My boyfriend and I want to get married in a cabin or lodge style place in or near Lake Tahoe in December. We would love somewhere that has a large room with high wood beams, a fireplace and a really cosy cabin feel to it. Does anyone have any suggestions in or near Lake Tahoe or Northern California? Thank you!

Thicker (2009) (pre-production) …. Lonely
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) (post-production)

Grindstone Road (2008) …. Hannah
… aka Grindstone Rd. (Canada: English title: DVD title)
Humboldt County (2008) …. Bogart
"Masters of Horror" …. Stacia (1 episode, 2006)
– Pick Me Up (2006) TV episode …. Stacia
Orpheus (2006) (TV) …. Karen
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) …. Logan’s Mom
A Year and a Day (2005) …. Lola
Don’t Come Knocking (2005) …. Amber
What Is It? (2005) (voice) …. Snail
Lords of Everquest (2003) (VG) (voice) …. Lady T’Lak
"Justice League" …. Penny (1 episode, 2003)
… aka JL (USA: promotional abbreviation)
– Only a Dream: Part 1 (2003) TV episode (voice) …. Penny
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) (voice) …. Mercedes Cortez
… aka Vice City (USA: short title)
Deuces Wild (2002) …. Annie
… aka Deuces Wild – Wild in den Straßen (Germany)
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) …. Paula
… aka Personal Velocity (USA: short title)
"Family Guy" …. Connie / … (3 episodes, 1999-2001)
… aka Padre de familia (USA: Spanish title)
– And the Wiener Is… (2001) TV episode (voice) (uncredited) …. Connie
– Let’s Go to the Hop (2000) TV episode (voice) …. Connie
– Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater (1999) TV episode (voice) …. Connie DiMico
"The Sopranos" …. Agent Deborah Ciccerone / … (1 episode, 2001)
– Army of One (2001) TV episode (scenes deleted) …. Agent Deborah Ciccerone / Danielle Ciccolella
Almost Famous (2000) …. Sapphire
… aka Untitled: Almost Famous the Bootleg Cut (USA: director’s cut (DVD title))
Red Letters (2000) …. Gretchen Van Buren

The Waterboy (1998) …. Vicki Vallencourt
American History X (1998) …. Stacey
There’s No Fish Food in Heaven (1998) …. Mona
… aka Life in the Fast Lane (USA: DVD title)
The Maker (1997) …. Bella Sotto
American Perfekt (1997) …. Alice Thomas
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) …. Aissa
The Craft (1996) …. Nancy Downs
Shadow of a Doubt (1995) (TV) …. Angel Harwell
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995) …. Lucinda
Imaginary Crimes (1994) …. Sonya Weiler
Tollbooth (1994) …. Doris
ZZ Top: Breakaway (1994) (TV) …. Vampire Girl
Murder in the Heartland (1993) (TV) …. Caril Ann Fugate
… aka Starkweather: Murder in the Heartland (USA: long title)
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992) (TV) …. Lisa
… aka The Danger of Love (USA: short title)
Shame (1992) (TV) …. Lizzie Curtis
Gas, Food Lodging (1992) …. Shade
Deadly Intentions… Again? (1991) (TV) …. Stacey

Valmont (1989) …. Cecile
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) …. Celia Brzjinski
… aka Bright Spark (Australia: video title)
… aka Fugue de Maximilien Glick, La (Canada: French title)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV) …. Barbara at Age 12
The Worst Witch (1986) (TV) …. Mildred Hubble
Discovery (1986) …. Molly
Return to Oz (1985) …. Dorothy
Deceptions (1985) (TV) …. Penny Roberts
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) (TV) …. Beth Bradley

Vancouver Winter Olympics: Five Tips to Travel to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games by Amtrak

Vancouver, British Columbia is an ideal location for the Olympic Winter Games.  It is a major metropolitan area with significant infrastructure, close to world-class mountains and in a country that loves winter sports.  The city’s international culture embodies strong elements from both the East and West.

Another feature of this location is its proximity to the United States.  Situated approximately 40 miles from the US/Canada border, Vancouver will be easy to reach by land.  You may wish to consider rail travel as a relaxing and affordable method to travel to the Games.  Given the elevated demand for airline seats into Vancouver around the time of the Olympics, a land alternative may be the most enjoyable way to get to Vancouver.

Here are five tips/hints for effectively traveling to/from the Vancouver Winter Olympics by Amtrak:

One:  You must first decide your gateway city.  Seattle and Portland, Oregon are the logical choices.  Although both cities enjoy great air service, you may wish to take the Empire Builder from Chicago or Minneapolis/St. Paul to either gateway city.  You will experience the vast Northern plains and the scenic Rocky Mountains (including Glacier National Park) along the way.  Alternatively, you can fly into California and take the Coast Starlight north from Los Angeles or Oakland.  Like the Empire Builder, this train has Superliner sleeper accommodations.  Finally, there is Amtrak Cascades service five times a day between Portland and Seattle. 

Two:  Once you reach Seattle, you have multiple means of transportation north to the Olympic Games.  You can travel on one of two Amtrak Cascades trains that include a stop in Bellingham, Washington before arriving in Vancouver.  Alternatively, you can connect to an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach that only stops in Surrey and Richmond, British Columbia before its arrival in Vancouver.  If you really want to explore numerous modes of transportation, you can take the Victoria Clipper high-speed catamaran from Seattle to Victoria, BC and the Pacific Coast Lines bus service from Victoria to Vancouver.

Three:  The next decision is where to stay.  Most people will elect to find lodging in Vancouver.  The Pacific Central Station, Amtrak’s depot in Vancouver, is two blocks from the Main Street – Science World station on TransLink’s SkyTrain service.  Four TransLink and two Coast Mountain bus lines run close to the train station.  You will want your hotel to be close to a transit lines since there will not be any private automobile parking at the Olympic venues.  The good news is that your Olympic event ticket gives you unlimited, free access to the TransLink system on the day of that event and the early morning of the next day.

Four:  Two alternative bases for the Olympic Games are Bellingham, WA and the Whistler, British Columbia areas.  Bellingham is about sixty miles from Vancouver.  Both Amtrak Cascades and Greyhound bus service are available to Vancouver many times a day.  If mountain sports are the focus of your visit, you may wish to stay in the Whistler area.  There is Greyhound Canada Thruway service from Vancouver’s Pacific Central Station to the Pemberton/Whistler area.

Five:  It will be extremely important to make advanced reservations for transportation and lodging to see the Olympic Winter Games.  By buying your transportation tickets and reserving your lodging in advance, you may be able to receive discounted advanced purchase fares or fares for students and seniors.  Finally, US citizens should remember that they will need to present their passports to cross back into the United States from Canada.

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Know About Barring

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Sitting on the side of a swimming pool, seeing the beauty around and having a glass of wine or beer on hand is the perfect picture of a great vacation holiday for many people. But have you ever wondered, how different spirits vary in taste from one another or how one type
of whisky differ in taste from the other or how one is more in demand due to its taste than rest of the others. These are some of the questions which will surely poke in your mind but many times, these remain unanswered. Now we will unveil the process involved in this, which is called barring. The process is carried out in barrels.

A barrel is defined as a vessel which is specially designed and made up of wood. Barrels can be used for multi purposes like storing a liquid, fermenting, or maturing your desired liquid beverage to enrich its taste. The process of beverage maturing is called “aging barrel”. This is because it ages the wine,rum or any other liquid you want. The process involves the entry of oxygen from the air and the loss of water or spirit in it through evaporation

In markets, you will get a chance to explore lots of New Whiskey and Wine Barrels.
The quality of the material used in a barrel is very important as the taste of the new spirit is largely relies upon the the quality of material and its reaction with the wood in which it is stored.

The market is flooded with innumerable options, when it comes about finding the most suitable barrel. Worldwide accoladed, the oak wood barrel is popular among people as it is the purest form of wood and it does not contain any sticky or resin like material. The benefit of using oak wood barrels is that it adds the color and its aroma to the spirit. In sync with varied requirements, one can source the barrels in accordance to its needs. Varying from small to medium and big, there are variant options available.

After few years of barring any barrel can become neutral as most of
the compounds would have been extracted from it.

Apart from oak wood, redwood or chest wood are also used some easy options available for barring. So we are sure that this way you would have got a little idea of how the aging of your favourite beer or wine is done.

So next time when you are in a swimming pool and holding a glass of wine or your favorite drink then please sip it slowly to enjoy its full taste.

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Backpacking in Sacramento

The capital of California, Sacramento, is situated in the flatlands within the Central Valley, and was originally founded by John Sutter in the year 1839. For ten long years, John Sutter worked hard to turn this city into a center of bustling trade and cattle ranches, only to be overcome by the discovery of gold in a sawmill in the year 1848. All his workers quit their jobs to go gold hunting, and thousands of visitors flocked here, without paying any attention to the claims of Sutter to the land. Sacramento thus became the prime area for miners, and has remained the main western headquarters of the transcontinental railroad since then. Smart office towers and glitzy hotel complexes have sprung up from Sacramento rather plebeian background, reviving the flat network of canopied, tree-lined avenues, and going a long way in transforming the otherwise boisterous, free-spirited past of the citys Gold Rush era.

Previously, Sacramento was not particularly conspicuous on most backpackers itineraries. There was not a great deal to see, although the historic warehouses, stores, wharves and saloons of Old Sacramento that lie along the riverside have been renovated and turned into restaurants and shops for tourists. But over the years, more and more backpackers have been drawn towards this charming city of California. Sacramento has now become one of the hottest backpacking destinations that California has to offer. What with its gilded history of the Gold Rush, and its charming museums and elegant architectural monuments!

If you are planning on going backpacking in Sacramento, there are many areas for you to visit, and places for you to stay in at very affordable rates! Cheap lodging and accommodation is widely available in Sacramento, so it should not prove to be a problem to find one to suit your needs. As for the places to visit, on the northern side of the old town lies the California State Railroad Museum, which has a wide range of luxuriantly restored 19th century locomotives, with their bulbous smokestacks and their cow catcher front grilles. The old freight depot and passenger station that lie a block south of Front Street is now the summer depot for a renovated Central Pacific Railroad steam train, which makes a 7-mile, 45-minute trip around the river.

If you go further east, the State Capitol Dome stands proudly in a green park, a few blocks south of K Street Mall. Freshly restored to its former glory, it is still the seat of the state government. The opulent building brims over with elaborately crafted details. Although you can walk around freely, you will get to see a lot more if you sign up for a free hourly tour. The Sutter Fort State Historic Park, which is on the eastern side of the town, is a perfect illustration of the original settlements in Sacramento, dating back to the early 19th century. There is an adobe house that showcases relics from the days of the Gold Rush, and on weekends in the summers, volunteers get dressed and act out scenes from this period.

With its Giant Ponderosa Pine trees that alternate with charming patches of wildflowers along the shorelines of Catfish and Pinecrest lakes, Sacramento will surely be worth your backpacking experience. For all those new-age backpacking aficionados, the city has an infusion of high-end, popular nightclubs, breweries and restaurants. With its eclectic blend of old world and new world charm, who would not want to go backpacking in lovely Sacramento?

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