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Gemology for Beginners

Posted by Shannon Switzer in The Curious Traveler on April 29, 2013
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An example of the signature deep purple color of the Four Peaks amethyst. (Photograph by Shannon Switzer)

As I headed south from Sedona to Phoenix, I was getting ready to immerse myself in the world of gems. Not gems as simple adornment — though that’s where I began — but as powerful conduits of healing energy.

10 Chocolate Chip Cookies to Travel For

Posted by Annie Fitzsimmons in Taste of Travel on January 18, 2013
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The chocolate-chip goodness at Cookie Love. (Photograph by Brent Harrwyn)

The chocolate chip cookie is about as American as it gets. Urban Insider Annie Fitzsimmons got the scoop from local luminaries around the U.S. on the must-eat cookies in their cities.

Adventures in Scottsdale Arizona

Posted by James Conaway on October 22, 2009
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Contributing writer Jim Conaway sends a dispatch from Scottsdale, Arizona where he spent this past weekend at the Travels Classics writers’ conference. Okay, so you don’t do spiked saddle oxfords and are dismayed at the sight of kelly-green links spouting water in the Sonoran desert. I won’t say get over it but I will urge…