Later, on the museum’s roof, similar questions filled my mind as a guide ushered me and 11 others into another much-hyped rectangular construction with avant-garde ambitions: the Nomiya restaurant. Designed by Laurent Grasso — a winner of France’s prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize — the minimalist glass box is a temporary installation, and like an exhibition, it has a corporate sponsor (Electrolux) and a limited run, ending in December. Floating over the skyline, the translucent...
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A Texas man who became enraged when a flight attendant refused to serve him alcohol and spent part of a flight locked in the lavatory has pleaded guilty to interfering with an airline flight crew. Jesse Todd Thompson appeared in U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, where a judge scheduled his sentencing for May 24. Thompson, 34, was a passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight from Kansas City, Missouri, to Portland last September when a flight attendant noticed he was drunk and refused...
Flying in and out of New York which is usually no picnic is likely to get worse this spring and summer. A new nationwide rule on tarmac delays, possible exemptions to that rule and a runway closure may create a perfect storm for air travelers when bad weather is added to the mix. A major overhaul that will close one of the nation’s longest runways at John F. Kennedy International Airport has prompted JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines to ask for a temporary exemption at JFK to a rule designed...
Many authors can move readers with their words, but Frances Mayes has the power to actually make readers move. As in pack up and start a new life thousands of miles away in Tuscany the enchanting northwest region of Italy known for its food, wine and scenic beauty just as she did 20 years ago. Mayes chronicled her decision to buy and restore a villa near the town of Cortona in "Under the Tuscan Sun," which became a best-selling book and the basis for the 2003 movie of the same…
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EVEN if your college days are a distant memory, it’s possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year. Student travel agencies are beginning to actively court nonstudents and older travelers, extending their low prices to the not-so-youthful set. Though it has quietly offered discounts to nonstudents for years, STA Travel began actively promoting “flights for everyone” on its home page late last year, highlighting sales and negotiated discounts available to...
AUSTIN can’t claim taco primacy. That category is too broad, encompassing too many variations in style. When it comes to breakfast tacos, however, Austin trumps all other American cities. Roberto Espinosa, proprietor of Tacodeli and the breakfast taco interpreter of the moment, espouses a slacker consumer theory of why Austin — a city thick with creative folk, techies, students and politicians — has embraced breakfast tacos.“People wake up at all hours of the day,”...
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Travelzoo The Travelzoo Test Booking Center. Whenever I offer tips on cheap travel deals, one name keeps popping up on the blog comments: “Why is Travelzoo not mentioned in this article?” There’s simple reason: I never got around to checking out the site. That is, until last week, when I was poking around the Web. On the surface, Travelzoo looked simple: its stripped-down home page could have been designed in 1998, with plain-text links to various destinations, a box to submit your e-mail...
Over the last two years, more than 40 new cafes and coffee bars have joined a small, dedicated group of establishments where coffee making is treated like an art, or at least a high form of craft. At places like Bluebird Coffee Shop in the East Village, the espresso is so plush and bright that it tastes sweet on its own. The elaborate designs in the cappuccino’s foam at Third Rail Coffee in the West Village aren’t just to show off, but are a sign that the barista properly steamed the...
A runway closure at John F. Kennedy International Airport has prompted JetBlue Airways and Delta Air Lines to ask for a temporary exemption at JFK to a rule designed to keep planeloads of passengers from getting stranded on the tarmac. American Airlines is reviewing the requests of the other carriers to decide whether it will take similar action, spokesman Tim Smith said. The Department of Transportation regulation, set to go into effect on April 29, would slap hefty fines on airlines with flights...
President Obama tapped a former Army general Monday to lead the Transportation Security Administration. Obama nominated Robert A. Harding, a retired major general with 33 years in the Army, to become the TSA administrator. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the nomination with Harding by her side. "The TSA administrator is among the most important, unfilled posts in the Obama administration," Napolitano said. "The president and I both believe that Gen....
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