Travel Places Guide

Archive for January, 2010

St. Lucia [Photo by webmink/Flickr]

·Carry-ons as a competitive sport [NYT]
·JFK to shut certain runways come March 1 [USAToday]
·America’s most romantic cities [T+L]
·Delta adding special Super Bowl flights [AP]
·St. Lucia: a Caribbean paradise [CNN]

If you’re like us, after taking in a stunning show of that daring new photographer or tramping through an exhaustive retrospective of a painter who redefined the medium, the first thing you do is head off to the museum shop to snatch up the exhibition’s accompanying effluvia. After all, how can one remember that fabulous curatorial conceit without a seductively glossy and satisfyingly weighty catalog filled to bursting with full color reproductions? While Berlin’s grand museums are still growing into the concept of “museum visitor as revenue raising opportunity,” there are now several spots where you can pick up the art books, postcards, clever knick-knacks, and branded tote bags that mark you as a connoisseur of cultural consumption. Here’s a short guide for a museum shopping spree that will exercise both your artistic sensibilities and your credit card.

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This city draws food lovers, design buffs and party people with its riotous night life and fashion-forward styling.

By the time Debbiie White spotted some uninvited guests of the insect kind in her hotel room, she had already had enough.

Ramen, a simple concoction of broth and noodles, has inspired passion among Japanese and foreigners alike, and allows for a deeper understanding of the city itself.

While the ancient sights are fascinating and the history is educational, the best reason to come here is the eternal beauty of the Irish landscape.

Only half of the motorways in England reach the top safety rating, with other major roads much worse, a report says.