CruisesYour guide to sailing the seas
Share your experienceYou are lounging in a warm plunge pool in the garden of a private villa while listening to The Goldberg Variations. Your robe and slippers are on the floor where you dropped them, right near the giant, pillow-mounded platform bed. You are thinking about having a brie omelet for breakfast, then a spa foot massage or a ginseng facial. You know you won't have to tell the bartender how to mix a dry martini when you order one before dinner.
Share your experiencePacking light pays. American Airlines has joined other major U.S. carriers in charging a fee for checking a second bag on domestic flights -- something that used to be free. Charges range from $25-$50 for the second bag, depending on the airline.
The neighborhood has that wrong-side-of-the-tracks feel about it, and sure enough, the railroad runs right through the middle and sometimes backs up traffic. Great hulking warehouses look slightly shabby; from a distance, the barbecue joint across the narrow road looks like ptomaine central.
BED CHECK: MILAN The AC Milano is a 160-room gray stone monolith that opened nearly two years ago about two miles from the city's center. At first the setting, near train tracks and the city's vast cemetery, seemed remote. But then I saw that the No. 3 tram stops outside the hotel every few minutes, offering a pleasant, 10-minute trip to the Duomo. Not only that, but the hotel is just a few blocks from the hippest shopping street I found in five days of combing the city: Via Maroncelli. If you're...
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