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Chic stays with Tabitha Simmons - Travel

9/5/2018, 3:24:44 AM
undefined ✔ An expansive space of white and wood, with huge windows and big squishy sofas, it hums with conversation and beautiful people ✔ Off to one side is a juice bar to pick up that green cleanse on the way back from SoulCycle next door ✔ Waiting outside is a fleet of Tesla electric cars to whizz silently around town


Weather, visa-free entry are attracting tourists - Travel

9/5/2018, 12:36:15 AM
undefined ✔ Kenya, in the east, has an average temperature of 17 C year-round, which is ideal ✔ She said tourism between China and African countries will benefit from deepening cooperation in economic and cultural sectors, and predicted more quality travel packages focusing on cultural heritage and cruises will be developed to further boost the tourism market


John Krasinski flew '6000 miles every weekend' to see Emily Blunt

9/5/2018, 12:32:07 AM
John Krasinski has revealed that he and Emily Blunt are so inseparable that while shooting the 38-year-old would travel 6000 miles every weekend to be with the actress and their two children. ✔ We are family: 'Family for me, it’s a non-negotiable thing,' the actor told People on Sunday ✔ And now go out and do something else.' Collaboration: The 13 Hours actor had previously spoken to Men's Health about the process of directing his wife in the hit movie A Quiet Place


Beauty of Miao ethnic group to be displayed in Beijing

9/5/2018, 3:00:05 AM
Over the last two years, Wu Jian'an, a Beijing artist and teacher at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, has been leading his students to travel extensively around Guizhou, a province of China famous for its ethnic diversity. ✔ Art by Wu Jian'an [Photo provided to China Daily] Over the last two years, Wu Jian'an, a Beijing artist and teacher at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, has been leading his students to travel extensively around Guizhou, a province of China famous for its ethnic diversity ✔ The first show will open at the Today Art Museum on Sept 8, while the other will take place at Prince Kung's Palace Museum on Sept 23


Strong typhoon slams western Japan; 8 dead, airport flooded

9/5/2018, 2:59:54 AM
A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded. At least eight people died and scores were injured. ✔ [Photo/IC] TOKYO - A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded ✔ It was off the northern coast of Fukui on Tuesday evening with sustained winds of 126 kilometers per hour (78 miles per hour) and gusts up to 180 kph (110 mph), the Japan Meteorological Agency said ✔ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next   >>| 1/10 Next


The best museums revealed: Musee d'Orsay ranked No1 by TripAdvisor

9/5/2018, 6:56:13 AM
The Paris attraction came top of the pile in the TripAdvisor annual Travellers’ Choice Awards for Museums narrowly beating New York's 9/11 Memorial and Museum into second place. ✔ War Remnants Museum - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Rounding off the top ten are the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City (ninth) and the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (tenth) ✔ The Riverside Museum of Transport and Travel Glasgow, Scotland  Source: TripAdvisor


Chengdu, reaching Sichuan's capital by historic Baocheng Railway - Opinion

9/5/2018, 1:55:15 AM
undefined ✔ Away from its major cities China in the 1990s was a country in various stages of development ✔ Rail travel was an excellent way to observe some of what it was going through, although in those early days acquiring a ticket could be challenging ✔ Quite daunting, however, was the size of crowd waiting across that station’s vast concourse


30 amazing weekend breaks to extend the British summer

9/5/2018, 7:56:32 AM
undefined ✔ Officially the hottest on record for England, just edging the temperatures of much-eulogised 1976 ✔ For an extra Venetian hit, check out the Canalettos in the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery ✔ in Berkshire Polo is one of the most popular sports in Argentina


Everyone Is A Combo Of A Greek And Norse God — Which One Are You?

9/5/2018, 4:17:18 AM
Who are you on the god squad? ✔ Getty The ability to eat and never gain weight The ability to take back a cringeworthy text Never having to sleep, but always being rested Free, unlimited data The ability to forget your exes existed The ability to go back in time and change one big mistake Getty Japanese Via Ginko Adachi Aztec Via commons.wikimedia.org Incan Via commons.wikimedia.org Getty No running water No electricity Not being able to use a phone No internet Not being able to travel efficiently Limited food choices Getty Minotaur Via Boris Vallejo Cyclops Via Pellegrino Tibaldi Medusa Via Caravaggio Cerberus Via Blake Williams Manticore Via 20th Century Fox Sphinx Via Francois Xavier Fabre Sony Interactive Entertainment Mountain Troll Via DiscourseTV Fenris Wolf Via Marvel / Disney Jörmungandr Via Sony Interactive Entertainment Jötunn Via Kabam Draugr Via Bethesda Game Studios Kraken Via Pierre Dénys de Montfort Getty


Chinese private company launches satellites

9/5/2018, 5:50:08 AM
Beijing tech company i-Space has used its own carrier rocket to launch three satellites into space from the Gobi Desert. It marks China's first satellite launch using a privately built rocket. ✔ With a diameter of 1.4 m and a maximum design speed of 1.5 kilometers per second, the craft soon touched the sky ✔ The satellites – one from ZeroG Lab, a privately owned satellite maker in Beijing and two from ADA-Space, a private firm in Chengdu specializing in satellite design and data services, would travel in the sub-orbit for an undisclosed period of time for technological demonstration and would then fall back to the land to be recovered, the company said in a statement


Anna Harvey on the jackets which will keep you warm before you resort to a coat

9/5/2018, 7:06:53 AM
Is the wrap - that transitional piece that’s something more than a cardigan but not as heavy as a coat - dead? ✔ For well-priced cashmere wraps, visit French Velvet and The Travel Wrap Company ✔ The seams are turned in on themselves and it is light as a feather and falls and moves beautifully ✔ It is a very easy and flattering swing shape with an optional tie belt ✔ Good luck in your search for the perfect answer to falling temperatures, whatever it may be


Final 'Jurassic Park' ride: Saying goodbye to the classic Universal attraction

9/5/2018, 12:09:56 AM
Universal Hollywood's "Jurassic Park" ride closes after 22 years. Here's what it was like to get almost-eaten by a T-Rex one last time, before a "Jurassic World" attraction opens in 2019. ✔ Universal Studios Hollywood Fullscreen But as a famous scientist named Dr. Ian Malcolm once said, Life finds a way ✔ Then again, when I bid adieu to my prehistoric friends on Monday night, they were a little off ✔ She pleased adults, children and even a baby who offered Blue a blue lollipop


Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling remains unchanged - but could it improve today?

9/5/2018, 7:03:47 AM
THE POUND continues to trade in a very narrow range against the euro, virtually unchanged from yesterday’s opening levels after new data gave little cause for optimism. But there’s a chance sterling could improve today, say experts. ✔ The pound could edge higher today if the UK’s services PMI shows an increase in output in August and the Eurozone’s retail sales stats confirm that consumer spending dipped on the month in July, she said ✔ Expect to see a fall in Sterling as we did following April's figures; the last time manufacturing growth was below forecast


How cabin crew keep their rice fluffy at 35,000 feet

9/5/2018, 7:12:06 AM
New technologies means that plane food is improving and one Australian chef has revealed how cabin crew manage to keep the rice they serve fluffy, even at 35,000 feet. ✔ Jason Atherton said the secret to spicing up a bland in-flight meal was bringing a bottle of Tabasco sauce, which he learnt from Hollywood star Jude Law 'But I just try my hardest not to eat on planes ✔ Fried foods like potato chips and tempura are also on the no-fly list as they just won't crisp up again


Holly Willoughby Instagram: This Morning presenter reveals shock at HUGE name switch-up

9/5/2018, 7:19:20 AM
HOLLY WILLOUGHBY admitted she was very surprised yesterday on Instagram, as she unveiled some very dramatic news involving the This Morning presenter’s name. ✔ changing their name to celebrate women this month #hollynichols A post shared by Holly Willoughby (@hollywilloughby) on Sep 4, 2018 at 9:18am PDT The month-long campaign is centred on celebrating women, Deb Bee - the retailer’s group marketing and creative director - explained


'Covert Affairs' actress Piper Perabo arrested for protesting Kavanaugh's court confirmation

9/5/2018, 12:54:31 AM
Piper Perabo posted video of herself being escorted out of the hearing room after she urged a "no'" vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. ✔ On USA's 'Covert Affairs', Piper Perabo plays a field operative working for the CIA ✔ The latest entertainer who's entertaining political ambitions is Cynthia Nixon, the ex-star of 'Sex and the City,' who isn't saying for sure but coyly acknowledged rumors that she might run against New York Gov


18 Of The Best Places To Buy Sex Toys Online

9/5/2018, 2:04:24 AM
Boot up your sex drive and grab your wallets 🍑. ✔ It is multi-speed, waterproof, and charges via magnetic USB ✔ Promising review for the Fleshlight: This product is amazing ✔ It shipped with name brand batteries, and it packs an impressive punch for what it is ✔ Check out all of BuzzFeed’s gift guides! More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews


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