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Verdura Resort Brings a Bit of Swank to Sicily

Where: Contrada Verdura , Sciacca, Sicily, Italy, 92019

Ready to open late next month, the Verdura Resort in Sicily will be the first full-blown resort to belong to the Rocce Forte collection, although it's the lucky (?) thirteenth property to be part of the group.

Verdura's got 200 rooms all with ocean views, along with two of its very own golf courses, and the owners are hoping that the launch of this resort will set Sicily up as "the next" luxury destination. Or perhaps it'll just become a hotel that wealthy retired Mafioso dudes head to?

Whoever the guests may be, they'll be enjoying a lot more than the views: along with the golf courses, there's also a thalassotherapy spa, yoga center and six four restaurants to choose from. Access to the Verdura Resort will be best via Palermo Airport, a one-hour drive away. Rooms during their opening month are going for rates starting at €500 ($650) for the most basic room, and it looks like they still have availability for their planned opening night of May 29.

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Syrian Musicians, the Sycuan Resort, and the power of a meme

Where: 5469 Casino Way [map], El Cajon, CA, United States, 92019

Ya know those emails that one friend sends you about how the Swiffer kills your pets, Bill Gates will pay you, and so, and so forth?  Ya know how you then head to Snopes, disprove it and then send them the link? (or in my case you just delete the email).  Anyway, in the last month we had a real scary meme go around about possible terror in the skies, and in the end it looks like the alleged potential terrorists were nothing more than a group of Syrian musicians (led by the Syrian Wayne Newton) heading to the Sycuan resort near San Diego.

Looks like this resort enjoys promoting quite the gambit of events.  From Cheap Trick, to Crystal Gale, and if you hurry, you can catch "Vietnamese Night" on August 15th.

We know in this day and age we have to be constantly vigilant, and we do understand how Syrian musicians standing in unison as a plane descends, can frighten passengers, but please people, instead of going around spooking the general public with your crazy emails, at least head over to Snoops for a quick urban legend check.

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