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Dutch Treat

Line up for some Lynden 'koekjes,' and it'll be hard to believe you're in Washington State

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Lauren Kramer, JE Feature

Dutch boy, coming out! Everyone outta my way!" With these words, Gary Vis, a first-generation American and executive director of the Lynden Chamber of Commerce, steers his vehicle onto Front Street, the city's downtown historic core. Is this really Washington State? The four-block downtown is a place where Dutch ancestry is touted loudly in windmills, Dutch-style architecture, a public notice...

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In the Home Stretch: Louisville ...

Kentucky Derby not its only (100 percent) proof of a fast-track life

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Elyse Glickman, JE Feature

Think of Louisville, Ky., as small-town America thinking big, with far more going for it culturally than the Kentucky Derby. While the Derby itself only happens once a year -- the 2010 version took place just last month -- its impact as a cultural touchstone extends into the fabric of its history, its fine-arts scene and even a rich culinary...

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BBQ Isn't Everything in Kansas City

It's smokin' with music, architecture and a new arts center, too

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Aaron Dalton, JE Feature

If you like classical music, ballet or opera, you might want to start making plans right now to travel to Kansas City, Mo., in the autumn of 2011. That's when Kansas City is scheduled to inaugurate its dramatic and curvaceous new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Designed by acclaimed Israeli architect Moshe Safdie, the center should instantly catapult the...

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Big Times at Little River

A legendary inn captures the intimacy of Mendocino

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George Medovoy, JE Feature

"Where There's Smoke," there's just bound to be a good story. And as good stories go, one of the best is at the legendary Little River Inn www.littleriverinn.com on California's Mendocino Coast, about 150 miles north of San Francisco. The quaint village of Mendocino -- home to some 100,000 residents -- is just up the road from the inn, and...

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A Taste of Mendoza

Popular Argentine attraction offers intoxicating invitation

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Elyse Glickman, JE Feature

What makes Mendoza, Argentina (the state and city) so memorable is that its charm and sophistication sneak up on you. As you first drive into it, the environment looks a little industrial and sleepy. However, a short walk and a few right turns from the Sheraton Mendoza, and you're in the midst of a lively pedestrian mall anchored by Sarmiento...