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Memories, wrapped in a bow
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published November 3, 2006
DENVER - Another itchy sweater? $50. A lifelong memory? Priceless. Web sites like Excitations.com and cloud9living.com are urging gift givers to offer experiences - a flight to feel weightless, a chance to play pool with "Black Widow" Jeanette Lee or a day as a circus ringmaster - instead of "stuff" this holiday season. Melinda Collingsworth of Apple Valley, Calif., said she and her husband used Cloud 9 Living to book an ATV tour, a night-vision Hummer tour and stargazing in Arizona as presents. "It was just something new and different," Collingsworth said. That rings true with Kim AuBuchon, co-founder and chief operating officer of Excitations. "People have enough stuff," she said. "People are looking to have a life experience and create a life experience."
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