http://www.post-gazette.com/travel Travel news and features, Travel Editor David Bear's column en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:51 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014920-455.stm?cmpid=travel.xml A bumpy half-mile missing link on the North Shore Trail will be filled handsomely this winter by a $5 million elevated structure stretching near Millvale. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:13:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015030-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml Matanuska Glacier, Alaska -- THE temperature was soaring to 75 degrees, and I was walking on ice. Around me the Matanuska Glacier, about 100 miles from Anchorage, sparkled and shimmered in the afternoon sun. The only sound was an occasional rush of cool wind sweeping down from the towering Chugach Mountains and the crunch of my crampons as I made my way up a crevasse with a group of six other trekkers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015031-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml SEATTLE-- LIKE a reminder of theater's past, the face of the playwright August Wilson stares out from a gleaming glass door set in a 12-foot steel portal at the top of August Wilson Way here, a sloping side street behind the Seattle Repertory Theater. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1006964-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml TORQUAY, County Devon, England -- She has been called England's most prolific serial killer, having disposed of some 300 victims during the course of a lengthy life of crime, in such a variety of ways -- poisoning, garroting, stabbing, strangling, bludgeoning -- that an FBI profiler would have been flummoxed. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1012574-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- A mainstay of western North Carolina tourism is making a transition from attraction to a portion of a foundation. ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014886-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml Where: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave., for nonstop dancing at the ninth annual PittStop LindyHop How far: 10-15 minutes from Downtown Pittsburgh How much: $20 at door for Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014974-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml WASHINGTON -- Flights over much of the eastern United States were delayed yesterday by a predawn failure in a fairly new communications system, which led to the shutdown of a computer that accepts flight plans from the airlines and feeds them to air traffic controllers. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1004266-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml TAMPA, Fla. -- A spotlight on Tampa's Ybor City neighborhood in the October issue of Southern Living magazine reveals a vibrant blend of cultures. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1006962-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml LYNCH, Ky. -- Joseph Marzelli is glad for the cheerful canary singing in the darkness of an Appalachian coal mine. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1012571-287.stm?cmpid=travel.xml LARAMIE, Wyo. -- The Snowy Range Ski Area is scheduled to open in late November this year. ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1006961-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml HOPE, Ark. -- The Bill Clinton First Home Museum will soon be a part of the National Park system, a designation that will give the modest structure on a busy street more visibility as a tourist destination. ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1012569-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml OAKLAND, Calif. -- A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series. ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1012570-140.stm?cmpid=travel.xml LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- If the Adirondacks fall off of your vacation radar once summer ends and autumn's foliage fades, you might be surprised to hear that hotels, lodges and attractions stay open year-round in places like Lake George, Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014233-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml Art review and art news: In ways comparable to today's multitasking cell phones, a new technology began to change the way people envisioned and documented their environments, and one another, in 19th-century France. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014179-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml NEW YORK -- What makes a good holiday gift for a traveler? Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1004265-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a program to certify hotels as "green" for using environmentally sound and sustainable practices. ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1006960-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans' most famous street is a nightly swirl of bright neon and happy tourists strolling with a beverage in hand. ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1012564-37.stm?cmpid=travel.xml NEW YORK -- Outside magazine's November issue scopes out the best ski resorts in North America, from Alaska to Vermont. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014049-455.stm?cmpid=travel.xml Pittsburgh's newest stretch of reclaimed riverfront is still a bit dusty and its freshly planted landscaping has yet to flourish. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500