Lisa Gensheimer is a documentary producer and writer. Her career spans more than 30 years in newspap...

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Lisa Gensheimer is a documentary producer and writer. Her career spans more than 30 years in
newspaper and magazine publishing, corporate public relations, community revitalization, heritage
tourism, and television. Lisa and her husband, Rich Gensheimer,
Extraordinary people, new discoveries, and ancient traditions made for an unforgettable journey on
gather.com. Here's a look back at The Culinary Tourist ' s 2007 travel journal. nn Where would
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2. Behind every great magician is ... a woman. nn Kelly Flavell went through more pantyhose last
summer than most women go through in a lifetime. After 414 performances in an eye-popping, big-
stage
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3. I don't speak a word of Spanish, except maybe por f avor and gracias, but I am learning. A December
trip to Guatemala with a group of ophthalmologists opened my eyes to its beautiful culture
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A digital photography exhibit depicting everyday life on Pennsylvania farms features the work of
Rich Gensheimer, a photographer and documentary producer from North East, Pa. The exhibit
includes more
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The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite, and Kick-Start
Remarkable Weight Loss (Hardcover) nMark "Dr. Tea" Ukra, with Sharyn Kolberg nHarper Collins
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4. You can't tell anyone yet, but 2008 Grammy nominee* John Mellencamp made it into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame. nThe prolific singer-songwriter known as the "King of the Heartland"
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5. It's deer season in my neck of the woods, but if you'd rather hunt for antiques, Christmas gifts, and a
winter's worth of reading, take off the camouflage and set your sights for Warren,
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6. As oil approaches $100 a barrel, I can't help but wonder what pioneering investigative reporter Ida
Tarbell would say about its stranglehold on people, politics, and economies around the globe
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8. Everyone knows that today marks the death of Harry Houdini, the legendary escape artist who
departed this world on Halloween. But did you know that his mentor, Harry Kellar, was really the
first, great
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ot far from the coffee capital of America, the main ingredient for my favorite biscotti bobs to the
surface en masse, and I know it's time for the annual Cranberry Festival in Gra yland, Wash
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10. I share a kind of kinship with celebrity chef Walter Staib, though I am no kitchen witch. Like most
Americans of German descent, my knowledge of the German culinary arts is limited to sausages,
sauerkraut,
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New York-based Time magazine reporter Lisa Takeuchi Cullen not only has a nose for news, she can
make you stop dead in your tracks, especially when it comes to planning your own funeral.nnI had
the opportunity
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T he next time I pull my arms through my "Life is Good" sweatshirt, I will remember the d ay I met
Olga Polkhovskaya on a blueberry farm overlooking Lake Erie, just after sunup. nn Like clockwork,
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11. My idea of a vacation does not include hanging off the back of a flashy blue speedboat zipping in and
out of traffic on an oversized inner tube. So when my extended family fell fast asleep at Deep Creek
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Set Your Watch for the Great Smethport Bicycle Races nnRiders long ago traded their wool caps
and knickerbockers for florescent helmets and spandex, but they're still vying for the same coveted
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12. Five-year-old Marianito watches the heavy plane rumble over the crowded slums and high-rise hotels
of Guatemala City to the airport wedged inside this city of 3 million people. His eyes light up as he
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The Swedish Vikings traveled throughout Europe and Russia before their descendants dropped
anchor in Mount Jewett, Pa., and it seems they worked up quite an appetite. Roll down your windows
as you drive
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It'll be High Tide in Tucson before my garden sprouts The Bean Trees bestselling author Barbara
Kingsolver grows on her farm in the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia. Small
Wonder.
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p; I was a little apprehensive when we pulled into the parking lot of the Grape Street Café. After all
the buildup from our friends Keith and Beth Lane, the strip plaza façade was a disappointment,
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13. Please join me in congratulating Barb W. for winning a copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the
Allegheny National Forest. Barb won the book in the random drawing held this afternoon. nnI only
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n- or at least write about it by 3 p.m. EST today --right now you stand a 1 in 14 chance of getting a
free copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest, a coffee-table book
from
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p; ... to win a signed copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest. Tell us
about your favorite forest in 300 words or less and you'll be entered in a random drawing for
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But first you have to write about it.nnFind yourself in the forest and tell us how you got there, what
surprised you, and why you love the wilderness and you can win a signed copy of Pennsylvania
Wilds:
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I have a chronic case of disposophobia, or at least that's how Bruce Littlefield would diagnose it. I
can't bear to part with old photographs, worn out running shoes, and a frog collection
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