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Tourism in the Tenderloin: A Knifing Waiting to Happen?
An article in today’s New York Times describes a new effort by San Francisco civic leaders to promote the city’s Tenderloin District as a place, along with the lik... ...read more
Adventures in India: The Taj Mahal, Elephant Polo, and a Pug Named Buddy
“One of the advantages of working for the government is that you don’t have to do anything and they buy you a house,” Puneet Dan says as we drive past the Delhi neighborhood w... ...read more
Why Train Travel Doesn’t Suck
I’d decided on an Amtrak train expedition from Los Angeles to New Mexico well before running across a story titled Low Stress and Last-Minute Travel May Have Boosted Amtrak̵... ...read more
Did Rebecca Gayheart Get My Swine Flu Vaccine?
If it wasn’t for an upcoming trip to Bali, I probably wouldn’t have bothered with the swine flu vaccine. True, I have a compromised immune system and my doctor told me to get on... ...read more
The Great Randy Quaid Hotel Scam
The Who’s Keith Moon once tossed a television set into a hotel swimming pool. Amy Winehouse dyed her hotel bathtub black along with her hair. Russell Crowe threw a telepho... ...read moreAirport Overheard: Loose-Lipped Pilot Disses Airport Security
Overheard at JFK this morning, when a pilot cut ahead of some passengers waiting in line at airport security, put his bags on the conveyor belt, removed his shoes, and — w... ...read more
Live Blogging @ 37,000 Feet: I ♥ Virgin America
Every once in a while, air travel doesn’t suck. You don’t get frisked at security or have your “personal items” scoured in front of a crowd of strangers.... ...read moreObamacation ’09: What the First Family Did On Their Summer Vacation–and Where They Did It
Part vacation, part healthcare-reform publicity tour, the Obama family’s just-concluded summer trip started in Montana and ended at… Disney World. Or did it? Here... ...read more
People Who Travel More Than Me: Maya, My Dental Hygienist
As someone who writes about travel for magazines, you could say that I travel for a living. What does it reveal about the state of the industry I work in, then, that my dental h... ...read more
Face Down on Facebook
I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cringe when I first saw the photos: a guy lying face down at a driving range, his friend poised to tee off on his back; a kid riding an up esc... ...read moreFollow Us
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