Photos of Itinga, Brazil
Travel articles Visit Obama's Oahu The February 2009 issue Condé Nast Traveler pays its respects to the 44th president with a guide to Obama's Hawaiian haunts, a sampling of eateries, beaches, and hang-outs far off the familiar, lei-strewn path of the typical tourist.
Family Adventure: Harry Potter Fan Trips Don your robes and get aboard the Hogwarts Express: two Harry Potter Fan Trips (nine days, or five days) are timed to coincide with the release of the "Harry Potter... Who Wants a Pleistocene-Era Backyard? While casting about for feel-good stories, we remembered the lost and starving Magellanic penguins that were airlifted to safety by the Brazilian army last fall. The young penguins, whose home is in the southern Atlantic, had wandered too far north, washing up on the warm beaches of Brazil by the hundreds, and the situation looked grim when "animal-welfare activists loaded the birds onto a Brazilian air force cargo plane and flew them 1,550 miles to the country's southern coast, where a crowd of onlookers celebrated as the penguins marched back into the sea." Definite feel-good material.
Chicago Celebrates Holidays on Halsted The heart of GLBT Chicago's Lakeview/Boystown neighborhood, Halsted Street is the site of Holiday on Halsted on Saturday, December 6, from 1 until 5 pm. This festive seasonal event sponsored... Winter Comfort Food: Regional specialties Every region in America has its own comfort-food specialties, from the stalwart hot puddings of New England to the creamy chowders of the Pacific Northwest.
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The Cheers Travel World / Itinga photos