Hospitality / Recreation

Huffington Post, 03.09.10 10:30 UTC

Cutting Meat and Switching Hands to Eat: It's the American Way, Though Not in Films or TV

On a recent trip to Germany, I was cutting my pizza with a knife and fork, and as I brought the food to my mouth, my friend German TV Star Andreas Stenschke said, "What are you doing?" He'd ...

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Telegraph, 03.09.10 10:07 UTC

Giant hamburger cooked in Serbia

The attempt was part of a citywide annual meat festival known locally as Rostiljijada, or Barbecue Week. Leskovac, known for its rich culinary tradition, and situated some 155 miles south of the ...

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guardian.co.uk, 03.09.10 09:43 UTC

London to Stavanger by road: a Norwegian roadtrip

Ferries have ceased from Britain to Scandinavia, but Debbie Lawson takes an alternative slow route north on a camping road trip along Norway's stunning south coast

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New York Post, 03.09.10 08:52 UTC

Ladies' night a big bar boost

The courts upheld ladies' night and New Yorkers say the feeling's right. Charging female patrons less is a good idea, say bartenders and customers. "The [appellate court] judges made a good ...

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NPR, 03.09.10 08:26 UTC

Gulf Communities Investigate Spill's Oily Residue

In Orange Beach, Ala., it's Ted Scarritt's business to know the condition of the beach. "Today's a good day," he says. Scarritt owns Perdido Beach Services, a company that rents beach chairs and ...

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Mirror.co.uk, 03.09.10 08:02 UTC

Buses and bikes to help in strike

Details of a "major effort" to help people get to work during a strike by London Underground workers have been unveiled, including extra buses, escorted bike rides and more river journeys. Thousands ...

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Daily Mail, 03.09.10 07:35 UTC

Up the creek with a paddle - It's the new celebrity fad but stand-up paddle-boarding is harder than it looks

The water beneath my feet is green, slimy and cold. A forbidding sky is threatening rain and gusts of wind rattle all around. So I am not quite sure why I am standing well, just on a glorified ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 06:17 UTC

A New Tableware Line at Metropolitan Museum Gift Shop

Le Chat Noir, a new line of decorative accessories at the Metropolitan Museum of Art gift shop, was inspired by the work of a painter and printmaker best known for the image of a slinky black cat he ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 06:17 UTC

Tables Made With Birch Branches

John Begin, a 48-year-old furniture designer in Cambridge, N.Y., once made furniture from slabs of wood. Now he makes it out of branches. "I wanted to make pieces that featured elements of the ...

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New York Post, 03.09.10 05:31 UTC

Erin Andrews gets no-peep service at hotels

Erin Andrews is getting careful treatment in hotels after her recent stalker ordeal. When the ESPN and "Dancing With the Stars" beauty recently stayed at the Marcel Hotel in Gramercy, "Staff were ...

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