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Consider this my penance. About a year ago, I subjected readers of this column to 600 words of woe, detailing my frustrating--and ultimately fruitless--online search for a holiday getaway. This year I've cleaned up my act by cutting out the whining and focusing on real solutions. First I homed in on a single goal: figuring out how to get great deals on flights. Then I recruited a crack panel of experts--everyone from Travelocity CEO Terrell Jones to CheapTickets vice president Ron McElfresh--to help me ferret out the best insider tricks. Finally I torture-tested their...
These days, Albanese does what millions of other Americans do when they want to book a getaway: she logs on to the Internet. Sitting in her family room, she can rent a beach house at the Jersey Shore, check out hotels in Disney World or book flights for a family reunion...
Blackstreet led the original Rugrats movie soundtrack with the childish sound effects and almost mechanical sound of their hit song "Take Me There." In this sequel soundtrack, the lead star is T-Boz Watkins (the "T" of TLC fame) and the hit song is "My Getaway." The track's trite percussion rhythms mean it won't be nominated for a Grammy anytime soon, but it does harness the cutesy spirit of the Rugrats. And while the pre-pubescent voice of Aaron Carter would be insufferable elsewhere, it fits perfectly on this soundtrack. The catchy rhythm of "Life is a Party...
...that a brisk November morning finds me checking in to the Doubletree Club hotel in Norwalk, Connecticut. Norwalk is not what the average swinging guy would consider a sexy weekend getaway, especially if one is alone, far from the comforts of home and all of one's stuff. Being surrounded by my stuff is very important to me, especially on Saturday morning, when a good amount of it is strewn about the house awaiting the weekly muster, and missing this opportunity to prepare my things for redeployment presents an unwelcome wrinkle in my routine. But here I am, preparing...
...film provides a memorable lesson in creating tension with an incredible bank robbery sequence in which the camera stays inside the getaway car for the duration of the action. We ride with our young lovers (dressed in matching cowboy and cowgirl outfits!) as they enter a small town, and stop in front of the targeted bank. We wait impatiently with Cummins as Dall takes just a bit too long to complete his task - causing her to exit the car (while we remain seated inside) and slug a nosey cop. Once Dall is back inside, we flee from the police...