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One major factor separates South Africa’s National Arts Festival from its relative fringe fests in Edinburgh and New York: Instead of sweating off a beer buzz in line to see the next hot group, you can enjoy light-jacket temperatures in the 50s and 60s.
The ‘08 version of the fest goes June 26-July 5 and includes […]

In May, Virgin America started throwing parties on certain flights, calling the aerial happy hours “Superfly Wednesdays.” And as it happens, we just got an email about an upcoming VA party at Tao at the Venetian. But it looks like another carrier isn’t content to let Virgin have all the after-flight fun.
JetBlue just posted a […]

Every other week or so, there is a new headline about peanut-free baseball.  It’s amazing!  It is, however, hard to find information on them in one place, so here goes.  Feel free to comment or email if you notice any missing from the list.  
 
May 19, 2008Clinton, Iowa  Clinton LumberkingsJune 29, 2008Durham, NCDurham BullsMay 20, 2008

June […]

Despite it being a fascinating city and a huge destination spot, I hadn’t yet touched on Boston here, so I asked Alyk at Redfin for some info on her favorite pieces of temporary real estate in the whole of Beantown. Without hesitation, she responded: Boston Harbor Hotel — not least, she noted, due to […]

Spirit Airlines may be trying to whittle away its customer service department by removing important email address of Spirit execs and closing down their call center. But they can’t get by Chris Elliott who received tips from Spirit insiders of the names, phone numbers and emails of Spirit execs who can help you.
Now that these […]

Park Slope may seem like the kind of place where everyone has a Saab, a couple kids and big backyard with a massive grill for entertaining your faux-bohemian 30-something friends with cool glasses. It’s all true–except for the big backyard part. Luckily there are bars like Quarter which had the vision to offer a BYO […]

Great unadvertised Air India sale fares and deals to London, England; Paris, France; Delhi, India; and Mumbai (Bombay), India for summer and fall travel.
If you’ve been snoozing past the great Air India summer fares from New York to London and Paris, better sit up right now and take notice because there are still a few […]

A gigantic greenhouse complex is being built in Thanet, England. The development covers 565 square miles and will boost the UK’s vegetable crop by 15 percent.
The complex, known as “Thanet Earth,” will grow 1.3 million tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers year-round in seven separate greenhouses. The $157 million project is the brainchild of a British produce […]

This Youtube video shows what happens at a McDonald’s restaurant in the Akasaka, Tokyo after the bars close. The clip shows at least seven people sleeping off a night of heavy drinking in the booths at Mickey D’s. Some of these sleepyheads were probably stranded when the Tokyo Metro closed down for the evening.
Miraculously, the […]

Tonight’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals and the bandwagon fans of LA are getting all gussied up to cheer on their favorite team–the Lakers in the Playoffs. (They’re not to be confused with the Lakers in the Regular Season.)
While serious fans have probably doled out the dough for actual game tickets, the fair-weather fans […]