America's Rudest Cities - Articles | Travel + Leisure

America's Rudest Cities - Articles | Travel + Leisure: "The least friendly Americans tend to live on one coast. But there’s a new champion in the contest for America’s Rudest Cities.

From December 2010
By Katrina Brown Hunt
When comedian Jim Dailikis moved to New York City from Australia several years ago, he expected a city full of rude, abrasive people. But New Yorkers didn’t really live up to the stereotype, he says. “They’re friendly, but they have a different way of showing you,” he says. As he now says in his act, “I love New Yorkers—they stab me in the front.”

New Yorkers have long battled an image of being surly, but in Travel +Leisure’s survey, they have something to celebrate. The annual America’s Favorite Cities survey asked readers to rate 35 cities on 54 features, including affordable hotels, great restaurants, romance potential, and the overall personality of the locals. In the contest for least friendly locals, New York City was not voted as the rudest city in America—which means someone else now wears the championship belt in Rude."

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World's top revolving restaurants - CNN.com

World's top revolving restaurants - CNN.com: "(Travel + Leisure) -- When you're dining at a revolving restaurant 250 feet above Cape Town, you expect the views to be fantastic. The real surprise is when the food appears -- and it's excellent.
What better way to savor a beautiful city than from this vantage point: a window seat at a revolving restaurant where the shifting views complement the gourmet courses. At Cape Town's Top of the Ritz, that means pairings of just-caught mussels with a view of iconic Table Mountain, spicy curry-butternut soup with the sandstone Twelve Apostle peaks, rack of lamb with beaches, and dessert with the sunset dipping below the Atlantic."

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Five don't-miss Black Friday and Cyber Monday travel deals - CNN.com

Five don't-miss Black Friday and Cyber Monday travel deals - CNN.com: "Thanksgiving and it could be the start of a beautiful vacation.
Travel websites, resorts and hotels are once again joining retailers in offering hot deals and discounts during the two days that have become the traditional (and manic) start of the holiday shopping season.
But you don't have to drive to the mall in the middle of the night to get in on the savings.
Just head to your computer this Friday and Monday to snag an affordable trip.
Is Black Friday the best day for deals? Black Friday smartphone apps
Here are five deals that could send you on a much-needed getaway for less than you thought:"

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Feds open 'formal safety defect' probe into Chevy Volt - CNN.com

Feds open 'formal safety defect' probe into Chevy Volt - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- Federal safety regulators announced Friday that they have opened "a formal safety defect investigation" into the Chevrolet Volt over concerns the electric car's battery may pose a significant fire risk.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has been looking at the car for months, explaining in a press release that this includes crash-testing the Volt in May and conducting three tests last week focused specifically on the vehicle's lithium-ion batteries.
"The agency is concerned that damage to the Volt's batteries as part of three tests that are explicitly designed to replicate real-world crash scenarios have resulted in fire," the administration said. "NHTSA is therefore opening a safety defect investigation of Chevy Volts, which could experience a battery-related fire following a crash.""

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