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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...
Ten – no eleven – reasons to love Beaver Creek Mountain
My mission at Beaver Creek Mountain started and ended with one word today: Moguls. I can get down just about any blue or black (that’s intermediate or advanced, for you non-skiers) run at a Colorado ski resort, but when I hit moguls - those hippo-sized mounds of snow...