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December 2011

Where to Go This Weekend: Fennville, Michigan

12/27/11

Where to Go This Weekend: Fennville, Michigan

And that’s a wrap people. Well, almost. Saturday marks the endgame scene for 2011. If you’re up for a night imbibing in the Viagra Triangle environs, heck, go for it. Our strategy? Get out of Dodge. Where to go? The Kingsley House Bed and Breakfast Inn in Fennville, Michigan, where the closest you’ll get to a mosh pit of beverage-fortified partiers marauding through a balloon drop is watching shooting stars from the inn’s wraparound front porch...

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Where to Go This Weekend: The Irish Inn in Ozark, Illinois

12/20/11

Where to Go This Weekend: The Irish Inn in Ozark, Illinois

Sometimes Christmas is best spent in tranquil isolation. If you want to spend Christmas Day and the sixth day of Hanukkah amid utter peacefulness and the sort of pampering you can’t get when you’re basting turkeys all day, consider Irish Inn in southern Illinois, run by Belfast-born Brian Marshall and his wife, Lynn Moore McCreery...

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Where to Go This Weekend: Crawford County, Wisconsin

12/12/11

Where to Go This Weekend: Crawford County, Wisconsin

The Kickapoo Exchange holds its annual Not Made in China Holiday Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 and Sunday, December 18. You’ll find locally sourced treasures, such as hand thrown pottery mugs, botanical art pieces, traditional baked goods, and hand-made toys, in this celebration of both Native American culture and made-in-the-USA gift giving...

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Where to Go This Weekend: Santa Claus, Indiana

12/05/11

Where to Go This Weekend: Santa Claus, Indiana

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And he lives in Indiana. Every year about this time, the post office there goes into overdrive postmarking a bazillion-million (ballparking here) holiday missives from folks wanting their Christmas Cards to bear the Santa Claus postmark...

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The world is your backyard when you live in one of the best-connected travel hubs. Escape Artist shows you where to go next—from low-key Michigan beach towns to exotic overseas destinations—and brings you the latest travel tips, news, and trends. Suggestions? Contact Nina Kokotas Hahn at ninakkhahn@gmail.com. Follow her at twitter.com/ninakhahn.

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