Oct 25th, 2011 at 2:00PM: The USA is Berlin's most important market overseas, as can be seen by the 180,000 Americans that visited Germany's capital from January through August, 2011. That is why it is so exciting that airberlin has announced a new, direct route from Los Angeles to Berlin that is set to begin on May 11, 2012. From then on, travelers will be able to take the Airbus 330-200 direct, with three flights going ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Airberlin announces new direct route from Los Angeles, California, to Berlin, Germany
Oct 25th, 2011 at 2:00PM: The USA is Berlin's most important market overseas, as can be seen by the 180,000 Americans that visited Germany's capital from January through August, 2011. That is why it is so exciting that airberlin has announced a new, direct route from Los Angeles to Berlin that is set to begin on May 11, 2012. From then on, travelers will be able to take the Airbus 330-200 direct, with three flights going ...Green Living Project to feature global/local short films at San Francisco Film Premiere
Oct 16th, 2011 at 2:00PM: The Green Living Project will be showcasing a new lineup of local and global short films at the 2nd annual San Francisco Film Premiere. The event will take place on October 22, 2011, from 6PM-9PM at Hub SoMa.
The Green Living Project has created over 60 films from 17 countries across Latin America, North America, and Africa. This event will feature their most popular projects dealing with ...TripAdvisor launches free Mobile City Guide apps for Android users
Oct 12th, 2011 at 1:30PM: On Tuesday, October 11, 2011, TripAdvisor launched their free Mobile City Guide apps for Android users. The apps cover twenty popular destinations, some of which include Paris, New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, and London.
Benefits of using the app include:
Reviews of restaurants, hotels, and attractions
Suggested city itineraries
Interactive walking tours
Historical and cultural ...Cuba: Nine US cities cleared for charter flights
Aug 1st, 2011 at 1:30PM:
Nine US airports have been approved for charter flights to Cuba, Reuters reported this morning. The Cuban travel agency Havanatur Celimar made the announcement on Friday.
The US government forbids commercial flights between the United States and Cuba, so all air travel between the two countries has to proceed on charter planes. The Obama Administration has already removed all restrictions ...Top 5 MTV music videos that inspire travel
Aug 1st, 2011 at 12:01PM: If you're as old as or younger than MTV, which turns 30 today, then you probably can't recall when MTV (short for "Music Television") played music videos and nothing but. MTV launched on August 1, 1981, with a handful of videos filmed mostly on stages or sets tricked out with some lighting and a few props. As MTV grew in popularity, more and more musicians went on location to shoot miniature films ...
Time lapse video reveals very slow man
Jul 24th, 2011 at 3:30PM: Time lapse videos are all of the rage in the travelsphere these days (bonus points if the camera moves at the same time!) so there's no surprise that the genre has made its way to subjects as bland as intersections.
Youtube user DENJCA29 had his camera trained on the corners of 5th and Spring in Los Angeles when he noticed a strange anomaly. When played at 8 times the normal speed, cars and ...
Turkish tea truck offers Istanbul version of food truck trend
Jul 22nd, 2011 at 9:00AM: The food truck craze is nothing new to many Americans. Long a popular foodie option in New York, Los Angeles, and even Cleveland, it's a food trend that's constantly evolving to bring new ideas and tastes to the, er, table. The Turkish food blog Istanbul Eats, who launched a book version last year and now offer food tours of the city, spotted a very local version of the mobile eatery trend along ...Los Angeles traffic artery 405 shuts down. What to do?
Jul 13th, 2011 at 1:00PM: Back when I used to live in Los Angeles, the 405 was part of my daily commute, that 74 lane wide river of agony flowing across the backbone of urban sprawl. I hated every second of it, the loud, jaunty pickup trucks ambling through the dusty desert, the obnoxious Mercedes Benz with dealer plates. The 405 is a what makes visitors hate the city of angels, and though I wont blame my departure on it, ...
California hotels rolling out the royal red carpet for William & Kate's visit
Jul 7th, 2011 at 10:00AM: Want to live it up like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? Hotels in California are rolling out "Royal" packages in anticipation of William & Kate's visit to the state July 8 -10. Here are a few our of our favorites:
Mission Inn & Spa
Book this Riverside Inn's "Royal Wedding Celebration Package" ($1,449) and enjoy overnight accommodations for two in the Presidential Suite, a champagne, ...Four great Kentucky Derby events
May 5th, 2011 at 11:30AM:
Whether you're headed to Louisville to celebrate this year's Kentucky Derby or simply want to gather your friends for an excuse to don fancy hats and drink mint juleps, we've got a party for you.
Barnstable Brown Party
For more than two decades, the most elite of all Derby events has been the Friday evening Barnstable Brown Party. Co-hosted by twin sisters – and famed Doublemint ...Mobile farmers markets: the next "big thing" in food trucks?
Apr 25th, 2011 at 5:30PM: 2010 was the Year of the Food Truck, with cities from Seattle and San Francisco to D.C. taking it to the streets, literally. While street food and taco trucks have long been a part of U.S. culture in places like New York, Los Angeles, and Oakland, health regulations have historically made it considerably more difficult in other parts of the country. Eatocracy reports that Atlanta--despite its ...Virgin America's flight for Chicago challenge
Apr 25th, 2011 at 1:30PM:
In May, Virgin America will begin flying to Chicago O'Hare from Los Angeles and San Francisco. To celebrate their service to an airport traditionally dominated by legacy carriers, Virgin is rolling out a social media contest to entice travelers to "put the smack down on everyday air travel."
The contest invites Chicagoans to submit a photo or video via the Virgin America Facebook fan page ...A guide to America's most "offal" restaurants
Mar 11th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Even when I was a finicky kid subsisting on Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, I was intrigued by offal. No way in hell would I have eaten what are politely known in the food industry as "variety meats," but they sure looked intriguing.
As with most of my weird habits, I blame my dad for my fascination with animal guts. Growing up the daughter of a large animal vet, I spent most of my formative years ...La Brea tar pits still pumping out history
Mar 9th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
The La Brea tar pits, just 7 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, have been a treasure trove for paleontologists for decades. Producing more than a million bones since their discovery, the sticky ponds that trapped living creatures tens of thousands of years ago are still pumping out history.
Work over the past few years has involved sifting through 23 boxed deposits and some 16,000 bones ...National Geographic builds Pixar's Up floating house
Mar 7th, 2011 at 12:00PM:
Did the floating house from Pixar's animated film Up inspire you to fly to South America? This weekend, somewhere east of Los Angeles, a house tied to 300 helium-filled balloons flew 10 stories in the air. Each of the 8' weather balloons contained an entire container of helium. Inspired by Up, a crew from National Geographic Channel's new show How Hard Can it Be? filmed the house reaching an ...Hidden Malibu: Point Dume State Preserve
Mar 3rd, 2011 at 3:00PM:
You don't have to be a travel expert to know that Malibu is one of Southern California's most prestigious neighborhoods. With mansion-topped hillsides fronting the crashing surf of the Pacific, Malibu makes many of us wish that we could be hedonistic jingle writers a la Two and a Half Men.
If you don't have a few spare million to drop on a palatial estate in the sunset belt, fret not as many ...Video of the day: the best burger in Los Angeles
Mar 2nd, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Los Angeles from Dave Pinke on Vimeo.
Even with the Grammys and the Oscars behind us now, it's still safe to say that Los Angeles is a major travel destination. Especially during months that are just a little too cold for comfort in other parts of the world. Dave Pinke, a traveler and video-making cool guy from NYC, put this video together after one of his trips to L.A. Among his travels ...
Where was Justin Bieber in February?
Mar 2nd, 2011 at 10:00AM: Twitter is good for lots of things, among these: encouraging solidarity in the name of toppling governments, publicizing breaking news, finding people with similar obsessions, and tracking the travel predilections of celebrities.
And there are few bigger celebrities at the moment than Canadian singer Justin Bieber. Mr. Bieber, 17 years old as of yesterday, has become an enormous star thanks to ...Coast to coast: Best hotels for Oscar viewing parties
Feb 24th, 2011 at 1:30PM:
Want to live it up like an A-lister? You don't have to hit the red carpet in Los Angeles to make like the stars of The Social Network, The King's Speech, True Grit or Black Swan. Hotel bars, particularly at luxe properties, have long been beloved by the see-and-be seen set. But if what you really want to see is the annual Oscars / Academy Awards ... you're in luck at these great Oscar viewing ...JW Marriott Los Angeles celebrates first birthday with $1 room packages
Feb 11th, 2011 at 10:00AM: Want to live like an A-lister for just a dollar? That's just what will happen to ten lucky travelers who book the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. Live's special first birthday package.
The hotel, celebrating its first anniversary on February 15, is offering a "Happy Birthday" package to the first ten reservations. The package, valued at almost $4,000, includes:
· Overnight ...
