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Five Ways To Experience Chicago's Trump International Hotel & Tower
In January 2010, Chicago's Trump International Hotel & Tower will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its completion. We're talking the whole thing here—including the towering antenna which was placed on January 2, 2009, even though the restaurant and hotel had been open previously.
So how do you celebrate one of the country's newest, hottest skyscrapers? Well, you should swing by the Donald's towering siren and have a drink of course, or better yet—sleep with her. The Trump Tower is part hotel, part condo, and part upscale hotspot, and there are five specific ways to get all up in her without feeling like you're trespassing on Trump's property.
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A Mammoth Mammary Billboard In Hollywood For 'Bridget's Sexiest Beaches'
Lording over Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles are, not surprisingly, giant orbs of breasts, supposedly belonging to our favorite beach bunny, Bridget Marquardt.
In what is obviously a ploy to attract the attention of tourists along the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Bridget's boobies advertise her first season of "Bridget's Sexiest Beaches," which actually concluded about one week ago. Shouldn't they do the proper LA thing and get some new breasts up there to—you know— freshen things up?
By the way, the meaning of the jeweled Travel Channel logo necklace isn't lost on us; they're trying to remind us that yes, Bridget was one of Hef's girlfriends and yes, up until recently that necklace would have been the Playboy bunny. Nonetheless, Bridget never got a ginormous billboard of her assets in Hollywood when she was cozying up with Hef; here's to literally bigger and better things for Bridget.
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The First Class Lounge at Turkish Air is Rather Palatial
We don't want to wish any serious airport stranding on ourselves, but if and when, then couldn't it be somewhere as bizarre as this, the executive lounge of Turkish Air at Istanbul's Ataturk airport?
We're pretty impressed that some people felt relaxed enough here in this über-decadent airline lounge to not just put their feet on the seats, but actually stretch out--we would be hearing our mother's voice in our ear telling us to behave.
We can't put it better than the photographer who described this place as having a "your flight has been delayed so now you're stranded at Dolmabache Palace" feel to it.
What we can't figure out is why our delays are always at airports where we can't access any decent lounge and end up sleeping on plastic benches at fast food franchises instead. Can anyone tell us which god we have to pray to?
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[Photo: WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong?]
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Picturing the Port of Hong Kong
We may still be early into our trip to Hong Kong, but that doesn't mean we can't dive right in to dim sum. While cruising for dumplings in the largest mall in Hong Kong, Harbour City, we were surprised to find something else cruising right outside: a couple of cruise ships docking for the day. The closest to us, the 800-passenger Costa Allegra, plies these waters all the time and so conveniently has her name printed in Chinese characters on the bow.
Even though the weather in HK isn't too bad at 73-degrees and sunny, the Allegra is heading out tomorrow for the far more tropical climes of Da Nang and Halong Bay, Vietnam. To make it to their cruise, however, the ship's passengers must navigate the labyrinth of luxury stores inside of the Harbour City mall, and hope that they don't blow their vacation money before even stepping into the boat's duty-free deathtrap.
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Security Guards in Qatar's First Class Lounge Won't Allow Any Pictures
How's this for your ultimate airport lounge? It's the first class lounge belonging to Qatar Airways at their main hub in Doha and it looks decadent enough for us to think that Qatar Airways might be charging too much for their plane tickets.
Flickr fanatic Stuck in Customs went to a fair bit of trouble to bring us this great travel snapshot:
I was warned many times by grisly-looking security guards not to take any photos of any people in the lounge, especially if they were wearing the national uniform.
And all that on a three-day marathon to fly from snow-bound Atlanta to sticky Kuala Lumpur (and no, Doha is not exactly the most common route for this trip).
The photographer is cool enough to admit he didn't know where Doha was when they sold him a flight there--and we admit we don't know much more about it than a vague spot on the globe and a planned museum that's hidden in a sand dune. In fact, we figure that outside this fancy airport lounge, Doha is just dunes. Right?
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[Photo: Stuck in Customs]
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Milan Snowstorm Snarls Airports, Delays Soccer Phenoms
With about a foot of snow falling on Milan and the rest of Northern Italy, officials closed both Malpensa and Linate airports, though both have now re-opened with "strongly reduced" traffic. (Translation: Your flight is delayed.)
But like a snowstorm in New York keeping your flight out of Vegas on the ground, the winter weather in Italy had wide-reaching consequences: David Beckham, who's been in Dubai training with temporary team AC Milan, will be stuck in the land of high-altitude bars and dirty beaches until at least Friday.
While public transit is still running in Milan, the streets look pretty empty. All the better for photographers to venture out and capture some interesting images, like these, of a city that rarely sees this much snow.
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Delay Dispatch: Snug As A Bug At JFK's Terminal 5
Things may be absolutely horrible over at LGA, but even delayed fliers seem to be taking the snowstorm in stride at JFK. Our occasional correspondent JetSetCD reports live from the scene...
Flights canceled to Buffalo, Rochester... and Palm Beach?! Ah, the joys of the holidays.
In JetBlue's new Terminal 5, people are drinking wine while waiting for flights. Those scheduled before about right now seem to be having only minor delays whereas later flights aren't faring so well. But people are happy, not stressed; just chilling. It's a nice environment, so I guess that helps. There's lots of action in the food court and in the kids play area.
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Snow Day In New Orleans
It's been snowing lately in New Orleans, rendering the streets slushy and spawning snowball fights from Carrollton to the Quarter. In a haunted, eerie city like NOLA, photographers hardly need weird weather to get great snaps, but the snow is certainly helping.
We dug through Flickr to pull out some of the best wintertime photos of the first snow in New Orleans since Christmas Day of 2004.
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T4 At JFK Has Gone To The Birds
While waiting for our Virgin America flight yesterday at JFK's Terminal 4, we were excited to hunker down at one of the food court tables with our copy of the NY Post and a sausage McMuffin. (The hot nosh vending machines nearby just weren't doing it for us.)
Except we couldn't really enjoy ourselves. Why? Because flitting over our heads and pecking away near our feet were little sparrows. Yes, sparrows. As in birds. Inside the terminal. And lots of them: We saw at least seven.
Apparently, it looks like the problem is not contained to T4. There are also sparrows flying through the new JetBlue Terminal. More bird pics are after the jump for your viewing pleasure.
What's the deal with the birds at JFK? Let us know in comments below.
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Wishful Thinking On Continental Check-In Kiosks
A Friend of Jaunted just MMSed us this photo from the Continental check-in kiosks at LAX. We count six bags weighing down this poor soul. If you figure two are carry-on luggage, this sucker would have to spend $240 in checked baggage fees to get all his stuff on the plane.
While Continental is thinking big, United has recanted on its promise to raise its charge on passengers' second checked suitcases. (The cost will continue to be $25 instead of $50.) Meanwhile in Singapore, the government is making sure people know that fees are part of the game: Any extras now have to be disclosed in travel advertising.
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Window Shopping: Old Macs, Chocolate Abs, Pricey Dog Gear
In our humble opinion, the greatest thing about Paris is not the crepes or the croissants, although we ate more than the recommended amount of both during our most recent stay there. No, the greatest thing about Paris is the window-shopping.
It seems whatever arrondissement you're in, there is always something worth staring at in the windows. And, of course, it doesn't cost you anything. For instance, have you ever fancied an outfit made of chocolate or perhaps a slab of chocolate shaped like a six-pack? Chocolatier John Paul Hevin has you covered.
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Travel Snapshot: Mona Lisa Condoms for Sale in Paris
Does touring the Louvre make you horny? If it does, don't waste your money on preservatifs at a French pharmacy.
Instead just skip down to Rue de Rivoli, a tourist trap with blocks upon blocks of stores selling anything you could ever want with Paris, the Eiffel Tower or the Mona Lisa emblazoned on it.
We spotted these condoms in the window of one such store, nestled next to some Santa Claus ornaments, and had to stop and take a picture. If you really want to be romantic, choose the Mona Lisa condom. But the "I Love Paris" one could easily describe a vacation hookup as well.
Not sure if you are going to get lucky in the City of Light? These condoms double as magnets, so they'd make a great souvenir for your mom--or your fraternity brother.
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