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Weekend getaways are a great way to put the stress of adult life behind you. You can plan them out or take off at the spur of the moment. We’re always looking for tips about places to go and things to do. Figuring you might like the same, we’re sharing some of our favorite places that are easy drives from major metro areas.
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Weekend Drives: The 2022 Rolls-Royce Black Badge Ghost In Miami

by Harvey Briggs February 1, 2022

For 36 hours I was a baller. I became a member of an entourage where I was to them as Nick Carraway was to Gatsby, a midwestern interloper who was…

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Weekend Drives: Flying High Along the French Riviera in a Mercedes Gullwing

by Vicki Arkoff September 7, 2021

There’s nothing like the thrill of driving a supercar or collectible classic on the breathtaking roads of the French Riviera. Concierge at Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel on…

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Weekend Drives: The Best Of Baltimore in a Big Caddy.

by Vicki Arkoff February 12, 2019

Crab, crab, and more crab. Those were the only three things I had on my to-do list when planning my first trip to Baltimore, Maryland, the motherland for luscious leggy…

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Weekend Drives: Cloudcroft, NM

by Harvey Briggs November 18, 2016

When you mention weekend getaways in New Mexico, most people think of Taos or Santa Fe. But if you drive about 3 hours south of Albuquerque or an hour and…

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Weekend Drives: Lake of the Ozarks

by Harvey Briggs October 28, 2016

About halfway between St. Louis and Kansas City, and just 60 miles north of Branson, lies a world that’s about a million miles away from that manufactured entertainment mecca. True,…

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Weekend Drives: Texas Hill Country

by Harvey Briggs October 14, 2016

When you think of Texas, you think of cowboys and ranches, wide open spaces and rugged terrain. And nowhere in the state epitomizes that culture more than Texas Hill Country.…

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Weekend Drives: Joshua Tree, California

by Alicia Lux September 30, 2016

If the recently-released remake of “The Magnificent Seven” says anything about our culture, it’s that we’re still enamored of the pull of the Wild West, the glamour of cowboys and…

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Weekend Drives: Finger Lakes, New York

by Carolyn Briggs September 23, 2016

Ages ago, glaciers carved the Finger Lakes into upstate New York — 11 witchy feelers, some surrounded by forests, others by gorges and waterfalls. Today those lakes are pretty close to…

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Weekend Drives: The Northern Neck, Virginia

by Nicole Kelleher September 16, 2016

When you ask a creative novelist to write a review of her favorite drive, you expect something special and different. That’s just what we got this week from Nicole Kelleher.…

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Weekend Drives: Newport, Rhode Island

by Harvey Briggs September 9, 2016

When you think of Newport, Rhode Island you probably think of America’s Gilded Age and old moneyed families like the Vanderbilts, Astors and Wideners who built palatial summer “cottages” with…

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