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...Tip: Wicked Local
Fresh off their 27th World Series win, the New York Yankees will take a victory lap through lower Manhattan on the morning of Nov. 6. It will be their record-setting ninth trip down the so-called Canyon of Heroes, the skyscraper-lined stretch from the island's southern tip to City Hall. And if past ticker-tape parades for sports champions are any guide, they can expect to be showered with up to 50 tons of confetti and shredded paper...
Tucked away at the southern most tip of Laos, Si Phan Don (Four Thousand Islands) is an 8.5-mile-wide (14 km) archipelago where the Mekong fans out and the land dissolves into thousands of muddy, grass-covered islands, islets and sandbars. The fact that only three islands offer tourist accommodation (rudimentary at that) tells you that this far-flung part of Champasak province is in no danger of being generally discovered - yet. But the more astute backpackers are trickling in on tiny wooden ferryboats, in slowly growing numbers, lured by the chance to do not very much at dirt...
...start of the day. Wake with the first rooster crow and head out for a morning walk. The fog rises, the dew burns off and the water buffalo are saddled up for work in the paddy fields. Stop off at the bakery on Don Det's northern tip, run by an Australian pastry chef, for a simple breakfast of cinnamon rolls or focaccia bread (and don't forget, at some point during your stay, to try the best pumpkin burger on an island full of imitators). You could then cross the bridge over to Don Khon to explore the remnants...
...time being until 15 Dunster St. reopens in the spring. As Herrell's storefront announces, the space promises to reopen in "early spring 2010" as "First Printer Restaurant, Bar, and Grill," commemorating Stephen Daye's first printing press in the British Americas, back in 1638. As a hat tip to Herrell's well-established customer base, First Printer has promised to have "frozen desserts" on its menu...