Deals to Hawaii
Among them: Hawaiian Airlines is offering vacation packages starting at $720 from Sacramento for round-trip air and three nights at the Aqua Palms hotel in Waikiki, taxes and fees included. Other hotels are available at higher prices. The deals can be booked through Oct. 31 for travel through Dec. 12. Check the airline's Web site, HawaiianAir.com, for details on these and other packages as well as special Web-only airfares.
Cowboy poetry
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates its 25th anniversary Oct. 28 with a one-night show in Reno by Polish hobo and rodeo poet Paul Zarzyski and cowboy yodeler Wylie Gustafson. Tickets for the performance at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts are $10, $30 or $50 and can be purchased in advance at
www.pioneercenter.com or (775) 686-6600.
The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is held every year in Elko. Dates for 2009 are Jan. 24-31.
Information: www.westernfolklife.org.
Food cruise
Cruise with celebrity chef Jacques Pepin next summer on a voyage from Barcelona to Istanbul aboard the Oceania Insignia. The 14-day trip departing Aug. 9 will feature culinary demonstrations, wine lectures and exclusive events during port calls in Egypt, Israel, Greece, Tunisia and Malta. Fares start at $4,299 including gratuities for deposits made before Oct. 18. Sheri Welles Hinerfeld of Ships & Trips in Sacramento is the group organizer; (916) 442-8217 or
Swelles22@gmail.com.
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