http://www.kansascity.com/270/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Travel 60 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:22:02 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/living/columnists/allen_holder/story/651371.html http://www.kansascity.com/living/columnists/allen_holder/story/651371.html Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:03 CDT S o the free pretzels are going away. There’s one more thing to pack in my bag — you know, the one I’ll be carrying aboard the plane because it’s going to cost me more to check it. http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/669225.html http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/669225.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:36 CDT You can tell a lot about a hiking trail by its markings, and the abundance of blue splotches marking trees throughout the Alabama Pinhoti says plenty about the trail’s ambitions. http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/669318.html http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/669318.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:51 CDT Summer in Las Vegas means triple-digit temperatures and torrid travel deals. And this year, the discounts may sizzle. http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/669193.html http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/669193.html Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:21 CDT Many painters seem indelibly linked to the cities in which they lived and worked, like Canaletto and Venice or Vermeer of Delft. But paintings are portable and, a few centuries on, can often be dispersed far and wide, which is why one quarter of Vermeer’s output can be seen today in a 10-block stretch of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/661082.html http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/661082.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:14 CDT LONDON | Cutting through the canopy some 60 feet high, Kew Gardens' new XStrata Treetop Walkway gives nature-lovers a look at a part of the forest that's seldom seen — a view from the top. http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/661085.html http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/661085.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:14 CDT WASHINGTON | Washington is a city of memorials to war heroes, but beyond the Beltway near Quantico Marine Base in Virginia is another tribute to brave Americans at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. The stunning building, interactive exhibits and cost (it's free!) rival anything that Washington has to offer. http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/661092.html http://www.kansascity.com/724/story/661092.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:14 CDT Toward the end of her life, Tessie Oelrichs (an heiress thanks to her father's silver mine fortune) often sits alone in her parlor, or one of them anyway, dreaming of those glittering days just before World War I. Her home is Rosecliff, an opulent affair even by the ridiculous standards of Newport's Gilded Age, and there is much to reflect upon: the white ball to which she'd worn a lace dress trimmed with silver embroidery, the large fountain that had once been stocked... http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689797.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689797.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:08 CDT NEW ORLEANS | Ron Forman wants to change grown-ups' views of bugs and spiders from “ewww!” to “cool!” http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689384.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689384.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:08 CDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska | With runaway fuel prices, it's somehow fitting that Jim and Wilma Fowler's 25-foot travel trailer sports a green sign, “Alaska or Bust,” on the back window. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689795.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689795.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:08 CDT The Netherlands has banished tobacco smoke from restaurants and all other public places. But in a bizarre twist, patrons of certain coffee shops where marijuana is sold over the counter can still light up their cannabis joints. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/685493.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/685493.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30 CDT In the latest fee to hit the airline industry, Delta Air Lines plans to begin charging a fuel surcharge of up to $50 for booking frequent-flier tickets under its awards program. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681152.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681152.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13 CDT Over the last decade as human populations on the Great Plains have thinned, many conservationists have seen an opportunity unparalleled since the frontier days of the 19th century brought towns to the region. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681148.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681148.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13 CDT ON MAINE'S MIDCOAST | The beaches, such as they are, do a disappearing act at high tide. Golf courses are scarce, and only one major resort can be found for miles. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681141.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681141.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13 CDT TELLURIDE, Colo. | An invitation to a wedding in Colorado provided an excuse for a week's vacation exploring mountains and mesas, long-abandoned mining camps and sprawling ranches. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681138.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681138.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13 CDT SAVANNAH, Ga. | It's a good thing there are so many gorgeous green squares to amble through in Savannah, America's first planned city and one of its most historic. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681079.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/681079.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13 CDT This year, after 85 years, the New York Yankees are playing their last season at Yankee Stadium. This exemplary American organization has concluded, amid much criticism, that just because your home happens to be a national treasure doesn't mean you can't trade it in for something more modern, more pristine, more dripping with profitable skyboxes. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671337.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671337.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:32 CDT MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK, Colo. | The story of Mesa Verde so intrigues visitors that few walk away without having pondered its mysteries: Why did the people who lived here build their homes in the cliff alcoves, and why did they suddenly disappear? http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671343.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671343.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:53 CDT The aspen trees’ bright yellow leaves stood out among the dark green pines surrounding them. “Cool,” I murmured to myself. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671386.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671386.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:53 CDT CENTRAL CITY, Colo. | At almost 8,500 feet in the Rockies, it can take a few breaths to walk up Central City’s steep granite hills lined with Victorian homes, souvenir shops and an opera house that has served 19th-century gold miners as well as modern-day visitors. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671619.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671619.html Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:22 CDT HONOLULU | The last time the Royal Hawaiian Hotel was closed for renovations, World War II had just ended and the barbed wire that stretched along the shore of Waikiki had been removed. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671376.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/671376.html Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:50 CDT If you’re planning a visit to the Atlanta area in the next few months, check out these events. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661366.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661366.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:19 CDT BRANSON | Curly the Camel experienced a momentary bout of stage fright, and Scrappy the Goat lived up to his cantankerous reputation. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661368.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661368.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:19 CDT Last summer Lisa Clark, a management consultant from Los Angeles, spent about three weeks in Europe, touring Scotland by car, spending a weekend in Paris and biking in Tuscany. Although it wasn't cheap (France and Italy cost roughly $4,300 alone), Clark made it work by using frequent-flier miles to get there and by buying packaged tours to keep her expenses contained. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661400.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661400.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:19 CDT PARIS | The kosher pizzeria on the rue des Rosiers smelled like hot cheese, and Jewish teens leaned skullcap-covered heads into the doorway, hoping to order one of Moshe Benjamin Engelberg's thin-crusted pizzas. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661406.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661406.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:19 CDT I have always loved Jane Austen for the strength and wit of her female characters. In fact, I am slightly obsessed with everything Jane — ask my husband, who has had to endure repeated viewings of the A&E version of “Pride and Prejudice” starring Colin Firth. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661467.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/661467.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:19 CDT COPENHAGEN, Denmark | The 165-year-old amusement park that inspired Walt Disney and Danish fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen offers style and charm of a kind often imitated. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/656462.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/656462.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:22 CDT Some major airlines rolled back a weekend fare increase Monday, the first time in more than half a dozen attempts that a widespread price increase failed to take hold. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/611993.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/611993.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:55 CDT The Kansas City Star’s Travel Photo Contest is open to amateur photographers of any age who are residents of Missouri or Kansas. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/611511.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/611511.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:54 CDT Several years ago I was traveling through the Missouri Ozarks when I came across a 100-year-old grist mill near Eminence. It was a rustic structure perched on the edge of a turquoise spring. http://www.kansascity.com/737/story/689382.html http://www.kansascity.com/737/story/689382.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04 CDT The 45th Parallel is an imaginary line circling the Earth exactly midway between the North Pole and the Equator, and it has never moved. But try telling that to tourists in Yellowstone National Park who for years have had their pictures taken next to a sign marking the 45th Parallel. http://www.kansascity.com/737/story/681124.html http://www.kansascity.com/737/story/681124.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:48 CDT Philadelphia has a new museum featuring cars from famous races and historic tracks around the world. The Simeone Foundation Museum showcases racing cars from before World War I to a 21st century NASCAR model. http://www.kansascity.com/738/story/689361.html http://www.kansascity.com/738/story/689361.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:59 CDT My sister and I wanted to take our mother on a trip that would not involve walking after a knee replacement. We flew to Albuquerque, N.M., then headed west through the petrified forest and painted desert. http://www.kansascity.com/738/story/689362.html http://www.kansascity.com/738/story/689362.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:59 CDT If Miami is among your destinations, enjoy its culture, beaches and distinct architecture. Check out a few of these activities, too. http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689369.html http://www.kansascity.com/270/story/689369.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:08 CDT MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. | They are four of the most recognizable faces anywhere on Earth, the presidents who stare out from Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of western South Dakota.