Sleeping and eating – the French do it best
May 4, 2009 ·
True to their reputation as leisure-loving gourmets, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world’s wealthy nations, according to a study published Monday. The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean, who sleep the least in [...]
Midwest hopes for ‘Public Enemies’ tourism
April 27, 2009 ·
John Dillinger: America’s most notorious criminal or Robin Hood of the Great Depression? It doesn’t matter to the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, which wants people to visit Wisconsin locales related to his gang’s time here in the 1930s and the movie filmed in the state, “Public Enemies.” It stars Johnny Depp as Dillinger. The movie [...]
Tribes tell their stories in new Arkansas exhibit
April 6, 2009 ·
Their names mark rivers, valleys, schools and communities across the state, recalling the people who were settled in Arkansas when Europeans first arrived in the 1500s. But while the names may be familiar to many, the history of the Quapaw, Osage and Caddo American Indian tribes might not. To help change that, the Historic Arkansas [...]
Shopping the world’s greatest flea markets
March 30, 2009 ·
Some people travel so they can climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower, or ski the Rockies, or feast on rare delicacies in Bangkok. Not me. I think of the world as a series of fabulous flea markets, displaying each culture’s best bibelots — many of which can be had for a paltry few [...]
St. Louis on the cheap: from the Arch to the zoo
March 26, 2009 ·
The French who founded this city in 1764 left instructions for having a good time. The Germans brought the beer, built the brick mansions and got things organized. Henry Shaw, inspired by the gardens of his native England, created a magnificent botanical garden. The Italians gave us The Hill neighborhood of tidy working-class homes and [...]
Baltimore museum puts art under the big top
March 24, 2009 ·
Curators at the Baltimore Museum of Art knew they were getting an early Pablo Picasso masterpiece, “The Acrobat Family,” in a rare loan from the Goteborg Museum of Art in Sweden. Building a show around the picture turned out to be easy. “We looked through our holdings,” said Oliver Shell, associate curator of European paintings [...]
DC Cherry Blossom Festival soon in bloom
March 23, 2009 ·
It’s that time of year again, when a swath of the nation’s capital becomes awash in a sea of pink. The National Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off March 28 and runs through April 12, with more than a million visitors expected to stroll through the 3,700 cherry trees that circle Washington’s Tidal Basin and participate [...]
