Category:valentines day
>Wisp Has $29 Monday Special That's Great For Valentine's Day
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Feb 7, 2011 Roger Leo, Eastern Seaboard Editor
Wisp offers a $29 package Mondays.
Where: Wisp Resort, 296 Marsh Hill Road, McHenry, MD, 21541
Cost: $29, obviously
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Wisp Resort in McHenry, Md., has a Monday Special that includes an all-day lift good 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., ski or snowboard rental equipment, and a 60-minute clinic.
The Mondays $29 Deal Day special costs – obviously — $29.
“It’s a perfect way to spend Valentine’s Day,” said Wisp’s Lori Epp. “You can’t beat the price, and the clinics are geared for skiers of every ability, from never-evers to experts.”
The clinics include learning to ski or snowboard, maneuvering through the bumps, carving elegant turns on skis or board, and navigating terrain parks, she said. There are more.
The Mondays $29 Deal Day special is not valid during Presidents Week vacation.
Wisp has received bountiful snowfall this winter. The total now stands at 128 inches, more than the area’s traditional seasonal average of 100 inches, or its newly devised average of 120 inches.
>You'll find days of wine and roses at several romantic getaways
>Sunday, January 30, 2011
By Virginia Linn, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, there are activities and places in the region that make perfect romantic getaways. Here’s a sampling…:
Lake Pointe Inn, bed & breakfast mountain retreat in McHenry, Md., on the shore of Deep Creek Lake. Originally an 1880s farmhouse, the place has been modernized and renovated to include 10 guest rooms.
There’s plenty of pampering, with a massage room (hot stone and Swedish massage and reflexology), steam shower and sauna. Complimentary breakfast will fill you for the rest of the day.
The inn offers some romantic touches:
– Champagne package with champagne, Godiva chocolates and two Lake Pointe Inn champagne glasses ($65).
– Champagne with two Lake Pointe Inn champagne glasses ($55).
– Wine package with bottle of red or white wine served with wine crackers, paired with two Lake Pointe Inn wine goblets ($60).
– Red silk rose petal sprinkling in the room ($20).
The inn is at 174 Lake Pointe Drive, McHenry, Md. 21541. Deepcreekinns.com; 1-800-523-5253.
Virginia Linn: vlinn@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1662.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11030/1121240-37.stm#ixzz1D0474YBA
