Word: metropolitane
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...breakfasts in the U.S., 20% are in urban areas, says Pat Hardy, co-founder of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International. They tend to be converted 19th and early 20th century houses, mansions, brownstones and town houses. Popular metropolitan areas for B&Bs include Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington and New York. And they appear to be gaining recognition. There has been a 10% to 20% growth annually in the number of urban B&Bs posted on Placestostay.com a travel website, according to Eric Christensen, its president and founder...
...strangeness, you will see some remarkable things. Drop by Mr. Rush's senior art-history class some morning. Rush--a dapper, manic teacher who claims he understands absolutely nothing about wireless technology--leads his students through a brisk review before an exam, pulling images of Greek urns off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website. He makes extensive use of what's called a Smart Board, a high-tech blackboard that throws a giant version of Rush's laptop screen on the wall. It's touch-sensitive, so he can point and click on the board with his hand, navigating...
Condo says inspiration for the paintings came from a recent show on Manet and Velasquez at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He was interested in how the two great artists compared to each other, and his own characters, Condo says, are “composite figures from memory...
...prominent working artist with experience and connections in the field, Condo’s works have been collected by such prestigious institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Condo’s work is not limited to painting—in the past he had shown a series of Pop Art inspired silkscreens at Pace Wildenstein, and has an ongoing exhibit at the Galerie Bruno Bischofberger in Switzerland of some thirty gilt-bronze portraits of semi-mythical figures...
...population generates an infectious blend of style and fun, but then this Sussex city has attracted pleasure seekers since the Prince Regent and his rakish following decamped there in the early 19th century. Today, boisterous hen parties, clubbers and convention delegates come for dining and nightlife that reach metropolitan levels of sophistication?without the associated expense...