Unconventional island getaways

Need an island getaway? Hotels.com has compiled a list of five unconventional island getaways that offer distinct activities and cultural attractions for all types of travelers. Through each of these destinations, vacationers can relive summer days, experience new, offbeat adventures, or escape into undiscovered wonderland. St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados For those in search of some excitement … Read more

Top 100 Best Restaurants of 2012 in the United States

The combined opinions of more than 5 million dining reviews for more than 15,000 restaurants in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia forms “Top 100 Best Restaurants of 2012 in the United States” list issued by OpenTable restaurant reservations management solution. California restaurants earned 24 spots on the list, followed by New … Read more

World’s best hotels, cities, islands, cruise lines, airlines, and spas

World’s best hotels selected by Travel+Leisure magazine readers US-based Travel+Leisure Magazine asked its readers to answer a questionnaire developed by its editors from December 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012. The results of the 17 the annual Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards survey revealed readers’ favorite hotels, cities, islands, cruise lines, airlines, car-rental agencies, … Read more

Space food in progress: appetizing foods for long-term gastronauts

Love and passion comes through the stomach. With this in mind, a team of scientists with the NASA-funded Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulation project (HI-SEAS) is working to develop more appetizing and healthy foods for long-term space travel, as space agencies prepare to send astronauts on two-to-three year missions to Mars. In March 2013, … Read more

Largest flotilla assembled on the Thames in 350 years to celebrate The Queen’s 60th anniversary

  On Sunday 3rd June 2012 The Queen will travel in a flotilla of up to one thousand boats from the UK, the Commonwealth and around the World for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, an event which promises to be one of the major focal points of the celebrations held on the Jubilee Bank Holiday … Read more

Jeremy Scott & Linda Farrow vintage map of usa sunglasses

Jeremy Scott x Linda Farrow Vintage ‘Map of USA’ Sunglasses Jeremy Scott protects us from the sun with eccentricity. If you are a fan of America, you can wear the map of USA on your nose this summer. The celebrated and innovative designer with a focus on pop culture imagined, in partnership with Linda Farrow, … Read more