HOLIDAY BAZAARS Oct 3, 2008
Alaska Bead Society Fall Bead Event, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Anchorage Museum, 121 W. Seventh Ave. More than 50 bead artists selling their handmade beaded items ... Bayshore Clubhouse Fall Bazaar, 6-9 p.m. today, Bayshore Community Clubhouse, 3131 Amber Bay Loop ... Look for pot scrubbies, beaded jewelry, Christmas ornaments, place mats, table runners, ceramic pieces, warm hats and scarves, gloves and mittens, large variety of towels, floral wall hangings and... (Anchorage Daily News)
Survivors angry that pilot tried to land plane in monsoon storm Sep 23, 2008
Amid reports that the pilot aborted one approach because he could not see the runway through the driving rain, the question of why the airport remained open in such appalling weather looks likely to be a key issue for Thai accident investigators ... Thirty-nine passengers and two crew escaped by crawling out of the burning fuselage ... Many were still strapped to their seats, either knocked unconscious by the impact of the failed landing, suffocated by noxious fumes, or consumed by the flames... (Yahoo News -- Thailand)
Portsmouth area community calendar Sep 8, 2008
Performances of An 1836 Portsmouth Nutcracker will take place at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine, on Dec. 6 and 7, and at The Music Hall in Portsmouth Dec. 11 through 13. Dancers interested in auditioning must pre register by Friday, Sept. 12 ... An open house will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
As Seen On Streetside San Diego With Lorrie Jordan Aug 25, 2008
Monday, August 25, 2008, 5:14 am ... As seen on With Lorrie Jordan August 1, 2008 ... Frustrated by all the strollers on the market. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
American Airlines is fined $7.1 million Aug 15, 2008
By Rick Popely, Chicago Tribune August 15, 2008 American Airlines flew two MD-80 airplanes 58 times in December after pilots reported problems with the autopilot systems, a violation of safety regulations that potentially endangered passengers and crews, the government alleged Thursday ... Duquette said the violations were discovered in the agency's routine review of American's maintenance records and not as part of the industrywide audit earlier this year that led to the grounding of hundreds... (Los Angeles Times)
Architect puts a modern spin on classic forms May 11, 2008
Eve Kushner, Special to The Chronicle ... At Shattuck and University avenues in downtown Berkeley, a tall, stately mixed-use building rises from gritty surroundings, taking you back to a time and place you can't quite name ... This eight-person Oakland firm has designed a range of commercial, residential, mixed-use and ecclesiastical projects, including historic preservation and adaptive reuse. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
* Springs fever Apr 12, 2008
While long overshadowed by the states theme parks and beaches, Floridas springs are well-known among locals who use them for swimming, kayaking and other water sports ... Yesterday, they paddled the Ichetucknee River, a clear, narrow stream fed almost exclusively by nine major springs ... A sign at a restaurant and dive shop depicts a mermaid with long blond hair blown back, not unlike the fluorescent-green aquatic eel grass that crops up beside these northern Florida springs, ever-bent by... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Anthony dOffay Mar 2, 2008
A lot of things were painful to part with, but the jewel for me is walking into a museum and seeing a school party there, d Offay said ... He lorded it over the art world from his house in Regent s Park where he still lives with his wife Anne Seymour, an art historian and editor until his retirement seven years ago ... Waldemar Januszczak, the Sunday Times art critic, remembers d Offay as this creepy guy who used to float around without making a sound at the back of the gallery. (Times Online)
Snow in Japan disrupts travel and sports events Feb 5, 2008
A snowstorm over much of central Japan on Sunday delayed trains and airlines and forced the cancellation of outdoor sporting events in Tokyo (International Herald Tribune)
U.S. corporate travel managers expect higher airline fares Jan 23, 2008
Those were among the findings in a survey of 98 travel managers and other big buyers of airline tickets by the Business Travel Coalition, a group that seeks to represent the interest of business travelers ... Pro-merger airline executives have said they hoped to sell big corporate customers on the notion that a merged airline's expanded route network would make booking travel for a far-flung sales force a lot easier and that redeeming frequent flier miles would also be more convenient ... That... (International Herald Tribune)
Tyler Brûlé: An upside to airline alliances Jan 18, 2008
Does your particular relationship with an airline's mileage program make you feel like you're in an abusive relationship that you hate every second you're in it but know there's too much at stake to get out ... At Singapore's Changi or Paris's Charles de Gaulle, airlines used to offer a complete experience from check-in, to gate, to cabin ... In an industry that is, in theory, focused on service and everyone is flying around on the same planes, aren't people the brand. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Frequent Traveler Q & A: Flexibility counts in search for bargains Jan 18, 2008
I am looking for a business-class seat to Paris. I have searched the Web, but the plethora of sites confuses the hell out of me ... And some airlines offer restricted first- and business-class fares for far less than the price of an unrestricted ticket. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
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San Blas Islands, Panama: A haven for ancient ways Jan 11, 2008
The younger women chatted and worked on molas layered lengths of fabric intricately cut and sewn into various colors and designs. Their calves were wrapped in loops of beads, bright yellows and reds against their tanned skin, but it was their midsections that drew the eye, wrapped in molas that are part of their blouses ... The people wore their traditional dress almost exclusively and supported themselves by fishing and gathering fruit. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
MAXjet's demise: A timely reminder for business-class carriers Jan 10, 2008
MAXjet's demise: A timely reminder for business-class carriers - International Herald Tribune ... MAXjet's demise: A timely reminder for business-class carriers ... The demise of the business-class-only MAXjet, which collapsed into bankruptcy on Christmas Eve, was a salutary reminder that business travel decisions tend to be made on a shifting equation of cost, convenience and comfort. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Rabble-rouser Nov 12, 2007
The Augusta native, widely known as the voice for the concerned-citizens group CSRA Help, refuses to remain quiet on the topic of local government, which he says is rife with corruption and waste ... He created the CSRA Help name in 2005 to codify the various initiatives he had been informally spearheading for years, such as the Continental Challenge capital campaigns that raised more than $1 million to lure Continental Airlines to Augusta Regional Airport ... CSRA Help entered the political... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Philly shows off its fall colors Sep 29, 2007
"We just want to get out of the city." ... At the Hagley Museum near Philadelphia, the site of E.I. du Pont's gunpowder manufacturing, this structure conveyed water power to the grinding wheels in each powder house ... But I had another agenda: to see the city's Morris Arboretum and nearby Delaware's Brandywine Valley, and the area's glorious fall foliage. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Arkansas fall foliage Sep 16, 2007
" As a result, these are not jagged mountains against a serrated sky. They are rolling hills, the highest just 2,578 feet; supported by ancient layers of limestone, dolomite and sandstone; dense with underbrush and hardwoods, up to 1,000 trees per acre. By late summer, a distant Ozarks vista looks rather like a scruffy green pool table top covering big pool balls. Then autumn arrives bit by bit, on its own clock. Typically, the first flecks of color burst across the hills in early October,... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Travel how-to Sep 13, 2007
Traveler's how-to: Shipping souvenirs home from abroad - USATODAY.com ... I mailed each box from Nice to my U.S. home, using different carriers ... FedEx: I visited the local FedEx office in Nice, and paid using my existing FedEx account number. (USA Today)
Holy impenetrable comic wrappers, Batman! Sep 3, 2007
Maybe it will get to the point where I can put out comics that have blank pages inside - just covers - and no one will notice. " The slabs are made with two sheets of thick, stiff plastic, and the books inside are encased in a thin, heat-sealed interior sleeve as well. A label inside the archival slab has a CGC hologram, a unique bar code and a description of its condition with a numeric grade. The overall package is as sturdy as a plastic clipboard and lands with a clatter if you drop it on the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
neighborhood markets, dusty bookstores, and small cafes Jul 8, 2007
" Gelenter, who lives several months a year in Paris, provides his Web site members -- for a $40 fee -- with a "Paris Survival Kit" that includes unique hotel and restaurant recommendations (with discounts to members) and an Access Guide to Paris. He organizes book readings in San Francisco and Paris with authors such as Peter Mayle ("A Year in Provence,") Diane Johnson ("Le Divorce"), New Yorker writer Pete Hamill and others. He'll even arrange to meet with you at any number of Paris hangouts... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Istanbul: Living with real-life tolerance of diversity Jul 1, 2007
Once the strongest Muslim Empire in human history, it was also witness to the birth of Christianity. It is also the cold Aegean Sea and warm Sea of Marmara blended in the lukewarm Bosphorus -- also known as the Istanbul Strait ... It pumps out an energy so unique it brings life to everything, yet maintains it all in a harmonious blend. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Walking with HEROES Jul 1, 2007
The Heroes Among Us: Bus tour celebrates Flight 93 passengers and Quecreek rescues ... The Heroes Among Us: Bus tour celebrates Flight 93 passengers and Quecreek rescues ... Darrell Sapp, Post-GazetteA bus with Groomes Tours makes its way along Skyline Road toward the temporary Flight 93 Memorial. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nodine man’s artwork selected as trout stamp in Delaware Apr 12, 2007
Although Hanson may have 20 paintings in various stages of completion at any given time, the self-taught artist has received more than a dozen honors including winning the contest for the 2008 Delaware trout stamp in the 10 years since he took up painting as a hobby ... Hanson, who enters his wildlife art in other state stamp competitions, said many states have dropped the contests because of a shift to online license sales ... You can just kind of go brain dead, and I mean that in a good... (Winona Daily News, MN)
Singer Marie Osmond and husband divorcing after 20 years Mar 31, 2007
Osmond and husband Brian Blosil are divorcing after 20 years of marriage, the pair announced Friday ... It's becoming painfully obvious that for whose office brought down U.S. Rep ... Randy "Duke" Cunningham, it wasn't just her record of prosecutions that led to her ouster but more whom she was prosecuting, and from which political party. (North County Times)
No place like home Mar 2, 2007
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The sizzle of Buenos Aires Feb 19, 2007
It is aggressive, moody, seductive, sometimes beautiful and maybe a little dangerous ... Which brings us to the subject of steak houses--but first, the obligatory Travel story transition paragraphs ... Plus, right now, for Americans (and especially for euro-spending Europeans) it's relatively cheap, and that, happily, brings us back to the subject of cooked Argentinian hoofed beasts. (Chicago Tribune)
Sweep your lover off their feet Feb 4, 2007
We'd like to go away for a cultural weekend, with a mixture of art, music, wildlife, sunshine, independence and the unknown. We used to live in Lisbon and loved it there; there is a very romantic, faded glory and beauty about it ... The Picasso Museum is around the corner, as are a host of bars and restaurants offering everything from traditional tapas to cutting-edge gastronomy. (Guardian Unlimited)
See Berlin behind closed doors Jan 21, 2007
That's just one of the perks of hiring Henrik as your man in Berlin. The enthusiastic Swede doesn't just open doors, he gives you the key ... I took her to the famously decadent KitKatClub. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
