08.23.12
Beginning December 4, 2012, over 200 of the Louvre?s works will be on display in the museum?s new satellite in Lens, a northern city in the Pas-de-Calais department, Picardie.? The collection will remain in the museum, Galerie des Temps, for several years.
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08.23.12
Time to upgrade your mobile device? Here, four state-of-the-art models that will keep you connected, wherever you may roam.
Apple iPhone 4S: The iPhone 4S (and the upcoming iPhone 5) is unbeatable when it comes to apps?more than 675,000 at press time?but international perks vary by carrier. AT&T and Verizon Wireless offer roaming plans, and Sprint and Verizon let you use a local SIM card. $199; AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless.
Samsung Galaxy SIII (pictured): This sleek phone operates on networks at home and abroad (though Sprint and Verizon only work in 48 countries). Its technologies are impressive: one tracks your eye so the screen stays on when you look at it; another switches from text message to call mode when you put the phone to your ear. $199; all major carriers.
HTC One S: Slim, light, and with long-lasting battery power (up to a day and a half), this Android avoids roaming charges by automatically switching to an Internet phone setting when you call from a wireless hot spot. Camera functions include a ?burst mode? that can take 99 continuous shots. $149; T-Mobile.
Nokia Lumia 800: Travel apps are a breeze on this tiny phone, which uses the new Windows Phone system. The Lumia 800 also lets you use a locally purchased SIM card abroad. When you include data in your prepaid SIM plan, you?ll have access to your apps on the road. $900; amazon.com.
Photo courtesy of Samsung
08.23.12
No, this isn?t part of a gypsy-laden renaissance fair. London?s The Tate Modern recently opened its doors to six psychics for the opening weekend of Undercurrent, a festival at the new The Tanks gallery running through August 27th. Images of crystal balls and large warts may fill your head, but according The Guardian, the trained fortunetellers' accessories and setting are much less theatrical; they sat in plain wooden booths inviting museum-goers to interact.?
The art exhibit was part of Jon Fawcett?s EIR installation piece, which opened the 11-day-long show. Undercurrent?s remaining exhibits include Touch and Vision, which blasts museum-goers with music and records the effects, and Tweet Me Up!, a spontaneous photography collaboration via proverbial social media outlets. The combination of off-the-wall acts is something no one could foretell. Well, no one but the psychics that is.
Kelsi Maree Borland is an editorial intern at Travel + Leisure.
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08.22.12
Five days in Cape Town was all it took to confirm its place at the top my personal roster of favorite cities, and T+L readers seem to agree with me?you voted it No. 4 in this year?s annual World?s Best Awards, out this month. The scenic city has no shortage of stylish hotel options, from grand resorts to intimate bed-and-breakfasts, and the two properties where I was fortunate enough to lay my head were a chic study in contrasts: one dramatically glam, the other quietly elegant.
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08.22.12
With a spritely klatch of scantily-clad models flying around a pop-up pool party, slapping around beach balls and cavorting to a live deejay's techno music, Florida?s most hyperactive playground kicked off a fitting new tourism campaign, ?It?s So Miami,? on a recent balmy afternoon in New York City?s Union Square. The slogan is clearly more about reinforcing the Latin-infused city?s authority as America?s preeminent destination for escapism than proffering anything newfangled or undiscovered. But the irony of Miami?s decision to double down on its hedonistic caricature is that the city truly is emerging as a genuine cultural hub with gravitas and depth.
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08.21.12
Craving a little thrill in your life? Not sure where to start or what to look for? Then join us tomorrow for a live tweet-up?hosted by Nikki Goldstein, editorial assistant and adventure traveler?and we?ll help get you squared away! We?ve gathered a large panel?the biggest we?ve ever had!?and they?re all eager to help you get your adventure on. We?ll talk packing tips, family adventure, booking on a budget, and more!
The panel includes:
Agatha Capacchione, MFA Marketing & Public Relations, @MissyFarrenPR
Brad Moss, ROW Adventures, @ROWAdventures
Carol Mueller, Travel Guard, @TravelGuard
Chris Doyle, Adventure Travel Trade Association, @AdventureTweets
Dan Austin, Austin-Lehman Adventures, @AustinLehman
Kathy Stewart, Butterfield & Robinson, @ButterfieldTrav
Laura Allen, Century Travel, @CenturyTvl
Mary Rose McKinnon, L.L. Bean, @LLBeanHuntFish
Richard Wiese, Born to Explore, @Born2ExploreTV
How does it work?
1. Log in to Twitter any time from 2?3 p.m. ET and be sure to follow the chat hosts:?@TravlandLeisure?and @nikkigoldstein
2. Use the hashtag?#TL_Chat?to follow.
3. To keep up with the chat in real time, head over to http://tweetchat.com/room/tl_chat
4. We'll pulse out some questions for our expert panel to answer, but feel free to post your own answers to our questions! Or ask your own questions! Take advantage of this special access to this fab panel and get some expert travel advice.
We hope to "see" you there!
08.21.12
Want to celebrate the last days of summer in the Hamptons? There's no better place on Long Island than The Fork. T+L Deputy Editor and local Amagansett resident Laura Begley Bloom laid out a comprehensive road map that leads readers to mellow seafood shacks, rustic antique shops, and beach chic boutiques in the July issue of Travel + Leisure. But what would summer on the East End be without a little imbibing? Hop over to our new Weekend Getaways section for a guide on what and where to drink in the Hamptons burgs.
Nate Storey is an editorial assistant at Travel + Leisure.
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08.21.12
Shanghai urban planners rival their New York real estate agents in their imaginative renaming of neighborhoods. Some have been flops: Sinan Mansions and the South Bund are still largely deserted, the latter despite the industrial-chic Waterhouse and a solid restaurant by Jason Atherton. I?m now hearing that the area around the Rockbund Art Museumis shaping up to be an emerging ?hood. (It?s called, rather unimaginatively, Rock Bund.)
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08.20.12
In honor of Regent Seven Seas Cruises' 20th birthday, T+L Cruise Editor Jane Wooldridge spoke with?Mark Conroy,?the?President of Regent Seven Seas Cruises with 38 years in the industry.
Q: What was your first cruise-related job?
A: While attending the University of Miami in 1973, I worked weekends on the pier at NCL. We delivered and picked up the ships? mail, assisted?guests going through customs, ran errands, and sold baggage insurance. I also worked part time in the mail room.
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08.20.12
Sometimes when you live checking in and out of hotel rooms, it can all become a blur, so when you stumble upon one that not only offers something innovative and fun, but also stays with you long after you leave, you take note. During a recent backpacking trip through Europe I checked into a quirky Berlin stay called Huettenpalast Hotel (Hobrechtstrasse 66; 49-030/3730-5806; from $59 per night). Those looking for something completely different and charming will definitely find it here as the place can only be described as an indoor campsite. Six wooden cabins and vintage caravans just large enough to fit a double bed are scattered inside an old vacuum cleaner factory for a "room within a room" experience. The sunny campsite contains various seating options, shared bathrooms and showers (don't worry, they're incredibly clean), and a center dining area where little baggies of croissants, apples, and drinks are hung on a painted tree for breakfast each morning.
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