http://www.kentucky.com/163/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com Travel 60 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:21:53 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/601/story/106513.html http://www.kentucky.com/601/story/106513.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:17 EDT herald-leader.com (it should be in JPEG format, at least 3 MB in size and the full image file; no camera phone photos, please), or mail original photos to: Vacation Photos, Lexington Herald-Leader/Features, 100 Midland Avenue, Lexington, Ky. 40508. Photographs cannot be returned, and publication in the paper or on Kentucky.com is not guaranteed.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/451575.html http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/451575.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:45 EDT
First of all, he is at eye level: man, not god; among us, not above. Then there are the thighs, their metal worn down to a shade lighter than the rest of the statue. A schoolgirl runs up and reveals why. She clambers onto the statue and, ready for a photo op, takes a seat.

These days in Washington, D.C. - the carefully planned capital of grand avenues and stone giants named Lincoln and Jefferson and Washington - you can sit on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's lap. Anyone can.

When the nation was new, its founders designed their capital as a blank canvas that would become America's formal foyer - physical embodiment of the lofty principles that had been deployed to unite a new kind of country.

And so it grew, and the visitors came. Awaiting them today, as Charles Osgood puts it in a tourist-bureau vanity film shown a few yards from the White House, is no less than "the skyline of the American experience, where the stones tell the stories of the American dream."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/450383.html http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/450383.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:30 EDT
As the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" begins, Russians - no make that Soviets; we're in 1957 - have kidnapped the whip-cracking archaeology professor and taken him to an obscure hangar in the desert that houses an object they desire. Jones escapes on a rocket sled, and then wanders into what looks like a small town.

Homes. Cars. People.

No, wait - mannequins. Test dummies. A loudspeaker begins a countdown.

Jones, played by Harrison Ford, realizes he has just seconds until an atomic fireball vaporizes him. What's an aging action hero to do? Why, climb into a lead-lined refrigerator and ride out the blast, flying above the bad guys' car, which can't outrace the shock wave. Jones, with no more than a crumpled fedora, tumbles out of the icebox and staggers up a hill, gazing as a mushroom cloud roils miles into the sky.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/450385.html http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/450385.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:30 EDT
Her name was Tracey, she was from Virginia, and she was on this weekend cruise with 10 other woman. All had left husbands and kids at home for a moms' getaway.

"Are you going to sing?" Tracey asked.

"There's not enough liquor on this ship," I said.

"I have a good voice. I was going to sing," she said. "But after that" - she motioned to a young woman singing "The Greatest Love of All" in a voice as lovely as Whitney Houston's - "I can't follow that."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/450307.html http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/450307.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:11 EDT
American notified its flight attendants union on Wednesday that it will cut up to 900 jobs starting Aug. 31, but that appears to be the tip of the iceberg.

Although American has not given a total figure, the airline says it expects to shed 8 percent of its work force. With about 85,500 workers, including those at sister airline American Eagle, that would represent more than 6,800 jobs.

American plans to cut domestic capacity 11 percent to 12 percent this fall. Overall, including international flying, that translates to a pullback of about 8 percent.

Jeffrey Brundage, senior vice president of personnel at American parent AMR Corp., said in a memo to employees Wednesday that jobs will be reduced "commensurate" with the overall 8 percent reductions.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/451698.html http://www.kentucky.com/507/story/451698.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:35 EDT
Luxury linens, plump pillows, restful colors, rich wood? They all contribute to the appeal.

"I've traveled quite a bit and today's boutique hotels are quite special," says interior designer Susan Stockton, owner of London By Design in Thiensville, Wis. "They offer a wonderful mood, an almost Zenlike feel. When we come home at the end of a busy day, it would be nice to come home to something like that."

Today, many people are choosing to replicate the look and feel of a fine hotel in their own homes.

What are some of the elements of hotel style?]]> http://www.kentucky.com/163/story/453542.html http://www.kentucky.com/163/story/453542.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:35 EDT
I spent many a boyhood summer visiting my aunt in Las Vegas, so it's not just crazy gamblers (OK, mostly crazy gamblers) who venture to Sin City during its blazing-hottest midsummer .madness. Just make sure you have a good dip on the Strip (or beyond).

You'll need less cash and more splash to visit during the hot (temperature, not timing) season in Las Vegas. Hotel rates plummet when the mercury goes up, except on the always-busy weekends.

Nearly every big hotel has a nice pool. Most of the pools are kept at 80 degrees, but when the .mercury hits 110, that feels awfully nice. My .favorites, on and off Las Vegas Boulevard, in .descending order:

Flamingo Las Vegas: Four pools, including a big, meandering pool with a cove to get out of the sun. This is the party-central pool of all of Las Vegas, and sometimes it can seem as if there's no room to swim with all the people standing around drinking beer. But it's still a blast. The smaller Go Pool is ringed by huge pink flamingo statues and features pricey private cabanas. Unfortunately, this area has become an adults-only .European-style. pool (translation: some women don't wear their bikini tops), so you won't be able to show the kids this cool spot. (3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas. (702) 733-3111 or 1-800-732-2111. www.flamingolasvegas.com.) ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/163/story/453543.html http://www.kentucky.com/163/story/453543.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:34 EDT
Invasion of the really big bugs!

Huge critters are heading to Kentucky.

The exhibit Big Bugs by New York artist David Rogers is coming to the Western Kentucky Botanical Garden in Owensboro.

The 10 creations stand 10 to 15 feet tall and weigh as much as 1,200 pounds. They are expected to attract as many as 10,000 visitors .during the show's 13-week run, Aug. 3 to Oct. 26. ]]> http://www.kentucky.com/163/story/448705.html http://www.kentucky.com/163/story/448705.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:33 EDT
Jim Madden of Lexington has this mini-vacation thing down: two gallons of gas each way, and he and his companion, Dewey, an Australian shepherd, are on vacation.

In their RV camper.

At Herrington Lake.

Madden and his dog go on .stay-cation,. a phenomenon born of inflation and nearly $4-a-gallon gas prices. It's a combination of .staying put. and .going on vacation. . .having a rest at home or very close to it. ]]>