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Off-off-Broadway fanatics know we’re already a week into the New York Fringe Festival, so it’s high time we separated the thespians from the players. If you don’t know where to start, balance your Fringe diet with our handy five categories of festival shows and recommendations for each. Hey, maybe you’ll spot the next “Urinetown”!
The Necessary […]

Lately my travel pattern seems to be coinciding with the worst of winter weather. In the past few weeks my flights have been affected by more thunderstorms than I can count, hail, snow, excessive winds, heavy rain, frost/ice. Today looks like it will be no different. 2 prop flights. Wind 80 […]

Most people now associate Georgia (the country, not state) with images of war, Russian tanks, politicians, and oodles of political analysis on what this conflict means for the future of East-West relations. But there are many softer sides of Georgia. Its unique cuisine is just one of them.
I had never heard of Georgian food […]

We’re obviously not the only ones who love getting free WiFi at the airport judging by the tons of email we’ve gotten recently from tipsters. We’re adding all your insider info about airport wireless to our map mashup today.
If we managed to miss your favorite airport hotspot, do fill us in. And any tips you […]

Patrick Swayze took over Gary/Chicago International on Wednesday to shoot an episode of his new show “The Beast.” So far, we haven’t seen any photos of him goofing off at GYY.
And the airport director says they aren’t just filming inside:

I think they’re using one of the repossessed planes we have out there, I think an […]

We’ve seen plenty of Alaska before: The state’s unpredictable wildlife, epic hiking and even its surfing. But if you want even more out of a trip to America’s last frontier, hit up Mica Guides.
Based just two hours from Anchorage on the Matanuska Glacier, the company offers glacier tours, adventure trips and, most importantly, ice climbing! […]

If you’ve never been to an American embassy, we’re here to tell you that it’s not actually that much fun. (Well, maybe it’s fun if you’re invited to a party, but that’s not why we stopped by!) Still, the new diplomatic mission in Beijing looks good enough to compete with The Bird’s Nest and The […]

Imagine the thrill of being a race car driver: Slamming your foot on the gas, going hundreds of miles per hour, whipping around turns, hearing the non-existent roar of the engine. Wait, what? This isn’t Formula One, it’s Formula Zero.
The new race series is the world’s first international championship for hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars. Held […]

“We are all Georgians,” announced John McCain in the pages of the Wall Street Journal today. But since the citizens of the invaded nation can’t vote for president in the US, the senator is in Michigan today, where he stopped in at a Bloomfield Hills diner to “chat.”
His Straight Talk Express almost made a longer […]

It’s by no means an exaggeration to say that the Bay Area has an arts festival for just about every genre, sub-genre and sub-sub-genre, so it’s no surprise that there’s an Oakland International Black LGBT Film Festival.
This year’s festival runs August 14-17 and includes “Shirts and Skins,” a documentary about a gay basketball team, an […]