[Adrienne Vittadini TRAVEL Cheap airfares make U.S. destinations attractive TODAY’S COLUMN has so many bits and pieces it will look more like a page out of my notebook than the real thing. - First, a couple or three short notes that might be timely: If you’re contemplating a visit to anywhere distant in the original 48 states, check out Continental Airlines — $269 CDN out of Yan- couver. If the weather has picked up in Florida this might be a good time to beat our winter. For that matter, if you don’t mind ice and snow, New York City has the same attractions in the winter, just fewer tourists clutter- ing the place. eae Any fans of the long-running British soap Coronation Street? Head for Manchester if you'd like a close look at the set plus a lot of others including mock-ups of #10 Downing Street, Checkpoint Charlie and New York’s East Street. The sets are in a2 3% acre park operated by Granada Studios in Manchester — you can write for details: Granada Studios Ltd., Sales Coordinator, Manchester, M60 9EA, U.K., especially if you are planning any sort of reunion or get-together. The Rovers Return Pub is open ‘for meetings and is said to hold up to 50 or so. a If you’re over the water this year there are a lot of celebrations planned to mark the 100th anni- versary of the opening of the bridge over the Firth of Forth. When I first looked at the bridge for the latest in bathing suits and cruisewear. Gottex Diva i SUNTRigng 4 (peed spiial > 4 wf lonsdale Quay Market 984-7243 I was told that one of its unique features is that it is continually be- ing painted — crews are on the job every day. travel wise Barbara McCreadie A Scottish-born fricnd iells me that his father always threatened him, ‘‘Stay in school or you’! end up painting the bridge.” He stayed in school and now makes his living writing travel arti- cles. [I’m willing to bet that he has some days he’d rather paint. kat Have you more money than you know how to spend? If so, here’s a suggestion that will kill 25 days and ca *43,800 US per person. Hop au _ the British Airways Concorde and fly around the world with appropriate first class stops. The flight departs from New York City on March 14 {optional departure point, Oakland) and returns April 8, Everything is in- cluded, even your first-class return flight from Vancouver to the departure point. Your guide is Apollo 8 Com- mander Col. Frank Borman. Now, if that doesn't solve the problem of what to buy your sweetheart for St. Valentine’s Day you’re beyond help. eee Closer to home, we repeated our recent visit to Seattle last weekend. Here’s a few of my notebook jot- tings: © Had a great dinner at H Bistro in the Pike Place Market. To find: Go to ‘‘Rachel the Pig,’’ under the clock at the market entrance. Look tight behind you — you'll see a flight of stairs down. The restau- rant is at the foot of the stairs — 93-A Pike St. Reservations: (206) 682-2154. © We shared the scampi to start and for the main course Brian had the filet with roasted peppers and | had the seafood linguini. He had a chocolate torte and cappuccino for dessert — total bill including two cocktails, $69 US. Expensive, but everything was excellent. ® The next night we paid about $20 less at a restaurant on Capitol Hill — it was so awful that I won't Sea Seattle Page 46 OWHISTLER'S MOUNTAINSIDE JANUARY WHITE SALE $141.50 PER PERSON DOUBLE Includes: Deluxe studio accomm. for 2 nights and 1 dinner at Trattoria Di Umberto. Located in the Villiage. Studio has a kitchen, F/P, TV., Whirl Tub. CALL 681-6710 1 dinner and 2 breakfasts. Package valid Sunday - Thursday untii January 37st, 1990 Golf, Squash, Racquethall also available at discount rates! PO. Box 3000, 240 Dogwood St.. 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