traveler bookshelf
Top spots to hit the slopes
There is yet another entrant in the seemingly never-ending genre of bucket-list travel books. The newest one, "Fifty Places to Ski & Snowboard Before You Die" ($24.95), highlights the faves of people who truly know — professional skiers, ski journalists and others obsessed by slopes. If they'd asked hometown gal Lindsey Vonn, do you suppose she might have recommended Burnsville's Buck Hill? We'll never know.
Kerri Westenberg
deal of the week
Rental car deals away from airports
Enterprise has a sale on weekend car rental rates at select neighborhood locations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Economy/compact cars now cost $9.99 per day, intermediate $14.99, standard $17.99 and full-size $19.99, plus taxes. Rent in advance, with the rental starting on a Friday and ending the following Monday. Valid through May 21. For example, an early December weekend rental in Orlando now costs $41 total, including taxes; normal rates start at about $30 a day. Sale price includes up to 100 miles per day. Info: 1-800-261-7331, www.enterprise.com.
Washington Post
