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...Chicago, it was already past midnight - and an hour later in Washington where he hopes to take up a famous residence next year. Sen. Barack Obama immediately drove to see his ailing grandmother, the woman he affectionately calls "Toot," at her apartment on Beretania Street, before retiring to a hotel on the city's touristy Waikiki strip. By daylight, he was again at the Beretania Street apartment, emerging at one point, dressed in a black polo shirt, dark-glasses and flip-flops, walking pensively and unsmiling along the unsteady and overgrown the sidewalk on nearby Young Street before the crowding...
...current offensive in Bajaur and other areas has been applauded by Washington, Prime Minister Asif Zardari is having a harder time convincing his own people of the wisdom of waging war on the militants. While some had hoped that last month's horrific terror attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad would rally the nation to fight militancy, instead divisions have only deepened. Recent opinion polls still find a majority of Pakistanis opposed to their government's support for Washington's "war on terror" - despite their anger at the recent wave of suicide bombings, these Pakistanis believe the attacks...
Luxe Layovers. Westin Hotels are coming to you gate-side. The hotel group has teamed with United Airlines and created the Westin Renewal Lounge, located inside United's Red Carpet Clubs at the JFK, Los Angeles and San Francisco airports. Each lounge (built for one) is furnished with daybeds and the energy-boosting blue-light ActiViva lamp used in the Westin Chicago's Concept Room (see Hotels here, plus healthy snacks. In United's business class, passengers get oversized Westin Heavenly Bed pillows and blankets, along with scented towelettes...
Openings. Doubletree opens in Milan...St. Regis Houston completes a refurbishment and updating of all 232 rooms and suites...W Scottsdale Hotel & Residence opens with 224 rooms...Sheraton opens in the Northbrook, Ill., near O'Hare Airport...
...retrospective of sorts, New York City's Guggenheim Museum has invited artists including Angela Bulloch, Jorge Pardo, and Rirkrit Tiravanija to collaborate on site-specific installations for the upcoming theanyspacewhatever. Carsten Höller, who installed aluminum slides last year at London's Tate Modern, will erect the "Revolving Hotel Room" at the Guggenheim in which visitors can sleep for the night. (Naturally, this opportunity is already sold out, but at least you can see the digs.) Through Jan. 7, 2009. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, New York...