Canada getaway
Extend the winter with a family stay in Quebec at the Fairmont Le Château Montebello. A Winter Fun package, available through March 18, starts at $296 a night for a family of four and includes breakfast, a sleigh ride, and admission to a safari park. fairmont.com/montebello
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Start the baseball season in Southern California, where the Omni San Diego is offering a $498 package in April that includes two nights’ deluxe accommodations and two tickets to a Padres game, plus caps, beer, and bratwurst for two. omnihotels.com/findahotel​/sandiego.aspx
California without baseball
Southern California’s Westlake Village Inn is offering a $29 special for second nights on weekday stays throughout the year, if you book by Feb. 29. Rooms start at $185. The offer is only available by phone. (818) 889-0230
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One great cookbook: Joshua McFadden’s ‘Six Seasons of Pasta’the week recommends The pasta you know and love. But ever so much better.
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Scientists are worried about amoebasUnder the radar Small and very mighty
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Buddhist monks’ US walk for peaceUnder the Radar Crowds have turned out on the roads from California to Washington and ‘millions are finding hope in their journey’
