi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[This]]></category><category><![CDATA[Place]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gives]]></category><category><![CDATA[Me]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jitters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah Joe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toan Nguyen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Betsy Patrick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Pabst]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heather Hummel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kristi Fafara]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Koch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category><category><![CDATA[France]]></category><category><![CDATA[Starbucks Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville/Albemarle County Convention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ At This Maryland Park, Prepare for Takeoff ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR2008042202923.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/22/AR2008042202923.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ By sleeping in the backwoods near BWI, you can get some extra shut-eye, dodge a cruel commute and, best of all, treat yourself to a small adventure before your big one. ]]></description><dc:creator>Andrea Sachs</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[This]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Park,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prepare]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Takeoff]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Hartman]]></category><category><![CDATA[AL East Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[American League (Baseball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Major League Baseball]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore-Washington International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore Orioles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Catonsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellicott City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hilton Area]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Viaduct]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dunkin' Brands Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patapsco River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Birding in Blackwater, From a Bike's-Eye View ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041800943.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041800943.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ No need to squint. At the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, the naked eye does just fine. ]]></description><dc:creator>Christina Talcott</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Birding]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blackwater,]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bike's-Eye]]></category><category><![CDATA[View]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dorchester]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dorchester County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harriet Tubman]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indians Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Always on a Sunday ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041503325.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041503325.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ How does one pack the most into a Pennsylvania Dutch weekend if many things are closed half the time? Not to worry.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101628866" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101628866" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Sue Kovach Shuman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Always]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sunday]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lancaster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adamstown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lancaster County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Renninger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bobbie Nikodemski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Demuth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dali]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edward Hand]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louis Comfort Tiffany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Cezanne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rembrandt van Rijn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conestoga River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Demuth Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin & Marshall College]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Toy Train Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Museum of Natural History and Science]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Dutch Convention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phillips Museum of Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Spud Mountain or Bust: A Jersey Diner Diary ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041101502.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041101502.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Find out what distinguishes a delicious diner experience from that greasy spoon down the street. ]]></description><dc:creator>John Deiner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Spud]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mountain]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bust:]]></category><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Genovese]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bordentown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cinnaminson Township]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Leigh Mallory]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware Memorial Bridge]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Newark Star-Ledger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Brunswick]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Pa., a Museum That Hits Just the Right Notes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802904.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802904.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Like its hometown of Nazareth, Pa., the C.F. Martin guitar factory and museum are unpretentious and welcoming. You have to like a place where they pipe top-level bluegrass into the restrooms.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Tim Warren</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pa.,]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hits]]></category><category><![CDATA[Just]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[Notes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christian F. Martin Sr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nazareth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Clapton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elvis Presley]]></category><category><![CDATA[C.F. Martin & Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Guitar Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Griffith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethlehem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Dylan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clarence White]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hank Williams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrison]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jimmie Rodgers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joan Baez]]></category><category><![CDATA[Johnny Cash]]></category><category><![CDATA[Josh White]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judy Collins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Norman Blake]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paul Simon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Nelson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Stills]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Paxton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tony Rice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Guitar Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Rootin', Tootin' Visit to . . . Delaware? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102414.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102414.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In contrast to western ranches that boast thousands of acres, Central Delaware's Wicked R comprises just 60 acres of fields and woods with a barn, a metal storage shed and an outdoor riding arena. ]]></description><dc:creator>Theresa Gawlas Medoff</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rootin',]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tootin']]></category><category><![CDATA[Visit]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dover]]></category><category><![CDATA[BlackBerry Mobile Devices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Discovery Communications Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Ridgely]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shepherdstown, W.Va.: Where Do I Sign? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032801328.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032801328.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The small-town life of Shepherdstown, W.Va. draws visitors looking for an idyllic exurb escape.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101630030" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101630030" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Scott Vogel</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shepherdstown,]]></category><category><![CDATA[W.Va.:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Where]]></category><category><![CDATA[Do]]></category><category><![CDATA[I]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sign?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shepherdstown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ingmar Bergman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judy Shepherd]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeanne Muir]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay Hurley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sears Holding Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ali Baba]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elliot Kirschbaum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harriet Lane]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Buchanan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Ford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Neil LaBute]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pauline Kael]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Dresser]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Shepherd]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wanda Urbanska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Arts Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shepherd University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shepherdstown Film Society]]></category><category><![CDATA[Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Portsmouth, Va.: An Olde but a Goody ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032502443.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032502443.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Portsmouth, Va.'s, Olde Towne Historic District wins over a skeptical visitor. ]]></description><dc:creator>Diane Daniel</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Portsmouth,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Va.:]]></category><category><![CDATA[An]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olde]]></category><category><![CDATA[but]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Goody]]></category><category><![CDATA[Norfolk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Portsmouth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newtown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dave Nye]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charleston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eric Price]]></category><category><![CDATA[Intracoastal Waterway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Raleigh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sydney Meers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Verle Weiss]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Crawford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Naval Shipyard Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Saratoga Springs, N.Y.: Win, Place or Soak ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101522.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032101522.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Since the 19th century, travelers have descended on Saratoga Springs, N.., to take advantage of the town's  mineral-rich waters. ]]></description><dc:creator>John Deiner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Saratoga]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springs,]]></category><category><![CDATA[N.Y.:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Win,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Place]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[Soak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saratoga]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPod]]></category><category><![CDATA[Albany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ballston Spa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roosevelt Baths]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saratoga Gaming & Raceway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saratoga Race Course]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saratoga Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Versailles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]]></category><category><![CDATA[Saratoga Spa State]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Three Wrights Don't Make a Wrong ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031802880.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031802880.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ About four hours northwest of Washington, three Frank Lloyd Wright homes are open to visitors: the spartan Fallingwater; the hilltop Kentuck Knob; and the transplanted curiosity Duncan House.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Christine H. O'Toole</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Three]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wrights]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Make]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wrong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fallingwater]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Celeste Emerick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andy Goldsworthy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bernardine Hagan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chalk Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Palumbo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nintendo Wii]]></category><category><![CDATA[Claes Oldenburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judy Bevans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Berndtson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pottsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ray Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Papinchak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Youghiogheny River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Guess What's Hanging Around Under Virginia? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031401792.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031401792.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Deep in the belly of the cave, my headlamp barely lighting the rock walls, I crawled on my hands and knees toward the stranger I'd gone underground with, the only one there with a map and a clue.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101630376" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101630376" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Christina Talcott</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Guess]]></category><category><![CDATA[What's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hanging]]></category><category><![CDATA[Around]]></category><category><![CDATA[Under]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lester Zook]]></category><category><![CDATA[Volkswagen Jetta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jefferson Pools]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allegheny Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrisonburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hot Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Luray Caverns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warm Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bath County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eastern Mennonite University]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Spring Ahead: Daffodils and the Va. Tidewater ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102958.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031102958.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gloucester marks the blizzard of blooms March 29-30 with its annual Daffodil Festival; last year's was limited to a single Saturday and drew about 15,000 visitors. ]]></description><dc:creator>Adrienne Cook</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ahead:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daffodils]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Va.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tidewater]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gloucester]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Heath]]></category><category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brent Heath]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eleanor Linthicum Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[New England States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gloucester County]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Just Zip It ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402514.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/04/AR2008030402514.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A writer wanted to see Amish country, plain and simple. Off to Maryland's St. Mary's County. ]]></description><dc:creator>Christina Talcott</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Just]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zip]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zipcar Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Mary's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leonardtown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lancaster County]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inter IKEA Systems BV]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlotte Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lancaster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loveville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Point Lookout]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Mary's City]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Clement's Island Museum]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ An Inn Fit for a Roosevelt in Shenandoah ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022901402.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022901402.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A recent renovation has transformed the historic Mimslyn Inn in Luray, Va., into a stunning getaway experience.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Cindy Loose</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[An]]></category><category><![CDATA[Inn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fit]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blue Ridge Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Mims]]></category><category><![CDATA[Himalayas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Luray Caverns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah National Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shenandoah River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shepherdstown]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Nyuk, Nyuk Stops Here ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022602728.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR2008022602728.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Located in suburban Philadelphia, the Stoogeum is a startlingly professional museum, with classy design, an endless array of Three Stooges documents and the world's most complete collection of the trio's movies and TV shows.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101631171" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101631171" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Marc Fisher</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nyuk,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nyuk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stops]]></category><category><![CDATA[Here]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Lassin]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Three Stooges]]></category><category><![CDATA[eBay Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Larry Fine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wawa Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Hirschfeld]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Bond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moe Howard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shemp Howard]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Marx Brothers]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ W.Va. Yoga: Turns Out It Wasn't Such a Stretch ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021902465.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021902465.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When friends pitch a women's adventure weekend combining cross-country skiing, hiking and yoga in the W. Virginia mountains, one writer opens her mind. ]]></description><dc:creator>K.C. Summers</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[W.Va.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yoga:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Turns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wasn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Such]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stretch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mountain Ranch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jell-O Desserts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Appalachian Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olan Hedrick]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paula Baake]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Staying Power: Follow the Leaders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021501255.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021501255.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We dig under the covers for six hotels popular with commanders in chief. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Staying]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Follow]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leaders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theodore Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[William H. Taft]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Miller]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[William McKinley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calvin Coolidge]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Menger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Woodrow Wilson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Capone]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amelia Earhart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrew Carnegie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie]]></category><category><![CDATA[Babe Ruth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ben Chapman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Harrison]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benny Goodman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bette Davis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brad Pitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Douglas Macarthur]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elvis Presley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Empire State Building]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Sinatra]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin]]></category><category><![CDATA[George H.W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grover Cleveland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry Houdini]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry S. Truman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Helen Keller]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Cordes Brown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Ford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jesse Owens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lewis Ginter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mae West]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert E. Lee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ulysses S. Grant]]></category><category><![CDATA[Warren G. Harding]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zelda Fitzgerald]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Beatles]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Army]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Track Star: Wisp's All-Season Coaster ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202568.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/12/AR2008021202568.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Thrill seekers probably will find Wisp Resort's year-round mountain coaster tame. But it's not often you find an outdoor roller coaster open during wintry months, and in such a lovely setting. ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Leibowitz Poma</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Track]]></category><category><![CDATA[Star:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wisp's]]></category><category><![CDATA[All-Season]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coaster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Garrett County]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Annapolis B&Bs: Full of Character(s) ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020801357.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020801357.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Luxuries are just some of the delights you can find among the dozens of B&Bs available in Annapolis.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101631935" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101631935" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Cindy Loose</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Annapolis]]></category><category><![CDATA[B&Bs:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Full]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Character(s)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ruth Cort]]></category><category><![CDATA[Galway Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ted Levitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Naval Academy]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adolf Hitler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Buckingham Palace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calvert House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colonial Williamsburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Disneyland Resort]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dublin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fintan Galway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Francis Scott Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Twain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin O'Malley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Niall Gilsenan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland General Assembly]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Continental Army]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Spring Under Glass: Longwood's Kids Garden ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502993.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020502993.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The glass-encased garden at Longwood may be misted over with the breath of laughing children, but there is no mistaking the popularity of decade-in-the-making project. ]]></description><dc:creator>Scott Vogel</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Under]]></category><category><![CDATA[Glass:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Longwood's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category><category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Public Broadcasting Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chester]]></category><category><![CDATA[Living Wall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Longwood Gardens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilmington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chester County]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 20 Great Escapes: You Don't Have to Go Far to Have a Good Time ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020101350.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020101350.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Here are 20 of our favorites, geared toward the kid/sportsman/couch potato in all of us. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[20]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great]]></category><category><![CDATA[Escapes:]]></category><category><![CDATA[You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Go]]></category><category><![CDATA[Far]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Have]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Naval Academy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bedford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Altoona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berkeley Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Easton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaithersburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jersey City]]></category><category><![CDATA[John O'Hara]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leesburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Long Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgantown]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Aquarium in Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newark]]></category><category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pottsville (Pennsylvania)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scranton (Pennsylvania)]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Museum of Natural History]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberty Science Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Schuylkill County Visitors Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sweet Briar College]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Delaware]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia University]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Way to Go Guide 2008 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102157.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102157.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:18:24 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Our annual travel guide counsels you on how to travel wisely from the Washington area to just about anywhere. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Way]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Go]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guide]]></category><category><![CDATA[2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ February Madness ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012902973.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/29/AR2008012902973.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ These aren't names you'll find in a regular history book, but in the Philadelphia basketball world they represent a special place.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101632429" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101632429" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Tim Warren</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[February]]></category><category><![CDATA[Madness]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic 10 Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Temple Owls]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dionte Christmas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liacouras Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Penn-La Salle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moore]]></category><category><![CDATA[The St. Joe Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cincinnati]]></category><category><![CDATA[Earl Monroe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerry West]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Thompson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oscar Robertson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Barry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilt Chamberlain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Providence College]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Villanova University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Super Thursday ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012202905.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/22/AR2008012202905.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Tangier Island, Va., is perfectly suited for anyone seeking temporary relief from Anderson Cooper's talking head. ]]></description><dc:creator>Andrea Sachs</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Super]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thursday]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tangier]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Crockett]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anderson Cooper]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Goodrich]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeannie Pruitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ken Castelli]]></category><category><![CDATA[Megan Moore]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Clams on the Half Price, er, Shell ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011502947.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011502947.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Not everyone starts the new year by joining a gym and eating celery. Those who prefer bellying up to the food bar and putting on an extra layer of protective blubber during these cold, dark days should look to the east. ]]></description><dc:creator>Carol Sottili</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Clams]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Half]]></category><category><![CDATA[Price,]]></category><category><![CDATA[er,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ocean City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miller Lite]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Hotel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ruth's Chris Steak House Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berlin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bryan Russo]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Want to Stay Cheap While You Eat Cheap?  ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011502946.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011502946.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Want to stay cheap while you eat cheap? Off-season hotel deals for Sunday-Thursday stays are available at every price point. Here are some choices (winter rack rates are listed, but cheaper promotions may be available). ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Want]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cheap]]></category><category><![CDATA[While]]></category><category><![CDATA[You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cheap?]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ She's Hooked on . . . Taxidermy? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010803863.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010803863.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gary Bruch is a taxidermist specializing in recreating trophy fish from fiberglass, giving the squeamish a chance to display their catch.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101634476" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101634476" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Melanie D.G. Kaplan</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[She's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hooked]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taxidermy?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Bruch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sharpie Permanent Markers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doyle Hotel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Appalachian National Scenic Trail]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrisburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Woleslagle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marilyn Manson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vickey Kelly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Perry County]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Africa]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Baltimore's Aquarium: What a Dive! ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/01/AR2008010101564.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/01/AR2008010101564.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's the subaqueous equivalent of hopping over the fence at the zoo to join the critters. And it happens once a month, when the National Aquarium allows a group of divers into two of its most popular exhibits.  ]]></description><dc:creator>Curt Suplee</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Baltimore's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aquarium:]]></category><category><![CDATA[What]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dive!]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Really? You Don't Look a Day Over 299 . . . ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/25/AR2007122501145.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/25/AR2007122501145.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Where's the party in 2008? Everywhere. Plans are underway across the region to honor city charters, jazz musicians, bridge jumping and even your mama throughout the year. Let's start in New York. To mark a century's worth of ball drops in Times Square, the city is unveiling a blinged-out, multi-c... ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Leibowitz Poma</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Really?]]></category><category><![CDATA[You]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Look]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[299]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Feel-Good Christmas Story ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101013.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/21/AR2007122101013.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For visitors to St. Michaels, Md., the new Linden Spa at the posh Inn at Perry Cabin offers luxurious pampering. ]]></description><dc:creator>Stephen Brookes</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Feel-Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Story]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Last 'Noel' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR2007121801730.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR2007121801730.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When all-Christmas-all-the-time became too much, one listener traded in carols for Cal Ripken's museum in Maryland.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101635021" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101635021" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>John Deiner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Last]]></category><category><![CDATA['Noel']]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Music to Our Ears ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121400828.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121400828.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Travel staff uses classic Christmas carols to find four mid-Atlantic holiday getaways. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Our]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ears]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A B&B and a Tree ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121102249.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121102249.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I have a confession. You know that trip to West Virginia I took the first week in December, the one whose purpose was to cut down my own Christmas tree? Well, that's not exactly what ended up happening. ]]></description><dc:creator>Joe Yonan</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[B&B]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tree]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berkeley Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kerry Noon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jody Gill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honda Element]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Isuzu Oasis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgan Tavern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's Kitschmas Time in the City ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120401949.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/04/AR2007120401949.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A full night spent witnessing Santa being pulled on his sleigh by 36 tethered women with glowing reindeer antlers teaches one man how to deal with the crowds, lighten up and have a good time. ]]></description><dc:creator>Tommy Nguyen</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kitschmas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Radio City Rockettes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Swarovski Crystal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berlin (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cole Porter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kim Jong-il]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martha Graham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Melanie Nooney]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Radio City Music Hall]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's a Short Hop to the Top of the Hill ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113000774.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113000774.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We took a look at a dozen local mountains and (no surprise here) found that, generally, the farther you drive, the more natural snow you'll find. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101635457" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101635457" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Carol Sottili</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Short]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hop]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Top]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Climate Prediction Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carroll Valley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harrisonburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lewisberry]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Weather Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ski Guide 2008 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001266.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001266.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:50:34 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Find the area slopes that are ready to provide some wintertime pleasure. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guide]]></category><category><![CDATA[2008]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Outlet Bound: Look, Ma, No Tax! ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702265.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702265.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A bracing autumnal jaunt to a 1.8-mile stretch of Rehoboth Beach highway, which boasts some 140 tax-free outlet stores, shows the lure of the real deal is powerful indeed. ]]></description><dc:creator>Annie Groer</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Outlet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bound:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Look,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ma,]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tax!]]></category><category><![CDATA[QVC Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mandy Souders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rehoboth Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ted Petty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lee Jeans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aeropostale Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nike Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rack Room Shoes Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Walt Disney Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barbara Artis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bayside]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cathey Campbell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dewey Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diana Good]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fredericksburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joan Rivers]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Genoa]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Pazourek]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tory Burch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Foam for the Holidays ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112001923.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112001923.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pottsville, Pa., has a rough charm for those with a sense of whimsy and an appreciation of history ]]></description><dc:creator>Tim Warren</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Foam]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.G. Yuengling]]></category><category><![CDATA[John O'Hara]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pottsville (Pennsylvania)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Samarra]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yuengling Lager]]></category><category><![CDATA[Six Flags Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dick Yuengling]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeast (Washington, DC)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Breezewood: It's a Wonderful Interchange. Really. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111301983.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/13/AR2007111301983.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Driving over the holidays? If you plan to break bread with Grandma in Columbus, Ohio, or fight over the turkey leg with Cousin Billy in Buffalo, you most likely will blow through Breezewood, Pa. The so-called "Town of Motels" is the highly trafficked junction of interstates 76 and 70 that leads t...<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101637589" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101637589" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Breezewood:]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wonderful]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interchange.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Really.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Breezewood]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ramada Franchise Systems Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Howard Johnson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Owner Fred Crawford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bedford County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrea Sachs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brush Creek]]></category><category><![CDATA[Caribbean]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus (Ohio)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joan Mellott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marion Snyder]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morse Five]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bedford County Visitors Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northeast (Washington, DC)]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Home of The Brave ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602131.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110602131.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A visit to Bedford, Va., offers the opportunity to get some air, some space and some beauty -- and maybe learn something meaningful about the history of this country. ]]></description><dc:creator>Roger Piantadosi</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Home]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brave]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bedford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Microsoft Xbox]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[TiVo Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blue Ridge Parkway]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerry Falwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynchburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roanoke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberty University]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Park Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Morgantown, W.Va.: Here's the Party ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103002046.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103002046.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ West Virginia University nabs the top party school spot in Princeton Review this year, as they did in '97. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ellen McCarthy</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Morgantown,]]></category><category><![CDATA[W.Va.:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Here's]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgantown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russell Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bent Willey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daniel Paepke]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clarion Hotel Morgan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Morgantownbars.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Princeton Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elvis Presley]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Denver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lara Win]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lazy Lizard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mary Katherine Gallagher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biggest Party School]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia Mountaineers]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sweet Briar College: Beauty and Brains ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102302091.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/23/AR2007102302091.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Virginia's Sweet Briar College boasts the most beautiful campus in the U.S, with sweeping vistas studded with lakes, ponds and nature sanctuaries, crisscrossed by miles of hiking and riding trails. ]]></description><dc:creator>Zofia Smardz</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sweet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Briar]]></category><category><![CDATA[College:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer McManamay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Princeton Review Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amherst]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blue Ridge Mountains]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holly Mills]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kristin Baines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynchburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meredith Newman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ralph Adams Cram]]></category><category><![CDATA[Upstate New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Old Dominion University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sweet Briar College]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Beacons Beckon ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/16/AR2007101601931.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/16/AR2007101601931.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Maryland is home to about two dozen lighthouses, all clinging to the edges of the Chesapeake and its tributaries. Take part in the Maryland Lighthouse Challenge and you can't avoid them. <br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101638103" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101638103" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>John Deiner</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Beacons]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beckon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Havre de Grace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karen Rosage]]></category><category><![CDATA[Point Lookout]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chesapeake City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elkton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fort Washington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Solomon Islands]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Mary's County]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Lighthouse Society]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honda Motor Co. Ltd.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Your 7 Regional Wonders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101200748.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101200748.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Leave it to our readers to think big with the winners of our seven man-made wonders within a four-hour drive of Washington. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Your]]></category><category><![CDATA[7]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wonders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Empire State Building]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fallingwater]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Lloyd Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great Wall of China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Machu Picchu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roman Colosseum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taj Mahal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Largo (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Praise of Par-3s: Shorter Rounds for Shorter Days ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100901925.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/09/AR2007100901925.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ With most par-3 golf courses, you're in and out in less than an hour. Play your score cards right, and you can golf your way across Maryland in one weekend. ]]></description><dc:creator>Linton Weeks</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Praise]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Par-3s:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shorter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rounds]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shorter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Days]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hagerstown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annapolis (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fred Fulk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Severna Park Golf Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nike Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Andrew Arulanandam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Severna Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maryland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oakland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richardson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Rifle Association]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ At Six Regional Ports, Get Out to Sea Without Taking to the Air ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100500905.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100500905.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ By car to ship: Get out to sea without taking to the air, thanks to these local ports. ]]></description><dc:creator>Post</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[Six]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ports,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Get]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sea]]></category><category><![CDATA[Without]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taking]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Air]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bonaire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nova Scotia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bayonne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Masefield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhattan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Norfolk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philadelphia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bermuda]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category><category><![CDATA[Singapore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hello, Columbus ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/02/AR2007100201899.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/02/AR2007100201899.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Ohio capital is a full-blown metropolis, with enough attractions to cram a week's itinerary and overwhelm a day's calendar.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101640598" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101640598" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Andrea Sachs</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hello,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus Zoo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ryanair Holdings plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amanda Waluzak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bruce Lee (Actor)]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Letterman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georges Seurat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jack Hanna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jane Fonda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marcy Mays]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olentangy River]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big Ten Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus Museum of Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Buzzcocks]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Ohio State University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wexner Center for the Arts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbus Blue Jackets]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Hockey League]]></category><category><![CDATA[NHL Central Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[NHL Western Conference]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio State Buckeyes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Scranton, Making All the Dwight Moves ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092501819.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092501819.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Not every detail on "The Office" -- the NBC comedy about a group of Scranton paper company employees -- is accurate when it comes to this former coal-mining mecca. ]]></description><dc:creator>Jen Chaney</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Scranton,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Making]]></category><category><![CDATA[All]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dwight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Moves]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scranton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dunder Mifflin Paper Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Doherty]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greg Daniels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michele Dempsey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scranton (Pennsylvania)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benihana Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Broadcasting Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[NBC Universal Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allentown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dwight Schrute]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Halpert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Scott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newark Liberty International Airport]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lackawanna Convention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sex and the City]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In Farmville, Va., Landmarks of a Landmark Case ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801705.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801705.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was sitting in Cafe Zelia in downtown Farmville, Va., and for the first and only time that day, I wasn't alone. ]]></description><dc:creator>David J. Hoff</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Farmville,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Va.,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Landmarks]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Landmark]]></category><category><![CDATA[Case]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Seven Wonders ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401559.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401559.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:21:44 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ What's on your list for the top seven man-made wonders in the Mid-Atlantic region? Vote now. ]]></description><dc:creator>washingtonpost.com</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seven]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wonders]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Antietam: After 145 Years, It Still Has New Stories to Tell ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/11/AR2007091102188.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/11/AR2007091102188.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Some irresistible force always draws me to this haunting place.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101641203" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101641203" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Gene Thorp</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Antietam:]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[145]]></category><category><![CDATA[Years,]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Still]]></category><category><![CDATA[Has]]></category><category><![CDATA[New]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tell]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's After Labor Day. Time for the Beach. ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090401872.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR2007090401872.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Labor Day weekend exodus at the beach is a lot like a bar manager turning on the lights at closing time. Yet September is ideal for a beach vacation. ]]></description><dc:creator>Elissa Leibowitz Poma</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Labor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beach.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Springs Awakening ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801574.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801574.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania opens its doors after a seven year, $120 million restoration. ]]></description><dc:creator>Cindy Loose</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Springs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Awakening]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Philly Park: They Got the Slots Right Here . . . ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101847.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101847.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As the slot wildfire continues to spread, casino owners in Atlantic City are tugging at their ties with perceptibly more anxiety. ]]></description><dc:creator>John Briley</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Philly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Park:]]></category><category><![CDATA[They]]></category><category><![CDATA[Got]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Slots]]></category><category><![CDATA[Right]]></category><category><![CDATA[Here]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[.]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Winner By a Nose ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401544.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401544.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Much like their relationship with co-workers in adjacent cubicles, most adults these days could hardly be bothered to say "bless you" when a two-foot-long fiberglass nose suddenly sneezes, and they usually feel no overriding impulse to stick their fingers up its nostrils.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101643198" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/artsandliving/travel/escapes;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=3527101643198" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator>Tommy Nguyen</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Winner]]></category><category><![CDATA[By]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nose]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Big Wet Kiss: Pouring It On at Hersheypark ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701541.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/07/AR2007080701541.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The new $21 million ocean-themed Boardwalk section of Hersheypark is wholly designed for drenching. ]]></description><dc:creator>Sarah Kaufman</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Big]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kiss:]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pouring]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[On]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hersheypark]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Vacation by Pamphlet ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101579.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073101579.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ These are the things we like, my father and I: emporiums, Americana, coupons and absurdities. ]]></description><dc:creator>Ellen McCarthy</dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Vacation]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pamphlet]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Curl Power: Surfin' the Garden State ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072401559.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/travel/escapes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washing