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October 23, 2011 at 12:32AM
Photographer: Michelle Hoff of Chanhassen. The scene: Hoff has photographed the Maroon Bells near Aspen, Colo., many times since taking her first photo workshop there. This July, she was on a return visit when she shot this photo. "It was mostly cloudy, but the sun came out for a brief moment at sunrise and the stillness gave a beautiful reflection of the mountains and sky," she wrote in an e-mail, adding modestly that "you really can't take a bad picture" because of the beautiful setting.
Photographer: Michelle Hoff of Chanhassen. The scene: Hoff has photographed the Maroon Bells near Aspen, Colo., many times since taking her first photo workshop there. This July, she was on a return visit when she shot this photo. "It was mostly cloudy, but the sun came out for a brief moment at sunrise and the stillness gave a beautiful reflection of the mountains and sky," she wrote in an e-mail, adding modestly that "you really can't take a bad picture" because of the beautiful setting. (Special to the Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

travel bookshelf

See Paris on foot, at its prettiest John Baxter's "The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris" (Harper Perennial, $14.99) isn't as definitive as it sounds. That's not a bad thing. Rather than limiting himself to a single superlative route in his adopted hometown, he takes readers on a variety of romps through the City of Light with a casual familiarity that most of us can only envy. The book is a mash-up of memoir, travel guide and history. In the end, Baxter remains true to the book's title and reveals his most beautiful walk. WASHINGTON POST

deal of the week

Save more than $900 on a Disney cruise Disney Cruise Line has discounted its fares for veranda staterooms on two weeklong Caribbean sailings aboard the Disney Magic. The price is now $999 per person, double occupancy, plus $73 in taxes for the Nov. 26 Western Caribbean itinerary (visits Key West, Fla., Grand Cayman, Cozumel and Disney's Castaway Cay) and the Dec. 3 Eastern Caribbean cruise (visits St. Maarten, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Castaway Cay). The deal amounts to a savings of about $930. Find more information at 1-888-325-2500 and www.disneycruise.com.

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