Having surpassed its sibling Mumbai in the number of
millionaire residents who call it home, New Delhi is celebrating its
economic rise with gusto. It’s even added speed to its notoriously
creaky infrastructure. Delhi’s new metro system,
currently in its latest stage of expansion to the Outer Ring Road,
provides a smooth yet surreal ride from the dense cacophony of the
ancient Mughal bazaars to the hypermodern mega-malls of the grassy
suburbs. Immaculate, cheap and air-conditioned, the metro might be the
most ambitious construction since India won its independence. And there
are lots of new places to visit: cutting-edge galleries like Latitude 28 and Gallery Threshold in the emerging Lado Sarai arts district, and new restaurants like Varq and Indian Accent, which are expanding the horizons of nouvelle Indian cuisine.
NEW DELHI Come for the new metro, stay for where it takes you.
Having surpassed its sibling Mumbai in the number of
millionaire residents who call it home, New Delhi is celebrating its
economic rise with gusto. It’s even added speed to its notoriously
creaky infrastructure. Delhi’s new metro system,
currently in its latest stage of expansion to the Outer Ring Road,
provides a smooth yet surreal ride from the dense cacophony of the
ancient Mughal bazaars to the hypermodern mega-malls of the grassy
suburbs. Immaculate, cheap and air-conditioned, the metro might be the
most ambitious construction since India won its independence. And there
are lots of new places to visit: cutting-edge galleries like Latitude 28 and Gallery Threshold in the emerging Lado Sarai arts district, and new restaurants like Varq and Indian Accent, which are expanding the horizons of nouvelle Indian cuisine.
Having surpassed its sibling Mumbai in the number of
millionaire residents who call it home, New Delhi is celebrating its
economic rise with gusto. It’s even added speed to its notoriously
creaky infrastructure. Delhi’s new metro system,
currently in its latest stage of expansion to the Outer Ring Road,
provides a smooth yet surreal ride from the dense cacophony of the
ancient Mughal bazaars to the hypermodern mega-malls of the grassy
suburbs. Immaculate, cheap and air-conditioned, the metro might be the
most ambitious construction since India won its independence. And there
are lots of new places to visit: cutting-edge galleries like Latitude 28 and Gallery Threshold in the emerging Lado Sarai arts district, and new restaurants like Varq and Indian Accent, which are expanding the horizons of nouvelle Indian cuisine.
Category:
Asia
IRELAND The emerald isle reaches out with an ancestral celebration
The former Celtic Tiger, pulling out all the stops this year to
attract much-needed tourism dollars, is holding a family reunion on the
grandest scale. A yearlong program called The Gathering
hopes to draw many of the 70 million people worldwide who claim Irish
ancestry. The program, which kicked off with a three-day New Year’s
party in Dublin replete with a procession, fireworks and a concert
featuring the native headliners Imelda May and Bell X1, will go on to
include clan gatherings, cultural festivals, sporting events and
performances throughout the year and across the country. Meanwhile, Aer
Lingus, United and American are all ramping up service between Ireland
and the United States, home to over half of those global Irish
descendants.
The former Celtic Tiger, pulling out all the stops this year to
attract much-needed tourism dollars, is holding a family reunion on the
grandest scale. A yearlong program called The Gathering
hopes to draw many of the 70 million people worldwide who claim Irish
ancestry. The program, which kicked off with a three-day New Year’s
party in Dublin replete with a procession, fireworks and a concert
featuring the native headliners Imelda May and Bell X1, will go on to
include clan gatherings, cultural festivals, sporting events and
performances throughout the year and across the country. Meanwhile, Aer
Lingus, United and American are all ramping up service between Ireland
and the United States, home to over half of those global Irish
descendants.
Category:
Europe
RIO DE JANEIRO Because the whole world will be there in 2014
Fifty-three years after Brazil’s federal government decamped to
Brasília, and decades after São Paulo took over as the country’s
business capital, Rio is staging a comeback. With the 2014 World Cup and
2016 Summer Olympics (plus an oil boom) providing the impetus, the
tropical city perhaps most famous for its Carnival hedonism is on its
way to becoming a more sophisticated cultural hub. In January, the
Cidade das Artes, or City of the Arts, was inaugurated as the new home
of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra. On March 23, Casa Daros — an
outpost of the Zurich-based Daros Latinamerica Collection
— will open in a renovated 19th-century building with an exhibition of
Colombian artists. March will also mark the opening of the Rio Museum of
Category:
America
ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLOMBIA fasten your skis, A quiet peak joins the big leagues.
The largest terrain expansion in North American skiing is under way just north of the border at Red Mountain Resort
in Rossland, British Columbia. Long known for its steeps, tree-skiing
and out-of-the-way location (it’s a two-and-a-half-hour drive from
Spokane) that leaves its lift mazes empty and led Skiing magazine last
year to call it the “most underrated” resort, Red has embarked on a
two-year project that will add nearly 1,000 acres on neighboring Grey
Mountain. This winter a 10-dollar ride in a snowcat will haul skiers
from Red to Grey to enjoy a few runs that have been cut as well as glade
skiing.
The largest terrain expansion in North American skiing is under way just north of the border at Red Mountain Resort
in Rossland, British Columbia. Long known for its steeps, tree-skiing
and out-of-the-way location (it’s a two-and-a-half-hour drive from
Spokane) that leaves its lift mazes empty and led Skiing magazine last
year to call it the “most underrated” resort, Red has embarked on a
two-year project that will add nearly 1,000 acres on neighboring Grey
Mountain. This winter a 10-dollar ride in a snowcat will haul skiers
from Red to Grey to enjoy a few runs that have been cut as well as glade
skiing.
Category:
America
HOUSTON what's big in Texas? culture and food.
Houston is probably best known as the Texan center for energy
and industry, but it’s making a bid to be the state’s cultural and
culinary capital as well. The Houston Museum District is a formidable coterie of institutions that includes the Rothko Chapel, the Museum of African American Culture, which made its debut last February; and the Asia Society Texas Center, which opened in a stunning Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building in April. And last summer, the Houston Museum of Natural Science
opened a 30,000-square-foot hall of paleontology in a new $85 million
wing. Meanwhile, the city’s dining scene is also heating up, with three
of the city’s newest restaurants — Oxheart, Underbelly and Uchi — placing on national best-new-restaurant lists.
Houston is probably best known as the Texan center for energy
and industry, but it’s making a bid to be the state’s cultural and
culinary capital as well. The Houston Museum District is a formidable coterie of institutions that includes the Rothko Chapel, the Museum of African American Culture, which made its debut last February; and the Asia Society Texas Center, which opened in a stunning Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building in April. And last summer, the Houston Museum of Natural Science
opened a 30,000-square-foot hall of paleontology in a new $85 million
wing. Meanwhile, the city’s dining scene is also heating up, with three
of the city’s newest restaurants — Oxheart, Underbelly and Uchi — placing on national best-new-restaurant lists.
Category:
America