Can you guess where this lighthouse is? Hint: Hurricane Irene could blow by it this weekend.
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UPDATE 8/30/11: We had one correct guess from ChristyPotter! This is the lighthouse in Barnegat Light, New Jersey.
BullGuard Mobile Security 10 ($29.95; Android; BlackBerry; Symbian; Windows Mobile) provides antivirus protection for your phone and can wipe data from a lost device.
Fan of street food? The Eat St. app (free; iPhone, iPod Touch) plots food carts—many with profiles that include their Twitter feed, menu, and hours—in 318 cities in the U.S.
Worried your checked bag might be over the airline’s weight limit? Balanzza’s Mini Luggage Scale ($24.95) is compact, handheld, and can weigh objects of up to 100 pounds.
Keep track of the flight departures and arrivals of 1,400 airlines at more than 4,000 airports around the world with Mobiata’s Flightboard app ($3.99; Android; iPhone, iPad).
The latest source of inspiration for American designer Ralph Lauren? China. Here, a look from this season’s collection at Mandarin Oriental, New York.
Asian Aesthetic: Panne velvet dress, velvet-and-suede heels, Rhodoid minaudière clutch, jade-and-crystal earrings, and jet-and-crystal necklace with silk tassel. All prices upon request, by Ralph Lauren Collection.
Miffed that airport security full-body scans can feel so cold and impersonal? Don’t worry—your TSA officer may soon want to chat you up before they pat you down.
For the next 60 days or so, select TSA agents at Boston’s Logan Airport, trained to detect behavior that may indicate that a passenger is nervous about more than turbulence, are using their powers of observation to change the screening process.
Psst—here’s travel tidbit: Francis Ford Coppola’s newest hotel, Palazzo Margherita, an 19th-century palace on a hilltop in Bascilicata, Italy, won't open until late September, but his original trio of properties in Central America are ready to welcome vacationists in early fall, all for almost 50 percent off standard rates. Our idea? Make a trip of it, with stays at all three (La Lancha, in Guatemala, is only a one-hour flight from Turtle Inn, which is a scenic drive along the Southern Highway en route to Blancaneaux). If you’re planning two trips this year, there’ll be Margherita, of course, paired with any of Vacationist’s 17 Italy Week properties, also on sale now.
NBC - Washington, D.C. | Cracking was found in the stones at the top of the Washington Monument Tuesday evening, the National Park Service reported.
The crack was located in one of the triangular faces at the top of the monument. It runs at an angle, and measures approximately 4 inches. (...)
Although the grounds near the Monument reopened on Tuesday, the interior is closed to visitor until further notice. Authorities put up a fence creating a 150-foot perimeter at the Monument's base.
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Photo credit: Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation
New websites and apps offer previously unavailable insight about hotels. Check out these great new resources:
Hipmunk Hotels: Bringing its innovative airfare comparison technology to hotels and AirBnB rentals, the Hipmunk website and app maps out rooms and color-codes them according to their value relative to local rates. You can also filter properties by proximity to nightlife, food, shopping, and even “vice.”
Concierge Insider Guides: The new app from InterContinental Hotels delivers worldwide destination guides (complete with interactive maps and video tours) from the ultimate hotel insiders: the company’s 120 concierges.
Oyster.com: This site sends out an army of professional reviewers to critique and photograph thousands of properties around the world. Especially revealing is the “photo fakeouts” section, which juxtaposes misleading hotel promotional images with real-life Oyster shots.
Starting this week air passengers will be well compensated for a flight delay. Want to know more? Travel + Leisure's international editor, Mark Orwoll, spells out the new airline passenger rules.
Who She Is: Splitting her time between New York and London, with an Italian passport to boot, Pavia Rosati—who was the executive editor of DailyCandy for nearly a decade—has always been a go-to person for travel tips. “I once planned a honeymoon in Greece for my intern’s brother’s best friend’s cousin, whom I never even met!” she says—fodder for her recent venture.
Her Big Idea: The new website Fathom compiles vintage-style e-postcards—complete with personalized snapshots—from celebrities, trendsetters, and regular folk in the know. The result is a lively, opinionated travel blog with a fun, retro feel. “We’re all for edited, user-generated content,” Rosati says. Up next? A mobile app with guides for everywhere from Buenos Aires to Beirut, plus an online boutique that’s meant to be “a one-stop shop for all your travel needs.”
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Travel + Leisure Features Director Nilou Motamed takes to the skies to find out what—exactly—it's like to be a flight attendant.
