It must be the unseasonably early cold-snap – this weekend’s travel features skipped over the exotic destinations and adventures in favor of hibernation-season comforts like food, wine, socializing, and luxe lodgings to bundle up in. Elsewhere, the SF Chronicle considered the problem of the “Ugly American”, while the Times of London ran a special section on the US, celebrating our culture of excess, and crowing about the near two-dollar-to-the-pound exchange rate that gives them even more access to it.
Burgundy’s Wine Festival
- “In Beaune, They’ll Drink to That” (Washington Post)
Gourmet California Wineries
- “A more robust wine country” (LA Times)
Istanbul’s Restaurants
- “Istanbul: Fresh as the Morning, or Rooted in Centuries Past” (NYT)
Madrid’s Open-Air Cafés
- “A Night Out on the Terraza in Madrid” (NYT)
Where to Stay Like Royalty
- “Queen-sized holidays” (Globe and Mail)
American Travelers’ Image Problem
- “Taking the ‘ugly’ out of ‘American’ in eyes of rest of the world” (SF Chronicle)
America, as seen by Brits
- “Welcome to America” (Times of London)
- “Don’t do things by halves” (Times of London)
- “America’s hottest hotels” (Times of London)
Posted on Oct 16, 2006 02:31 PM by kristin
