Top 5 Liberace Museum replacement candidates
His name is as synonymous with Las Vegas as bachelor parties, slot machines and booze-fueled, random hook-ups with strangers. But after 31 years of operation, the Liberace Museum is shutting down next...
View ArticleWorse on a plane: Hyper kid or armrest hog?
In honor of an upcoming 15-hour flight, I’m revisiting some of my personal nightmares about being stuck on an airplane. Turbulence? The wings falling off? Pilot food poisoning? Nope. Those are all...
View ArticleTrump: You’re Fido-ed!
Donald Trump might be a hairdresser’s worst nightmare, but the hotel that bears his name in Las Vegas is, apparently, a best friend to man’s best friend. Spud Hilton / The Chronicle Trump International...
View ArticleSierra’s secret Civil War battle
In response to a story in the Chronicle’s Travel section last month about Civil War sites in California, Terry Grillo, a resident of the Sierra town of Volcano (Amador County) sent a letter pointing...
View ArticleCornering the world of Crap Souvenirs
One of the many maladies in the world of travel is the overbearing earnestness and unwavering seriousness of some writers-photographers-bloggers. There is no shortage of people wanting to tell you...
View ArticleTravel Department’s bizarro mail
Sharing a few, um, odd items that arrived in our mailbox during the past week: 4) You have to love entrepreneurs with a sense of humor. Got a press release about modifications to a security pocket for...
View ArticleSeagulls and shotguns: New Signspotting book
We’ve all seen them, unintentionally funny signs – embarrassing typos, ill-conceived traffic signage, poorly translated advertisements — from travels near and far. But only Doug Lansky thought to...
View ArticleBurning question: Man vs. Meat
(Editor’s note: This is the second of our posts about the West’s largest barbecue rib festival as it relates culturally to the Burning Man festival the same weekend and just 100 miles away.) Countdown...
View Article5 reasons: Photo booth at de Gaulle airport
Apparently, the nice folks in France who oversee the Paris airports are very excited about the latest, newest, hottest thing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. An old-fashioned photo booth. Seriously,...
View ArticleLuxury lumberjack suite in Vancouver
Oh, it’s a lumberjack room and it’s OK. The Loden Hotel in Vancouver has put together a theme package that taps into the great outdoors, razor-sharp cutting tools, the rugged individualism of the...
View ArticleBeer, please: App teaches travelers important phrase
Sometimes, while traveling in a country with not a lot of English speakers, you need to be able to discuss art and culture. Other times, you need to know what’s in the sauce for dish on the menu. In...
View ArticleCarry-on Hall of Shame
We asked for your pictures of the monster “carry-on” luggage and industrial crates being passed off as “personal items” and you delivered. Here are the photos hashtagged #carryonshame that we believe...
View Article‘Babes’ gone wild: Swim with pigs
We knew they couldn’t fly, but swimming is another matter. In case you didn’t already get the memo, there are famous pigs in Exuma Cays of the Bahamas, sweet-faced porcine that for reasons that pass...
View ArticleTop packing tips for 24 hours in Disneyland
So you think you can survive a 24-hour marathon inside the “happiest place on Earth”? Obviously it can be done, but it requires plenty of sleep, stamina and an overwhelming need for bragging rights....
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