This may come as a shock to you, but there’s more to do in Amsterdam besides prostitutes and weed. Behind the neon blaze of the Red Light District and the haze of smoke from the ubiquitous coffee shops, there’s a refined city that attracts 4.2 million visitors to its historical monuments, museums and architecture every [...]
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Harrods is London encapsulated in a department store: it’s gaudy, it’s braggadocios, and everything is wayyyyy too expensive. But it’s the one store you have to visit in London just to say you actually found your way out (perhaps with a T-shirt that reads: “I Survived Harrods And All I Got Was This $200 T-Shirt”).
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Paris’ 5th arrondissement, on the left bank, is commonly known as the “Latin Quarter.” But the name is a little deceiving. You won’t find Latin dancers performing the samba in the Latin Quarter. You won’t find restaurants serving Latin food. You won’t even find many Latin people. Instead, you’ll find a young, lively district filled [...]
Monday, July 13, 2009
When was the last time you saw a fashion show at the mall? Well, at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris, there’s one every day.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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