When I was young I used to collect things on my travels. I once sat on a plane and contemplated starting an air sickness bag collection but I got distracted and never did. Steven J Silberberg, however, followed his whim - and the Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum was born.
Los Angeles to San Francisco in two and a half hours? Without having to put your 3oz lotion bottles into quart-sized zip-loc bags? Sign us all up. If Governor Schwarzenegger has his way, he'll be commuting to and from Sacramento in two hours and 17 minutes, while cutting freeway congestion and carbon emissions in one fell swoop.
We've all heard of black holes but are unlikely to see one (unless the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland creates one that gobbles us all up). Blue holes, on the other hand, are dotted all over the planet, and available to dive into.
The finalists for the Peugeot Design Contest 2008 have just been selected, and they're a pretty freaky looking bunch. Here's one - the Oxo - which was designed by 22-year-old Lou Ke from China.
The man. Steve McQueen. The car. A 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback GT 390. The city. San Francisco. The trinity of maverick man, powerful machine and stunning setting combine in Bullitt to create a cinematic classic, noteworthy for its significant contribution to the canon of Americana iconography. Forty years after its release, the legacy of Bullitt lives on.
I was recently visiting Chichester, a cathedral city in West Sussex, England - and a friend took me to see the Cass Sculpture Foundation in nearby Goodwood. It's a really interesting place - basically a sculpture park hidden in the woods. But it's also an art gallery where you can browse and buy all kinds of amazing works to take home with you.
Have you ever had that dream where you're walking in a city, only it is mysteriously deserted? Thanks to Dutch media artist Marnix de Nijs and his exhibition 'Exploded Views - Remapping Firenze', the deserted-city experience has been brought one step closer - through clever use of the treadmill.
The alchemy of shaking, stirring and mixing a good cocktail isn't as simple as the simple syrup often used in them. Pedestrian vodka sodas aside. Indeed, the craftsmanship of the cocktail, and the establishments where one can enjoy them, is reaching dizzying new, sophisticated heights. Apotheke in New York City is a stellar example.
I've only ever spent one night in Rimini, and that was sleeping on the motorway verge just outside the city, while hitchiking from Greece back to England. If I ever go back, I'd prefer to stay at the Duomo Hotel. It looks much more comfortable, and I suspect I won't be woken up at 6am by the blaring horn of an Italian truck.
Ready for your honeymoon -- that blissful, once-in-a-lifetime dream vacation? The only one you are ever supposed to have? Well, first you have to decide where you're going to go. Any ideas? Like most questions nowadays, your first step will be to go to the Internet and google "honeymoon." Luckily, I can save you this step, because here's what you're likely to get:
Even when you're cramped into economy on a long-haul flight, you should never, ever compromise on your personal style. When you reach up into that overhead storage compartment, make sure the bag you pull out will turn heads. For the right reasons. Here are a few carry-ons that won't be on any no-fly lists...
When Beijing Bicycle premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2001, it was banned in mainland China. It took three years and several modifications to lift the ban. It's not surprising that the movie was controversial. At first it sounds relatively benign - the story of a 17-year-old boy who comes to the big city and gets a job as a cycle courier. As the plot unravels, however, it gets darker.
