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5 Affordable Valentine's Travel Destinations

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If you are brave enough to go outside, walk the Magnificent Mile, take photos in front of the Bean, see some outdoor art, and enjoy Lurie Garden in Millennium Park. All the money you saved can take you to the beautiful gardens of Golden Gate Park: the Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden, and the San Francisco Botanical Garden.

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Your Next Romantic Getaway

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Wherever we go, we try to visit botanical gardens and parks. I enjoyed Longwood Gardens more than any other, but I loved Kew Gardens as much as I loved the Botanical Building in San Diego's Balboa Park. If you're willing to go further away, there are infinite possibilities. Every one is so different and I love it.

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5 Budget Destinations for May

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For freebies, walk along the river and enjoy the great weather at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, take in the colors at the International Rose Test Garden, hit up Portland Saturday Market, and maybe see some live music at Pioneer Courthouse Square.

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Where to Travel for Black History

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It sits on the former Gadsen's Wharf, where almost half of enslaved people entered this country, and has been turned into a memorial garden. The International African American Museum just opened last summer.

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Beautiful Art of Downtown Las Vegas

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It was along the whole wall around the back garden of the ENGLiSH Hotel, where I met some friends to do dinner at Pepper Club, the on-site restaurant. This piece, and the electrical boxes, is by Pretty Done, who has a lot of other pieces in downtown, and is on the back wall of the nightclub Octopussy. Here's another piece by Pretty Done.

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Destination Date Night: Parisian Valentine's Day

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I wrapped our TV stand with a rose garden backdrop , because we watched a few videos of a Seine cruise. If you've followed my destination date series, then you know I usually do two backdrops, and this time I did, too, but used the second one in a different way.

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Saving Money On the Las Vegas Strip

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Master gardeners create scenes using flowers, seeds, beans and more, which are combined with buildings, walkways, aviaries, and ponds inside a huge class-ceilinged area. The stand-out for me is the lobby and the conservatory, which both change with the season. Anytime you go, there will be a different theme than the last time you were there.

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