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Getting to know them

Posted on July 30th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

OK, this isn’t so much about travelling like a local as it is about deepening your experience as a local in your own town. But I thought it was cool, anyway. The Neighbors Project aims to help people in densely packed urban cores and sprawling suburbs alike get to know the people next door, with […]

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Rentalo revamps

Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

Rentalo.com, the vacation home rental giant, has just relaunched its website. The home page is still incredibly busy–woe betide folks (like me, ahem) who find it hard to read tiny fonts–but there are a lot of useful changes. In particular for travellers who like to live “la vida local,” it’s now easier to distinguish vacation […]

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New insider’s tour of Madrid

Posted on June 14th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

Like-a-Local.com, an Amsterdam-based organization that arranges dinners and tours with locals in several European cities, has added a Madrid shopping expert to its roster. Travellers can sign up for a three-hour customized tour with Tjarda, a Netherlands ex-pat, who focuses on boutiques in Madrid’s gay village. For more, see her Like-a-Local profile.

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Why "Facing the Street"?

Posted on June 14th, 2008 by Laura Byrne Paquet

I suppose I should start by explaining the name of this blog. Well, I wanted to call it “La Vida Local,” to match my website of the same name. Unfortunately, that name was already taken. So I revived a name I’d considered years ago for another blog. “Facing the street” is my short way of […]

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Contests

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Destinations

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Food

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Home Exchanges

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How To

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Language

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Music

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Recipes

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Travel Trivia

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Vacation Rentals

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Volunteer Travel

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