- July 2nd, 2009
- Obama Family Plans Vacation on Martha’s Vineyard
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Reports coming out of Washington and Cape Cod suggest that President Barack Obama intends to take a 2-week family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard in late August. The secret service has been checking up on homes in the East Chop section of Oak Bluffs - a resort town on the northeast shore of the island of Martha’s Vineyard. [...] [...]
- July 1st, 2009
- Michael Jackson Fans Invade Neverland, Santa Barbara
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- A public viewing of the late Michael Jackson’s body is to be held on Friday at the Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara. And there’s complete bedlam in Santa Barbara right now, with fans descending down to the Santa Ynez Valley from all over the nation, and probably even from other countries, trying to get a last [...] [...]
- July 1st, 2009
- Chicano Art Exhibit At Phoenix Art Museum
- SOURCE: Downtown Phoenix Journal
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Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement, the first comprehensive consideration of Chicano art in two decades, will open at the Phoenix Art Museum on July 12. It explores the work of a young generation of artists working today after the initial social struggles of the Chicano movement, a larger political and cultural movement that in the late 1960s and early 1970s began campaigning for justice and equality for Americans of Mexican and Latin American heritage.
Sam, Catrina, Tyler and the rest of the staff thank you for reading.
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- July 1st, 2009
- Takeoff with TripAdvisor Great Escapes
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Quick on the heels of the City Tours launch by Google, now comes another trip planning helper - this one from TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor® has launched a new “Great Escapes” tool, which helps travelers find outstanding low-cost getaways to unexpected destinations by air or car. The Great Escapes trip-planning resource (www.tripadvisor.com/TakeOff) inspires travelers with up to ten great air and car options [...] [...]
- June 30th, 2009
- Chicago Fourth of July 2009
- SOURCE: The Chicago Traveler
- Get ready for some fun in the sun for the Fourth of July weekend in Chicago. There are many things to see and do for the holiday weekend no matter what your taste. If you are visiting the area for the fourth, we have quite a bit in store for you. Chicagoans will enjoy a [...] [...]
- June 30th, 2009
- Style-savvy travel expert needed
- SOURCE: Travel Blog - Mr & Mrs Smith Boutique & Luxury Hotels
- Our award-winning GoldSmith travel consultants (yeah, I know I promised we wouldn’t go on about it, but it’s relevant, okay?) are on the lookout for a scimitar-sharp super-concierge to join our London-based Travel Team. If you think you might fit the exceedingly tight-fitting mould, we’d absolutely love to hear from you. Details are below but, [...] [...]
- June 30th, 2009
- $10 Hotel Rooms from LastMinuteTravel
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- LastMinuteTravel.com is holding ‘$10 tuesdays’ where you can score rooms for $10 at hotels in New York, Orlando, Paris, Brussels and more cities. Way it works is that every tuesday, LastMinuteTravel will list, on the home page, an ad for the $10 specials. All you have to do is click thru and search for the $10 [...] [...]
- June 29th, 2009
- The King Opens in West Roxbury
- SOURCE: Boston Restaurant Talk
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A new Middle Eastern restaurant has replaced a beloved dining spot in West Roxbury. The new place is called The King, and is a sister restaurant of Shawarma King, a Middle Eastern spot on Beacon Street in the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline. It replaces Samia's, a popular Middle Eastern restaurant that had been in business since the early 1990s, only to close earlier this year.
According to skordalia, a poster on the Chowhound site, the menu at The King is a bit different from that of Shawarma King at this point in time (most notably there [...]
- June 29th, 2009
- $10 Hotel Rooms in Orlando
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Hard to believe, but true. Rosen Hotels and Resorts, as part of it’s 35th anniversary celebrations, is rolling back prices to 1974 at four of it’s hotels in Orlando. The chain is offering rooms at $9.99 for the first night until December 23, 2009. The four hotels participating in the promotion are:- Quality Inn International Drive - 7600 [...] [...]
- June 28th, 2009
- Top Museums in London
- SOURCE:
- London, a unique and modern city, the proud heart of an old Empire. Many museums in London try to capture the great past of the nation. Many others, showcase the acquisitions of explorers, conquerors and travelers. If you happen to be in London and still have not seen the museums we will propose you, we [...] [...]
- June 28th, 2009
- We’re always looking for bloggers…
- SOURCE: Downtown Phoenix Journal
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Are you involved in local happenings? Do you like to tell people about it? Do you want your stories to be seen by millions (okay, thousands) of people?
Can you work a computer?
Good. We want to work with you. Come write for us. Tell us what’s going on in your downtown Phoenix neighborhood. We want to [...]
Sam, Catrina, Tyler and the rest of the staff thank you for reading.
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- June 28th, 2009
- Sunday Travel Times - BBC Travel Scandal, DialaFight…
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- The BBC is standing on a very sticky wicket, after it came to light that the BBC’s high-rollers spent £45 million in one year on travel and accomodation. And as is the norm nowadays, all junkets lead straight to Las Vegas. Turns out 29 of the Beeb’s execs blew £1,430.88 on a single dinner at the [...] [...]
- June 26th, 2009
- 6/30 RadiatePhx Celebrates Independents
- SOURCE: Downtown Phoenix Journal
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May 26 is the last Tuesday of the month and that means it's time for RadiatePhx. Join us as we welcome Nick Bastian with RailLife.com and Marty McNeil with METRO Light Rail.
Sam, Catrina, Tyler and the rest of the staff thank you for reading.
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- June 26th, 2009
- Taste of Chicago begins Today
- SOURCE: The Chicago Traveler
- If you live in Chicago or are here visiting, you have to stop by the Taste. The 29th Annual Taste of Chicago Festival begins today and goes through July 5th. It is one of the largest festivals I have ever attended. So big that it stretches through two weeks. The Taste of Chicago as a [...] [...]
- June 25th, 2009
- Go 4th on the River…Celebrate Independence Day New Orleans Style!
- SOURCE: Experience New Orleans
- Plan to spend July 4th along the downtown New Orleans Riverfront and enjoy the Go 4th on the River celebration…ranked 5th “must see” fireworks display in the U.S., by American Pyrotechnic Association. The 19th Annual Go 4TH on the River will feature Entertainment and the Dueling Barges Fireworks Extravaganza. Bring your radios to the river for this passionate salute [...] [...]
- June 25th, 2009
- Fifth ‘Movie Monday’ At Heard Museum This Monday
- SOURCE: Downtown Phoenix Journal
- On Monday, June 29, the Heard Museum will be holding another Movie Mondays event. They will be showing a 28-minute film called If Weather Permits at 1:30pm. Elisapie Isaac, a young, city-based Inuit filmmaker returns to her roots, the village of Kangirsujuaq in Nunavik. Here, she ponders the relationship between the Inuit past and the future in today's world. In interviews with her extraordinary grandfather and with young people of the community, she finds more questions than answers. To bridge the growing gap between the young and the old, she lets Naalak, an elder, and Danny, a young policeman from [...]
- June 24th, 2009
- A New Popeyes Coming to Roslindale
- SOURCE: Boston Restaurant Talk
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Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, a global chain of fast-food chicken places, is opening a new restaurant in the Roslindale section of Boston. According to a job posting on Craigslist, it should be open sometime in early July.
Popeyes currently has two locations in the Boston area: One on Beacon Street in the Kenmore Square section of Boston, and another in the Westgate Mall in Brockton.
The address for this new Popeyes will be: Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, 710 American Legion Highway, Roslindale, MA, 02131.[...]
- June 23rd, 2009
- Grassfields Restaurant May Be Coming to Danvers
- SOURCE: Boston Restaurant Talk
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Another Grassfields may be coming to the Boston area, though it looks to entail name, menu, and cosmetic changes of an existing restaurant than the creation of a completely new dining spot.
According to the Salem News, Nick & Tony's Italian Grill in Danvers may be changing its name to Grassfields and reworking the interior of the restaurant as well as its menu (it would change from Italian cuisine to more tradition American fare). The newspaper goes on to say that although town selectmen approved the changes, another hearing (centering around the liquor license) will be needed before changes [...]
- June 22nd, 2009
- Hotel Palomar Dallas Offers Special Summer Rate for Teachers
- SOURCE: Texas Travel News
- School's out for summer, and for those who spent the past months educating eager students, Kimpton's Hotel Palomar Dallas is offering a lesson in luxury with a "Time Out for Teachers" special summer rate.Through September 7, 2009, teachers who mentor y... [...]
- June 22nd, 2009
- Two New Restaurants in Milton (Abby Park and 88 Wharf) to Open in July
- SOURCE: Boston Restaurant Talk
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The town of Milton will soon be home to not one, but two new restaurants. Boston's southern neighbor has a new dining spot coming to Milton Landing, as well as one on the way to East Milton Square.
According to a job posting on Craigslist, a restaurant called 88 Wharf will be coming to Milton Landing sometime in July and will be located in a condo complex overlooking the Neponset River. Based on an earlier article in Wicked Local, this new dining spot may turn out to be an upscale bistro with Mediterranean and American [...]
- June 19th, 2009
- Beer For Dinner
- SOURCE: Downtown Phoenix Journal
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Coach & Willies is hosting a Beer Dinner June 19 at 6:30pm. The four-course dinner will be followed by live music with Sweet Konundrum and special guests Tommy Doo at 9pm.
Sam, Catrina, Tyler and the rest of the staff thank you for reading.
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- June 17th, 2009
- Eight New York Hotels offer 3rd Night Free
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Eight out of 17 hotels in the Signature Collection of luxury hotels in New York are offering a third night free from July 1 to Sept 7, 2009. The New York hotels participating in this program are the Carlyle, Jumeirah Essex House, Loews Regency Hotel, the London NYC, the New York Palace Hotel, the Plaza Hotel, [...] [...]
- June 16th, 2009
- “Food, Inc.,” to Open in Boston on Friday, June 19
- SOURCE: Boston Restaurant Talk
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A new film from Magnolia Pictures about America's food industry is opening this Friday (June 19) in Boston and other cities across the country. "Food, Inc." centers around issues concerning the industrialization of food as well as the importance of local, sustainable food. Filmmaker Robert Kenner, who has produced episodes of such TV shows as "The American Experience" and "The Blues," looks into the role of the FDA and the USDA, the control of the country's food supply by corporations, and food-related health problems. Included in the documentary are interviews with food experts and progressive entrepreneurs.
To learn [...]
- June 15th, 2009
- Extended Stay Hotels Files for Bankruptcy
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Extended Stay Hotels has filed for bankruptcy protection in a New York court. The company offers moderately priced extended stay lodging hotels with over 680 locations in North America spread across 44 U.S. states and Canada. This bankruptcy comes on the heels of a lawsuit between investors and lenders involved with the company. The owner, David Lichtenstein’s [...] [...]
- June 14th, 2009
- Sunday Travel Times - V for Visavue Travel, G for Gassing Geese…
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced that it is introducing a new service that will provide government agencies, hotels, airlines and other organizations within the U.S. tourism industry, unique insights into spending by international visitors to the U.S. VisaVue (R) Travel will enable subscribers to tailor their marketing and promotional strategies and budgets based on up-to-date information [...] [...]
- June 14th, 2009
- Taste of Chicago 2009 June 26 - July 5
- SOURCE: Chicago Weekend Fun!
- I was checking out the Taste of Chicago 2009 map of vendors and restaurants and there is more to choose from this year at the taste than ever. The Taste of Chicago 2009 offers everything from classic Chicago hot dogs and pizza to vegetarian dishes, to international specialties from all over the world to luscious [...] [...]
- June 13th, 2009
- Culinary Travel in California
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- With it’s vastness and geographic and cultural diversity, California offers limitless possibilities for a gastronomic odyssey from artisan cheeses to sustainable seafood to the freshest in organic produce. Caroline Beteta, President and CEO of the California Travel and Tourism Commission (CTTC) agrees that “There is no limit to the culinary opportunities in California. Travelers can dine at [...] [...]
- June 12th, 2009
- Senate Debates Travel Promotion Act
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- The Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (S. 1023) has been presented for cloture of debate in the U.S. Senate. The House has already approved it, so the bill will head to the President’s desk for his signature, if the Senate approves it. The bill authorizes the setting up of an independent non-profit Travel Promotion Corporation which will be responsible for [...] [...]
- June 12th, 2009
- More upcoming openings: Dorado Tacos, Olecito, Ames Hotel Restaurant, Coppa
- SOURCE: Boston Restaurant Talk
- A little while ago, we mentioned a few restaurants that are coming to the Boston area soon (including one that just opened, namely Jade Garden Restaurant in Chinatown). A few more places have popped up on the radar over the past week or two, including Dorado Tacos and Cemitas, a Latin American and Mexican restaurant opening in late June in the Coolidge Corner section of Brookline. Another new restaurant coming to that town is a second location of Olecito, an inexpensive and casual Mexican spot that features tacos and tortas and whose original location is in the Inman Square section [...]
- June 12th, 2009
- Govt Agencies Instructed Not to Book Orlando Hotels
- SOURCE: triphow.com
- Betcha didn’t know there was a ‘not to book’ hotels list maintained by federal government agencies, did you? Turns out there is one, and Orlando seems to have landed up on the list. Orlando CVB president Gary Sain says that he just found that Orlando hotels are unofficially on a “not to book” list being used by a number [...] [...]