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Pirates' tales to treasure in city
NO doubt swashbucklers of all ages will flock to see Johnny Depp swanning around exotic tropical islands when Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is released in our city's cinemas on Thursday. However, pirates didn't just limit themselves to the balmy tropics.Indeed the good citizens of Edinburgh have also seen their share of pirates over the years, and I don't just mean the ticket touts at Murrayfield.
.Caribbean calling? - US Airways delivers the deals
If surf, sand, and azure waters beckon, US Airways has a slew of deals designed - just perhaps - specifically for you, with prices from the northeast ranging from $539.From Boston (BOS), that $539 buys you round-trip discount airfare plus three nights at Comfort Inn Paradise Island in the Bahamas.
If your destiny awaits in the Dominican Republic, specifically Punta Cana (PUJ), US Airways offers an all-inclusive deal at the LTI Beach Resort for $655. That includes round-trip discount airfare from Philadelphia (PHL), and three nights' accommodation.
.Movie makers find fun factor
For an industry that was supposed to be dying, Hollywood is having one fine summer. Box-office receipts have been up eight straight weeks compared with last year's. And since January, Americans have spent a combined $4.96 billion for movie tickets - a 6.75 percent increase over 2005..
Trip down aisle heads to paradise
Odds are, if you haven't already been invited to a "destination wedding," there might be one in your future. The idea was foreign to me when I got word that a nephew planned to be married this spring in St. Thomas, some 2,000 miles from the family's home base in suburban Detroit.I'll admit: I started out a skeptic. Move the entire wedding party and guests to a place far, far away? Aren't exotic locales for honeymooners? But by the time my toes dig into soft, white sand, I'm a convert.
It's a couple of hours before Jim Harrington's wedding, and here is the scene: Jim and an uncle are hanging out at the beachfront reggae bar of our resort as I flip-flop up to the restaurant to check out a paddle for one of the kayaks lying nearby in the sand.
No one takes any notice when an iguana saunters across my path on the way back down to the beach.