i caught the trailer for baz luhrmans upcoming travelflavored epic in theaters this weekend and it looks set to follow the likes of into the wild and lord of the rings as the next bigscreen touristbait. it also looks suspiciously like an australian remake of out of africa but thats beside the point. the movie is angli......
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build boston and greenbuild are are going on this week and between mike attending build boston and my attempt to get in touch with the media a client attending greenbuild i thought i would dedicate this weeks roundup to you guessed it architecture. the focus of architecture stretched beyond these conferences this week when a pretty viral list got a lot of attention. virtualtou......
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the national posts chris knight has some fun pondering what most movie sequels would look like if they were required to pick up precisely where the previous flick left off as the latest james bond does. among the more appealing travelthemed sequels he envisions the shawshank reredemption featuring the wacky hijinks of morgan freeman and tim robbins as escaped convicts on the......
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what you really want is a week to decompress recover from an untethered year studying chinese and a man who chose his dissertation over you. you yearn for a palmfringed escape somewhere that wont require too much thought. vietnam is within reach a threehour flight and you know the food will be good. you book a week in june and wait for confirmation to arrive by scooter in the thick o......
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when texas monthly named snows a relatively unknown barbecue joint in lexington texas the best in the state many people were surprised. among them trillin. the new yorkers food guy writes i felt like a people subscriber who had picked up the sexiest man alive issue and discovered that the sexiest man alive was sheldon ludnick an insurance adjuster from t......
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the ap reports that tony dow beavers brother on the iconic television show leave it to beaver will show a piece of his art at the societe nationale des beauxarts exhibition in paris. san francisco chronicle pop culture critic peter hartlaub follows up and says dows work will actually be on display at the carrousel du louvre dec. 1114. either way its proba......
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strong mojitos and a salsa band greeted cubas two millionth tourist albeit symbolical lyt hey actually greeted the incoming plane holding number two mil as the island celebrated what it hopes will be a record year for tourism. despite the three crippling hurricanes that ripped through here earlier this year cuba expects to have had more than 2.3 million visi......
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imagine swinging by the supermarket on the way home to snag a carton of milk and a box of cereal for the morning and leaving with a weekend getaway to italy as part of your spoils thats what one british grocery store chain is hoping its customers will do now that its added travel packages to its inventory. the unusual move announced last week by aldi supermarket comes uk stores......
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our five most popular speakers corner stories for the week 1 confessions of a crossborder shopper 2 the death of the milehigh club pictured 3 vagrant ruminations of a compulsive traveler 4 why i am still going to bali 5 affairs to remember 8212onsc reen and off photo by spcoon via flickr creative commons ......
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julia ross i loved this weeks new yorker cover. sure i voted for obama so i appreciated the sly wink at his victory but the image also elicited a swell of affection for my hometown. my earliest memory of washington fro m the summer of 1974 when my family moved hereis of a nighttime visit to the lincoln memorial. it overwhelmed me as a 7yearold and remains my favorite o......
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a calgary economist is predicting that oil prices could slide as low as 20 a barrel in the coming months down from 150 this summer. if hes right thatll be one more reason why the road trip isnt dead . photo by marshall astorfood pornographer via flickr creative commons ......
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canada finished second and the united states placed third in futurebrands fourth annual country brand index survey . rina plapler the lead author of the study explains her interest in country branding in an interview ive studied global culture and comparative religion and lived in north america europe and africa she says. ive been amazed how differ......
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buoyed by their recent victory against the st. marks pigeons local authorities in venice are once again turning their attention to the battle against uncivilized tourists. weve covered their clampdown on bare chests littering and public naps now the new targets include faredodgers on the vaporetti bag lunches in the piazzas and all those folks who dont give u......
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its been tough enough selling american parents and school administrators on the benefits of a gap year for students. now the guardian reports that the phenomenon is on the decline in the uk where its been an accepted rite of passage for years. the story blames financial concerns the economic downturn andmost ominouslya growing con servatism 8221 among ......
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utahs bureau of land management has stirred the ire of the national park service by announcing its plan to expand drilling in eastern utah to on or near boundaries of arches national park dinosaur national monument and canyonlands national park the salt lake tribune reports. were not antioil and gas said one park service official. but were very muc......
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the maldives presidentelect has announced plans to purchase a new homeland for residents of his nation the bbc reports ideally in a region with similar culture like sri lanka or india. the plansparked by fears that rising tides may eventually decimate many of the nations islandswould be funded by a sovereign wealth fund using tourism revenues. i......
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since i do a lot of research by nature im always on the hunt for great resources especially with travel now that im a staff writer for minihostels .a here are five of my favorites 1 wikitravel pure awesome.a think of it as wikipedia for the traveler.a the entire site is built upon the realtime submissions of people which means its constantly upd......
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our five most popular lists for the week 1 13 great travel horror movies 2 10 sizzling hot travel tips from sir francis bacon pictured 3 10 greatest fictional travelers 4 10 great travel race movies 5 seven reasons to have a foreign fling......
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dear rolf im planning a roundtheworld trip but i worry about transportation costs once i start traveling. ideally i would like to travel to most places overland exploring along the way. however civil unrest war and such make that virtually impossible. any suggestions about how to get around these obstacles without resorting to expensive flights and spending too much money ......
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yesterday we cheered the passage of the california measure to build the nations first highspeed train system from los angeles to san francisco. we knew we shouldnt get too excited. indeed todays los angeles times suggests that the countrys economic problems could delay necessary government matching funds. reports the times even if all goes well for the pr......
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steve martin actor comedian writer playwright producer musician and composer has made his villa in st barts available for rent for a bargain28000 a week according to wall street journal the halfacre villa is located in the hills of lurin and has four bedrooms four full bathrooms a large deck and wide views of st. jean bay where martin likes to b......
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im not sure that a nation plunging into economic depression should really be described as gre at but so it goes on the great wall street crashes walking tour showing visitors the finance industrys landmarks 8212thos e known for better the citys first bank and worse the former headquarters of j.p. morgan. but its not all doom and glo......
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at least if you ask the rest of the world who should win. my favorite comment from a ugandan quoted in the times of london story we support obama not as a person but as a new phenomenon. related on world hum the 2008 u.s. presidential candidates travel scorecard......
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all four members of u2 are invested in the norman fosterdesigned building a planned 36story tower on the banks of the river liffey. if it ever gets built it will be the tallest building in ireland. developers wanted to break ground this year but now theyre waiting 12 months to see if the economic climate in ireland improves. bono and the edge however still seem to be moving forward......
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