Fireworks over Magic Kingdom Park in Disney World.
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Finding Magic in the Madness |
“Why, whenever I told someone my family was headed to Disney World for the first time, did it open up a faucet of unsolicited, jargon-filled advice?” That’s what G&G digital editor Elizabeth Florio wanted to know on the eve of her long-deferred date with Mickey and the gang. A week after turning forty, she finally made it to the Magic Kingdom and discovered what all the fuss is about—and the real secret to planning a Disney trip.
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Where to Go in the South Now:
Four Buzzy Destinations |
Six Reasons Chincoteague Island Might Be
Your New Favorite Getaway |
What’s New at This Week’s
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition |
The Joy of Solo Travel
in New Orleans and Beyond |
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Pirkle Jones’s “Dorothea Lange Photographing the Destruction of a California Landmark,” now on view at the Booth Western Art Museum.
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DISAPPEARING ACT: In 1956, Life
magazine sent photographers Dorothea Lange—of Dust Bowl fame—and Pirkle Jones to Northern California’s Berryessa Valley. Their assignment? To capture the valley before it was submerged under a lake formed by the new Monticello Dam. Over the course of a year, the photographers snapped sweeping vistas and locals’ portraits—and then final harvests, cemetery disinterments, and building demolitions. When their work was complete, Life deemed the images too unsettling to publish. Now the
Booth Western Art Museum is showcasing the rarely seen photos in Dorothea Lange and Pirkle Jones: Death of a Valley, open through June 9. Located just north of Atlanta along I-75 in Cartersville, Georgia, the Booth is the largest museum of its kind in the Southeast and an affiliate to the Smithsonian Institution. Guests are invited to “see America’s story” through paintings, sculpture, photography, and artifacts. Plan a visit at boothmuseum.org.
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ELSEWHERE AROUND THE SOUTH |
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Seven Southern Stays
with Hands-On Adventures |
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Naples, Florida.
During my parents’ recent visit with me in Tampa, I thought it would be fun to take them for a weekend getaway to a different part of the Sunshine State. We headed south to Naples, known for its soft, sugar-white beaches; art galleries and museums; and life on the edge of the Everglades. Here, our picks for a weekend getaway:
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- Seeking out stone crabs: This time of year is all about stone crabs in Florida; the seasonal delicacy is available at seafood markets and restaurants like Quinn’s on the Beach from mid-October through the first of May. Our visit coincided with the annual Everglades Seafood Festival
in the small fishing village of Everglades City, also known as the Stone Crab Capital of the World. We were but three of the tens of thousands who traveled to the sliver of land for a weekend of live music and locally sourced seafood.
- Appreciating art: We popped into the Naples Art Institute
to check out the stunning three-dimensional paintings by Tomaso Albertini, a native of Naples, Italy, and the artist in residence through June 1.
- Exploring paradise: My dad is a beach lover, so it was only natural we checked into JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort at the edge of the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. Though the temperatures were chilly by Florida standards, we enjoyed bundling up and walking the sand in search of shells and shark teeth. And, of course, watching the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico never gets old, whatever the weather.
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