Orlando has several factors that make it a convenient destination for a quick grown-up getaway: Great airlift from most major East Coast and Midwest gateways (with flights of one-to-three hours and round-trips as low as $169); a moderate climate (with the exception of June to September when temperatures and humidity soar); and several resort complexes that are located amid abundant nature, such as on Shingle Creek (shown above; courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes), and outside of the theme parks, but close enough to allow easy access if you so choose. Here are my suggestions for two exceptional places to stay to enjoy a romantic getaway in Orlando ” (via today.msnbc.msn.com ) by Donna Heiderstadt

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This story, Orlando for Grown Ups — Part I, originally appeared on ShermansTravel.com.

This absurd stunt was his idea. Jack is a foodie’s foodie, possessed of boundless appetites and an ironclad liver. He has 2,987 Chowhound posts. He reads Menupages in bed. But this is too big a task for one, so he’s coaxed you along as his wingman. Together you will devour the daylights out of the culinary candyland that is Las Vegas, Nevada.

There is ground to cover. Vegas is no longer defined by splashy casino-side restaurants, though there are still plenty of those. For food lovers the parameters have expanded tenfold: to off-Strip ramen joints, far-flung suburban pizzerias, chef’s haunts in Chinatown mini-malls.

You have packed Excedrin, Maalox, Lipitor.

Jack slides behind the wheel of the rental car. You take a deep breath and open the passenger door.” (via travelandleisure.com ) by Peter Jon Lindberg

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Have to fit in the boat tour and those two museums, right? But despite all the sensible reasons to opt out of hard-core nightlife—the ill-advised 4 am kebab, the waking up with your clothes on, the headache that pounds through your sightseeing the next day—no trip is truly complete without a good elbow-bending session at an authentic local watering hole (or three).

If you do it right, you’ll remember enough of the night before to know it was fun. You learned to say “cheers” in the native tongue. You finally talked with some locals. Maybe you even went home with one. We know, we know—it was a cultural experience. Read on to find our favorite bar crawls around the world, from Bollywood hangouts in Mumbai to dancing on the bar in, yes, Beirut ” (via  ) by Darrell Hartman

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Perhaps not, but it should. Manhattan may seem like the most expensive place in America — you could make $10,000 disappear in a weekend if you really wanted — but it can also be cheap. Even with just $100, you can paint the town red without going into the red.

A few weekends ago, I did just that, imagining a budget and itinerary I might recommend to a cash-poor friend crashing on my couch during a first visit to New York. The budget: $40 for food, $30 for culture, $20 for the subway and $10 for drinks. The result was an exhausting, exhilarating weekend that mixed classic tourist spots with unusual stops. All you’ll need is a free place to stay (Couchsurfing.com works, if you don’t have friends here) and a good deal of energy.

Here’s how I spent my time (and money).

FRIDAY NIGHT

The plan: pizza and theater, followed by a microbrew. One hundred dollars wouldn’t even cover a Broadway spectacle, but on most weekend nights, the city’s theater scene offers plenty of riches for $20 or less. I combed through listings at nytimes.com/theater and Time Out New York magazine, and found that the Public Theater was putting on “Measure for Measure” at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village for $15. It was the first production of its new Mobile Unit, which had performed the show at prisons, senior centers and elsewhere. It was an unusual performance — done in the round with house lights on — but the cast made it work even for philistines like me who never read the play in high school.

The show’s run has ended, but cheap theater tickets can usually be found by scouring the listings that I did.

I found my pretheater dinner just a few blocks from Judson, at Joe’s, where I ate two thin and crispy slices for $5.50, and I had a post-show beer (Sixpoint Righteous Rye Ale) nearby at Blind Tiger Ale House for $7.50, including tip.

SATURDAY

I chose the Lower East Side as my first destination because it seemed to offer so much New York in one place: diversity (Chinese, Latinos), gentrification (coffee shops and boutiques) and history (old tenements).

And, of course, doughnuts. I was joined for much of the day by my Chilean friend Valeria Martínez, and we had breakfast at the Doughnut Plant (fattening New Yorkers with pillowy yeast and dense cake doughnuts since 1994). After that we took a walking tour led by the Lower East Side Business Improvement District’s excellent podcast. (The organization offers free tours led by live guides April through November.)

We quite enjoyed our disembodied female narrator as she talked about the architectural details of surprisingly ornate tenements; told us the story of Sender Jarmulowsky, a Russian banker whose name still adorns his 12-story bank building at Canal and Orchard; and even led us to the chic Roasting Plant coffee shop.” ( via  nytimes.com) by SETH KUGEL

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