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Archive for January, 2010

The money to fix all Britain’s potholes could be raised within 100 days if increased profits from VAT on fuel were diverted to the problem, the AA says.

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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During a frantically busy trip to Europe, I hopped on a train and slipped off into Germany’s dreamy Mosel Valley, figuring that a dose of quaint, cobbled towns and storybook castles was just what I needed.

Midtown is the city’s hipster epicenter, a diverse area that is now home to posh cocktail bars as well as divey rock clubs and longstanding juke joints.

Football fans are throwing some Hail Mary passes to try to get to Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, Florida, on February 7.

February isn’t only about Valentine’s Day. For thousands of children all over Europe and in parts of North America, it is also Half-Term or February School Vacation.

Unless you’re Down Under, this is probably the coldest, wettest month of the year round your way. And whoever thought of setting kids free from school at this time of the year, probably needs a course of therapy.

But, don’t despair. There are loads of fun things do to – indoors and out – that are open in February or that have special events geared for high spirited children and exhausted parents with cabin fever.

Find out about some of the best day trips and fun things to do with kids around the UK:

• Fun Days Out With Kids in Yorkshire

• Best UK Family Attractions

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Family Fun for Winter School Vacations originally appeared on About.com United Kingdom Travel on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 10:55:17.

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