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At the Moose Hotel in Banff: A restored mail-order home inside a modern lodge
I’m staying at the Moose Hotel in Banff, which opened in 2016. But it’s not the rooftop hot tubs or sleek accommodations that make this place stand out to me. It’s the way the modern hotel wraps its arms around a historic old house that stands in its courtyard. The...
Poutine: Fries, cheese curds and gravy combine in national dish of Canada
Austin prides itself on breakfast tacos and barbecue; Canada swells up at the sight of a plateful of French fries sprinkled with cheese bits and doused with brown gravy. I checked poutine off the must-eat list today, on my first full day in Canada. I ordered the dish...
New paddle race series launches with sprint through San Antonio River Walk
For those days when log jams, onlooking cows, and the quiet of a natural Texas river just don’t inspire you to load up the canoe, the San Antonio River Authority presents the Battle of the Paddle, the first in a new paddle race series. The sprint race, two laps around...
In Breckenridge, sculptors transform blocks of snow into art
Huge frozen works of art are rising from blocks of snow in downtown Breckenridge, Colorado. I wandered to the Riverwalk Center after dinner last night to take in some of the sculptures-in-progress. About a dozen teams are competing in this year’s International Snow...
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