Super Bowl, Miami: All South Florida wants to play
January 11, 2010 ·
This year’s Super Bowl is in Miami, but all South Florida wants to play. The region’s three international airports give visitors the flexibility to try a variety of beaches, restaurants and social scenes on the mainland and south into the Florida Keys, said Rodney Barreto, chairman of the South Florida Super Bowl Host Committee. “It’s [...]
London: 5 free things to do on a winter’s day
January 4, 2010 ·
Prices in London have dropped in the last six months because businesses are running many sales and because the U.S. dollar has gained in buying power against the British pound. Yet London is still expensive. What many visitors don’t realize, though, is how much there is to do for free in the city—much of it [...]
New York’s Tavern on the Green restaurant bites the dust
December 30, 2009 ·
Tavern on the Green, once America’s highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song. The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year’s Eve, when it will serve its last meal. Just three years ago, it was plating more than 700,000 [...]
Skiing East vs West: It’s not just ice vs powder
December 28, 2009 ·
Long before settling amid the soaring peaks of southwestern Colorado, where she helped create a ski experience unlike any other in North America, Jen Brill learned to carve turns on blue ice at some of the better known ski resorts in the East. “I remember seeing sheets of ice for hundreds of feet and just [...]
Airport attractions, from polar bears to music
December 28, 2009 ·
With the latest terrorist incident over U.S. skies, air travelers are more on edge than usual and security lines are even longer. But if you’re looking for something to distract yourself from all the worries and the waiting, a few airports actually offer unique attractions. Not that it will make the lines shorter, but checking [...]
Visiting bathhouses in Budapest, the city of spas
December 28, 2009 ·
Sometimes called the “city of spas,” Budapest is home to over a dozen thermal spas. The bathhouses make perfect destinations for weary tourists, sore backpackers, and families — as well as hung-over concert-goers. I visited two of Budapest’s biggest and most visited baths, Szechenyi and Gellert last summer. They were filled with 20-somethings wearing bracelets [...]
Southern skiers reveling in snow blast
December 28, 2009 ·
Skiers in North Carolina have an unusual treat this year: The Blue Ridge Mountains are dressed in winter white from an early snowstorm coating native rhododendrons in iridescent crystal ice and creating a solid base on the slopes. The ski resorts and snow guns are going full bore. The largest and best known ski areas [...]
