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 Our
new travel editor, Beth D’Addono (http://www.bethdaddono.com) is a food and travel writer based in
Belmont Hills. Her work appears regularly in USAirways Magazine,
National Geographic Traveler, the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer,
Wine & Spirits, Newark Star Ledger, www.gayot.com,
www.smarterliving.com, Voyageur Magazine and others.
Her books include Must Sees New Orleans (Michelin), Access New Orleans
and Access Philadelphia (Harper Collins), and she is the co-author of
“City Tavern Cookbook” (Running Press).
Beth has worked with local television personality and Bryn Mawr
resident Hope Fox to co-author “Impress for Less: Finally, 100
Restaurant Recipes You Can Really Make At Home (Wiley & Sons), due
out in 2007.
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 The moose may be Maine’s state animal, but a more appropriate symbol of the coastal town of Freeport would be the shopping bag.
Unlike shopping at a typical outlet mall, bargain hunting in Freeport is not a cookie cutter experience. Located about 15 miles north of Portland, this town has been a shopper’s destination since Leon Leonwood Bean opened the original L.L. Bean store in 1912. Despite its 170 plus shops and businesses, Freeport is the antithesis of a strip mall. The town has maintained its charming, New England character by strictly enforced zoning regulations to preseve the simple architecture along Main Street. Even the downtown McDonalds had to forgo its golden arches, residing instead in an unassuming clapboard farmhouse. Store sales clerks are friendly and helpful, and while Freeport has its share of overpriced tchotchkes, there are definitely bargains to be had.
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 When Lisa Hedley and her mother Adriana Mnuchin had the idea to add a
destination spa to the family’s posh Mayflower Inn in Washington,
Connecticut, they knew what they didn’t want.Big.
Big. Loud. Busy.
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 For all of Katrina’s dousing destruction, the floodwaters could not
extinguish the bright light that is, and always will be, New Orleans.
Although the city is still in recovery mode, the heart of what made it
one of America’s most popular tourist destinations is still beating
strong. The French Quarter escaped the storm virtually unscathed, as
did many of the adjacent neighborhoods. The dining, architecture,
music, nightlife, shopping—it’s all here, waiting to be rediscovered,
or experienced for the first time.
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 There’s Florida, and then there’s Florida. In my mind, much of the
state seems to be divided between retirement communities, theme parks
and strip malls. Not a fan of hot weather or flat landscapes, I’ve
never made visiting Florida a priority, although I know it’s a state
about which many travelers feel passionate. I’ve just never been one of
them. To be fair, when I’ve gotten glimpses Florida as it was before
chain stores and restaurants took over, I’ve been intrigued.
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 Cresting a hill at the final leg of a 20–mile bike ride along the San
Andreas fault line, what seems to be a mirage appears. It is, in fact,
a view of the Salton Sea—a fish-filled, man made body of water
in California’s agriculture-rich Coachella Valley. We’ve just traversed
a
stretch of the Colorado desert, the hottest, driest and lowest desert
in
America. This is the same desert that inspired General Patton to set
up a training base camp for his troops heading to the North African
battlefield. The constant shifting of the Pacifi c and Atlantic
tectonic
plates has created one tortured landscape. Atlas didn’t just shrug to
form
these sculpted crags. He did a hurky-jerk of monumental proportions.
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 Hoi An in Vietnam measures up.
Most people can’t afford custom-made clothes, which is why a visit to
Hoi An in central Vietnam can be practical as well as enjoyable.
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 Urban B&B’s offer downtown comfort.
Think bed and breakfast, and visions of country charm, personal
amenities and remote locations may come to mind. Then there
are the B&Bs that try too hard to feel like somebody’s living room,
with your host eager to chat you up when all you want to do is go to
your room. No thanks, not my cup of tea. If I wanted to stay at somebody’s
house, I’d stopover at an old friend’s house—and wouldn’t be billed for
the visit.
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 Breaking the monotony of namebrand travel is the key to discovering the city.
For my money, traveling should be about having new and different
experiences. When I travel, I’m not looking to replicate my life at
home, eat the same foods, see the same kinds of people, do the same
things. Which is why the chaining of America really bothers me.
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 Award winning Inn nestled between the Blue Ridge Mountains and
farmlands of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
When Patrick O’Connell and Reinhardt Lynch opened the Inn at Little Washington in the
shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains of western Virginia in 1979, the locals didn’t exactly
welcome them with open arms. Once the last stop for gas before Shenandoah National
Park, this town of less than 200 souls was literally bypassed when Highway 211 was expanded in the
early 1960s. The gas stations closed and that was pretty much that. Then, here come two gay men
from the other Washington—D.C.—with the hare brained idea of opening a restaurant, literally in
the middle of nowhere. The fact that O’Connell and Lynch have built the Inn into one of the most
lauded dining and hospitality experiences, not just in America, but in the world, speaks volumes
about the couple’s passion and commitment to their dream.
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Nature’s most colorful palate will
soon be on display throughout the
Northeast. As both forests and treelined
neighborhoods await the changing hues,
autumn vacationers would do well to plan
ahead for the best seat in the house.
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