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...Voluntourist. The Good Hotel, a newly renovated 117-room hotel in San Francisco's trendy SOMA neighborhood, is in name and mission a good hotel. The building is constructed out of recycled and reclaimed materials, the lobby vending machine dispenses gifts also made from reclaimed materials (no potato chips here) and the hotel has partnered with the nonprofit volunteer organization One Brick to encourage guests to become "voluntourists." A phone in the lobby connects guests to the agency, which guides people to local charities seeking short-term help. Special opening rates from $119 to $139. 112 7th Street, San Francisco...
...your beloved is never around to help carry groceries or take you to the movies. But consider this: every time you see each other, it's like a mini-vacation - a geographic and emotional holiday. "I lived in Seattle; he lived in San Francisco," says Aida,* a 40-year-old writer, who sometimes waited a month and a half between visits with her boyfriend. "We would meet each other on the California-Oregon border - we each had to drive six to seven hours to get there - for a long weekend of camping, hiking, drinking...
...even when you don't travel, you can still keep that vacation glow alive. Jackson West, a San Francisco-based blogger, says that when his New York City girlfriend comes to visit, "I love showing her around San Francisco - it feels more like an extended weekend date, or even a trip. We both make a special effort to do interesting things that we probably wouldn't if we'd started seeing each other in the same city...
That act of optimism sparked some serious cross-cultural canoodling. The two began corresponding regularly (luckily, Analisa is fluent in French) and decided to meet up in San Francisco, where he was traveling for business. "You never know if chemistry is going to be there when you meet in person, but the rapport we established through our letters translated perfectly," says Analisa...
...Secretary of State for Security Francisco da Costa Guterres, who has responsibility for the police, has told TIME that police are required to leave their guns at the station when they go off duty. He alleges that the officer in the shooting case "made a mistake and took the weapon home with him." But UNPOL sources say observance of the rules varies among police units...