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01/18/09
This week's prize is a night at the recently opened Hotel Abri in San Francisco's Union Square
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12/17/08
Diablo is always interested in learning the latest trends in travel for our readers, especially for the winter snow season. Travel and Leisure magazine has recognized Truckee as one of America’s Best Small Ski Towns in their December issue. Truckee, located north of Lake Tahoe, captures the ideal small-town community with a winter wonderland for skiers to enjoy. The other towns that made Travel and Leisure’s list were Crested Butte, Colorado; Bend, Oregon; Warren and Waitsfield, Vermont; and Tetonia, Idaho.
Click here to read the Travel and Leisure Article.
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12/15/08
Congratulations to Molly Devinger of Walnut Creek, who won Diablo's Web Exclusive Contest for a night at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and tickets to the new Zanzibar Fairytale Puppet Theater show in the hotel. Keep checking back on diablomag.com for more Web exclusive contests! We'll be posting a new contest for a fantastic dinner for two at Lafayette's acclaimed Chevalier Restaurant soon.
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12/10/08
Here's a great prize for anyone who was planning to head into Union Square for some holiday shopping: Diablo is sending a lucky reader and guest to spend a night at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. In addition to the hotel accommodations, the winner will receive two tickets to a performance of the Zanzibar Fairytale Puppet Theater, debuting this year in the hotel's Empire Ball Room. For more information about this show, visit www.zanzibarpuppets.com. We'll be picking a winner by Thursday, December 11—so enter now!
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12/05/08
At 1,200 feet above the Pacific Ocean, the sound of waves is not a crash, but a whisper. Cargo ships look like toys making silent ripples in a sea that stretches out to the horizon, where a setting sun leaves behind bands of blazing red, orange, and purple sky. The view from the private terrace of my suite at the Post Ranch Inn was captivating—and inescapable. With floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors in the living room, bedroom, and even the shower, it was as if I was staying the night in heaven itself. It may be secluded, perched high atop a cliff west of Highway 1 in Big Sur, but the Post Ranch Inn is no secret. The luxury resort with 40 guest rooms, a world-class restaurant, a spa, a fitness center, three heated pools, hiking trails, and every...
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