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le travel store opened in pacific beach in 1976 and pioneered retail for travelers .
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le travel store owners joan and bill keller opened their doors 37 years ago, with plans to run the business two years before selling it for $ 10, 000 to travel .
le travel store is outfits independent travelers with travel accessories, gear, maps, and guidebooks from great brands like eagle creek, columbia, the north face, and lonely planet .
after 37 great years, le travel store is closing its doors. check out the video for a special message from joan and bill .
we were married in july ’76. jesse appeared in 1978. kate arrived in 1980. both were nearly born at le travel store — literally !
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not only did le travel store have the exact travel towels i wanted - - and which i couldn' t find anywhere else - - they gave me immediate help when i ended up generating two orders instead of one when using their website. (i rushed too much .) joan at le travel store was both helpful and speedy in responding to my request to delete the extra order. i also feel good about supporting an independent business in southern california, especially during this tough economy. i found le travel store' s prices to be competitive with other websites. i plan to visit the store in person the next time i' m in san diego. thanks, joan and le travel store !
the website will still be around for an indefinite time, and le travel store will maintain an office in the building through the end of the year .
le travel store, which opened in pacific beach in 1976 and has been in san diego' s gaslamp quarter for 19 years, is closing its doors .
joan and bill keller started le travel store in 1976 in pacific beach. we had a great 37 years, now we' re closing it down in august of 2013 .
the owners of the first travel store in the country say the business has drastically changed and they' re getting out .
he observed that most multi - brand retailers seem to be disappearing. le travel store' s successful neighbors in the gaslamp quarter are brand name retailers like urban outfitters and puma .
le travel store owners joan and bill keller sent an email to san diego - area customers friday containing a short
au revoir
video thanking them for
37 great years .
“they have everything from suitcases to travel gear to all the little travel gadgets you never knew you needed. ” in 5 reviews
le travel store, which opened in pacific beach in 1976 and has been in san diego' s gaslamp quarter for 19 years, is closing its doors. (/ google indoor maps )
“as much as i wish there was a le travel store in san francisco, i' m glad to know that it' s an independent business and one of a kind. ” in 2 reviews
although the brick - and - mortar location had good sales, he said, le travel store' s web sales were even better. the store went online in 1997, ahead of most of the competition, but things have been a challenge the last two years .
flavio is something of an institution in le touquet, with two restaurants, le restaurant and le bistro, and two bed and breakfasts. eat at le restaurant for excellent fish from crayfish in spices to seabass. le bistro has good simple dishes from rabbit terrine or cured herring to traditional blanquette of veal and pigeon with caramelized turnips .
now the couple intends to retire and make good on that original plan. and while le travel store is still a viable business with a great concept, bill said, they decided to close rather than sell it .
i love this store! as much as i wish there was a le travel store in san francisco, i' m glad to know that it' s an independent business and one of a kind. this store is a traveler' s paradise... basically one - stop shopping for all your travel needs. they sell everything from guidebooks to luggage to mosquito repellent lined clothing to little things that you hate to think about when you travel abroad, such as universal plug adapters and voltage converters. very cool !
in 1976, the newly married couple with an affinity for trotting the globe opened le travel store in pacific beach (not to be confused with the traveler' s depot), making it one of the first so - dubbed travel stores in the country. drawing its name inspiration from le drugstore in paris, it was designed to be a one - stop shop for travelers by bringing luggage, maps, books, travel accessories and apparel under one roof .
i met bill keller, the owner of le travel store, at a community meeting, after talking he mentioned he owned a travel store on 4th ave. i couldn' t believe i had passed this place up so many times. bill and his family are hard core world travelers and it comes through in the feel of their store. bottom line: le travel store is freaking awesome! they have everything from suitcases to travel gear to all the little travel gadgets you never knew you needed. the store has a pretty cool layout and makes you feel inspired to travel just by walking through. i really enjoy the sta travel in the front of the building, it' s a great place to pick up catalogs for group travel if that' s your sort of thing. everything is priced very reasonably and they have lots of sales. more people should know about this place, especially all you downtowners! don' t bother with getting your basic stuff at rei patron your downtown stores! :) oh and funny little tidbit: all the pictures hung off the rafters. . bill and his family traveling around the world. . how cool !
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great store for travelers! they have a huge book section, an amazing bag selection which is very reasonably priced, and tons of little products to make travel easier .
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very cool travel store. they have a plethora of travel books and all kinds of travel luggage and gear to help you on your next adventure. the owners are very friendly and are unbelievably well - traveled. they are always more than happy to give advice to help plan your next trip. i know the owner' s son (who happens to be on an extended trip in india at the moment), and after talking to them for a moment you' ll realize they are a wealth of information - so i highly recommend these guys. you can also book travel arrangements right in the store .
i would highly reccomend this place to anyone who is going out of the country. they have travel agents on hand to make reservations or set up packages for you, and their map / travel book selection is elite status. stay away from most of the accessories though (you don' t need a
travel towel
or
travel underwear ,
you just need a towel and some underwear .) av
after 37 great years in business, we’ve closed our store and are no longer accepting new orders here .
le travel store in the gaslamp quarter was located across from horton plaza at 745 fourth avenue — six blocks north of the san diego convention center and petco park, home of our san diego padres. the gaslamp quarter is one of the most lively neighborhoods in the us, packed with restaurants, clubs and stores .
i am heading to germany in a few days and i couldn' t find map of munchen, germany anywhere but le travel store @ san diego. the salespersons are very nice, the older gentleman led me to where the map was instead of telling me. the lady cashier was actually from europe and offered few advise. the experience was a pleasant one in term of item availability and customer service. i just wish i knew about this store a tap earlier. i would recommend this store to anyone who needs something for traveling .
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★★★★★ what a great travel store! saw an ad in the beacon and figured i' d check it out. i' m not usually a fan of travel stores, because everything seems ridiculously over - priced, but traveler' s depot is the exception, wide variety of high - quality goods at reasonable prices. read more
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joan review favorite neck pillow for world travelers - - the evolution neck pillow. urltoken le travel store has been outfitting adventurous travelers since bill and joan keller founded it in 1976, and has been family owned and operated ever since. we' ve been stocking eagle creek luggage since the very beginning, so we know it as well as anybody !
such a great store! they have a great selection of travel books and other things you might need for your trip. the people who work here are fun to talk to about your trip, and they are very knowledgeable and helpful .
★★★★★ this store is the absolute one stop shop for travelers and tourists of all ages! i work downtown in the horton plaza mall and i was in a rush to get to the airport and desperately needed a new travel bag. read more
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le jardin du roi is nestled in a courtyard next to the bagel emporium so it isn’t easily spotted from the street .
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today the facilities are just as superb, with all - year round entertainment making le touquet paris - plage a popular destination .
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if you are an italophile or a foodie, you can’t help but fall in love with this store. let me count the reasons why :
every time i send out a le travel store newsletter to the 10 thousand or so people on our subscriber list, i get intensely jealous as, every time, 50 to 60 of them bounce back with messages like ,
i' m away from my desk, traveling in guatamala ,
or
i' ll be away from my email on assignment in west africa .
we have the coolest customers ever !
we needed a gift, waited until the last minute, , and planned to go to the travel sore on our way to the birthday party. we got there half hour after it closed (we didn' t know they closed at 6pm), but the two women working there still let us in and helped us find the perfect thing. it' s a great store for those who love to travel... tons of great gadgets, clothes, bags, books... they really have everything. they helped us even though it was well past closing and they had every rights to keep the doors closed. we ended up spending about $ 200 so i guess it was worth it for them. they were very nice, super helpful, and let us take our time. i highly recommend a visit to le travel store !
really enjoy this place, try to go in anytime i' m in the downtown area. they have travel books, gadgets, pretty much any kind of bag you could ever need. it' s in a prime location if you' re near or in downtown. as far as service, i actually purchased a bag from them that had a minor manufacturing error and they called the company that next morning and had the part shipped to me with no hassle and very quickly done. you definitely can' t get that kind of attention from a big store, and if so not as quickly as they handled it. i was impressed, and i think le travel store is a local business worth supporting .
stopped by le travel store to purchase adapter plugs as we were traveling to buenos aires. i thought that was all i needed after looking at travel items until bill told me they carried maps of buenos aires and argentina. he also directed me to a book of south american spanish. the map he sold me was superior to any street map i found in buenos aires. it made navigating so much easier. he had been there and gave me tips on other places in argentina to visit. his helpfulness and knowledge were tops! service like this deserves more than 5 stars !
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very nice independent travel store. i usually go to rei for my travel gear needs, but this place has such a great variety of travel books, and i do like supporting the little guys even though i get the rei dividends... ! they have a pretty good selection of gear here from brands i trust (eagle creek, pacsafe, etc .), which mostly sells at regular price but sometimes they have sales. i love that this place is downtown right by my work; i' ve come in here on my lunch hour just to fantasize about my next trip. i have never tried the travel booking service here so i can' t comment on that, but the floor staff has been friendly and helpful on each visit .
needed luggage for a 3 week trip and was very overwhelmed by all the choices researched on line. went to le travel store and they were incredibly knowledgable, helpful and patient. the owner showed us all the different options explaining benefits of each. no pressure whatsover. we walked out of there with luggage we love and know will be perfect for this and future trips. we also got great clothing (on sale !) as well as other necessities for our trip (guidebook, adaptor, etc .) great service - by owner and staff! no need to shop anywhere else for travel !
the store will remain open a few more weeks for what bill called its
retirement sale ,
and the escrow is expected to close on aug. 18 .
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the plan was to have the business for two years, sell it for $ 10, 000 and travel around the world ,
said joan in the video .
in the summer of 1985, we took a leap of faith and moved from the beach area to downtown san diego. like many american cities, our urban core had declined with the rush to the suburbs. it had become a rough sailor’s entertainment zone, if you know what i mean. to reverse the trend, the city developed a revitalization plan and the cornerstone was a big, new retail center. le travel store was one of 39 original stores ready for the grand opening of horton plaza .
from calais or boulogne take the a16 to etaples. signs will take you to le touquet (45 minutes driving time from calais, and 30 minutes from boulogne) .
dominique chambriard, wearing a traditional blue workman’s tunic, proudly led me to a version of the area’s iconic knife, ‘le thiers’, which was designed in 1993, when the confrerie du couteau le thiers (brotherhood of the thiers knife) was set up to make a knife distinctive to their town. fifteen local master knife - makers (including chambriard), over a period of months, designed a simple, subtle, organic design for ‘le thiers’, based on ideas from their 16th - century guild forefathers .
the store is set up like a series of little markets with signage, both whimsical and wise, that alerts you to what’s there. products are organized by type, rather than producer, so each area of the store offers a choice of items by various manufacturers, whether you are shopping for organic pasta, anchovies, truffles, olive oil or biscotti .
visitors can learn about the foods and wine of italy through classes, demos, displays and discussion. we visited the store during a week when the store was celebrating the foods of emilia romagna. so twice each day, for example, classes were held at foodiversita to introduce customers to one of the region’s most important dop products, parmigiano - reggiano cheese .
we were located in the historic labor temple building, constructed in 1907. in the 1920’s it housed a machine shop and a labor union hall, serving the workers from nearby theaters including the balboa, spreckles and california. in the 1930’s, it was home to the county health department. le travel store settled here in december 1994. we exposed the original brick by pounding off a thick layer of plaster. we left the rough - cut joists exposed above — real “two - bys”. you could see the original electrical system .
these department stores represented massive real estate and business investments and their construction was in phase with the transformation of paris. ” the sprawling expansion of the department store was even chronicled in emile zola’s novel
walking into one of the knife boutiques in the french town of thiers was like walking into a watch store in switzerland. there were so many dazzling choices: rare folding knives with real mammoth - tooth handles and hand - forged damascus steel blades that sell for thousands of euros beside handsome pocket knives and hunting knives priced anywhere between €50 to €500. i was a kid in a candy store .
the raison d’etre for our visit was a dinner invitation to celebrate the foods of emilia romagna that was held at osteria della pace, a private dining room tucked in the corner of the store. but like the trains in italy (and new york), sometimes 7 - course dinners with wine - pairings run late. our dinner ended just before the store was due to close at 11pm .
chateau de vaux le vicomte is more intimate than other great chateaux like versaille. “it’s not so crowded that visitors have to push and jostle for space, ” says tour guide balwinder prabhakar .
they' re shuttering the store and selling the building, but before they do, they' re offering a special deal for san diego - area customers only: 20 percent off storewide this weekend .
there’s plenty to do in the town though most of the activities are sports related. the cultural minded should make for the le touquet museum and its collection of paintings from the etaples group of artists .
architect louis le vau designed the stately chateau so the approaching visitor could see directly through its arched doors into the breathtaking gardens. such a design reinforced the harmony between the building and its natural setting .
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instead, the store grew and in 1985 they moved downtown to become one of the original horton plaza tenants. in 1994, the kellers bought and moved into the labor temple building across the street on fourth avenue, where they have resided ever since .
le touquet began in the 1830s when two french entrepreneurs bought a vast tract of wild land south of the river canche estuary. it was meant to be an agricultural project, but when that failed, the area was planted with pipe, elm, alder and poplar trees which attracted sportsmen after hunting, shooting and fishing. one of the rich visitors, the owner of le figaro newspaper renamed the small town paris - plage in honour of the parisians who made it their seaside holiday home .
le bon marché was soon followed by la samartaine, galeries lafayette, and printemps; together, they became hallmarks of the late 19th century in paris, a time of expansion marked by baron von haussman’s revitalization of the city. virginia notes, “
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in the middle of le touquet with views over a pretty garden where you can linger over a summer lunch, this traditionally decorated restaurant is particularly strong on fish dishes. a good choice of menus from 20 euros to 50 euros and children’s menus use local ingredients .
many diners (including us) have reported presidential sightings at le jardin du roi, as it is one of the places that bill and hillary clinton often frequent when they are in town. you might also spot vanessa williams, who grew up here and still visits .
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the advantages of being first disappeared after the economic downturn, he said, and competition got stiff. the store has also seen more
showrooming
in the last year or two, where customers come in to handle and try on items, only to leave and order them from competitors online .
more than 70 films were filmed on location at vaux le vicomte, including the man in the iron mask with leonardo dicaprio. we found this whimsical creature in a visit to the cellar. when you return home, it’s likely that you’ll be able to revisit the chateau on netflix .
i absolutely love eataly in nyc! i recently visited the chicago store and it is lovely too. i stumbled upon a weekly sale and was able to purchase some very special olive oil for 1 / 2 price! like you, i feel like a went on a mini - vacation to italy !
no two eataly’s are exactly alike. customers approach this one, which only opened in august 2016, via an escalator from the lobby. a path train station sits conveniently underneath the building. this dazzling store is the younger sibling of the nyc flagship eataly in the flatiron district, which opened in 2010 .
currently, there are more than 200 coutelleries, family - owned knife workshops, in the brotherhood, including coutellerie robert - david, which has been operating under different family names since 1919. the shop offers a variety of knives in many styles, including a version of the iconic le thiers .
lannier got into the trade thanks to his misspent youth in medieval role - playing games while listening to a lot of heavy metal music. his knives are decidedly not traditional le thiers. sharply bevelled handles are cut from colourful resins or old vinyl records layered with anything from tartan designs to album labels .
the transformation began in 1838, when a businessman named aristide boucicaut opened a haberdasher’s shop on the left bank. through a series of shrewd business moves, in 1852 his small shop eventually expanded into one of the first department stores, le bon marché. inspired by english emporiums and, later by the world’s fair in 1862 and 1867, le bon marché was modeled after an exhibition hall, with boucicaut and other shop owners embracing revolutionary concepts like fixed pricing, advertising, and browsing for goods before purchasing. fashion suddenly became accessible to a much wider audience and was no longer reserved for the upper classes .
another “first” is that of what may have been the first formal dining room or “salle du buffet. ” here and throughout the home, visitors can enjoy the paintings, sculptures, furnishings and tapestries of the period. charles le brun was the artist and decorator responsible for the interior design of the property .
here are some photographs taken during our visit that illustrate why vaux le vicomte, which took 20 years to build, has been so popular with both residents and tourists since it first opened to the public in 1968. the antithesis to a stuffy museum, it’s a living piece of history to be experienced and enjoyed .
before i arrived in town, i called and asked if i could come to the shop and order a le thiers knife, choosing in person the exact piece of material for the handle, the blade and the folding spring. “ oui, certainement, ” said monsieur stéphane brossard, a great - grandson of the founder .
traveling with multiple cameras, we try not to miss any what - once - were kodak moments. my husband and travel companion, jerry, took most of the photos on the site using a a dmc - zs40k and canon powershot s - 100. i use my iphone and a dmc - zs30. please visit our curated photo collection here on the site .
kate lived in london for eight months and taught swing dancing. she returned to california to continue her studies at community college. she found that her travel experience made her a better student. kate graduated from uc berkeley with a degree in english lit, after a summer spent at cambridge university. she now lives in san francisco and is a student at uc hastings law school .
with delicious food, accommodating service and a charming setting, le jardin du roi is the perfect place to enjoy a meal in chappaqua. it’s tough for a small hamlet to support a first - class restaurant; in fact, many have come and gone. the 15 - year longevity and popularity of this one bears testimony to its quality and fit with the community .
one of the most striking and historically significant elements of the property is its extraordinary landscape design. landscape architect andre le notre was key to the design of this project, which includes the first formal french garden with its spectacular symmetry. from every angle and perspective visitors are able to enjoy another aspect of its beauty that only reveals itself as they stroll along its paths .
in addition to selling packaged, fresh and prepared foods, eataly more broadly is a purveyor of italian culture. there are books about italian life and cooking, kitchen appliances, a lavazza italian coffee bar, and more. the store has four casual restaurants, one of them upscale; six take - away counters; a coffee bar and a wine bar (which is strategically poised at the entrance) .
i just visited this store yesterday. i' d never been in before, although i' ve passed by several times. it' s a big place and they have a large selection of travel gear. i needed a daypack big enough for my laptop, which i was lugging around in a beat - up bag. (long story about how i ended up dragging the poor thing along to comic - con every day .) i' d been thinking about buying a laptop - sized daypack for months and decided i might as well pick one up immediately, since i obviously needed one. i found a beautiful bag that' s been working out perfectly. the folks working there were really friendly and helpful. the gentleman assisted me. he was really nice and he gave me some new info about travel packs, which was very informative. they had just received a new color of the bag i was considering and the gal made sure i got to examine it. i ended up buying the cool new color. i could' ve spent a great deal of time here, as they had a good selection of gear, gadgets and books. but, i had to get back to the con .
the same french chef, rudy beltran - prats, has been working at le jardin du roi for the past seven years. the bistro’s wait staff is well - trained, attentive and professional. highly - rated chappaqua tap water is served in empty wine bottles, and french bread served warm is always on the table. there’s also a nice wine list from whence comes those empty bottles .
eataly nyc downtown is the fourth branch in the u. s. (others are based in boston and chicago .) since opening in turin, the gourmet italian food emporium has grown like wildfire, with 15 stores currently operating in italy and additional branches opening rapidly across the globe. (we were first introduced to eataly in bologna in 2008, where the gourmet food store was lodged inside a bookshop. )
nestled in the countryside near the town of melun, chateau de vaux le vicomte is located about one hour away from paris by car. a recent article i wrote for the chicago tribune provides an overview of the historic 17 th century chateau built by french finance minister nicholas fouquet, and explains why it makes for a perfect daylong excursion for tourists who wish to immerse themselves in french history and culture .
then into the picture step two englishmen, john whitley and allen stoneham, who saw the vast potential the resort had for holidaying brits. by the early 20th century, the town was growing fast with architect - designed villas springing up in the woodlands and in the center of the town. on march 28th, 1912, the resort was incorporated as a separate town and le touquet paris - plage was official .
while the makeover of the marais has drawn big business, the change hasn’t been lost on its residents. butchers, bakers and tailors have been replaced almost entirely by chain boutiques. near the rue des rosiers, the gentrified jewish district where boutiques are overtaking judaica shops and delis, an izod lacoste store stands in a former boulangerie: the buzz was that the company offered madame, the owner, a sum that allowed her to retire immediately .
paneled in dark woods with occasional sunlight streaming through the paned windows, le jardin du roi offers a warm, relaxed and unpretentious ambiance. tables line both sides of the cozy dining room without too much space between them. an l - shaped alcove houses a small bar (with stools) and additional mahogany leather booths for dining. several years ago, one new york times reviewer aptly described the décor as “shabby chic. ”
my husband and i sometimes stop for brunch nearby at le loir dans la théière, a mad hatter - themed cafe that serves quiches and desserts, including a lemon pie with a teetering meringue. another favorite is benedict on the rue ste. croix de la bretonnerie, a scandinavian - design brunch bistrot. artéfact on the rue des blancs - manteaux offers hand - brewed coffee and mixed teas in an airy setting with minimalist art .
our favorite time of year is autumn when the changing colors of the trees lining the saw mill river parkway are nothing short of magnificent. conveniently located just across the street from le jardin du roi is the horace greeley house, a small museum that houses the new castle historical society. built in 1820 and listed on the national register of historic places, the building was once the home of newspaper editor and presidential candidate horace greeley .
the sales personnel (many of whom are native italians) are warm, friendly and inviting. it’s a mega - store but it doesn’t feel like one. think of what it’s like to enter a small intimate market where people are proud of their wares and love talking about them to customers. that’s what you’ll find in eataly. when i began salivating over a piece of chocolate chip focaccia, one of the breadmakers cheerfully cut off a piece and implored me to try it .
i live 3 blocks away from this place and was really hoping to be able to give it 5 stars but the customer service today was terrible. the woman who was out on the floor today was rude to me and my husband. maybe she was having a bad day. i do love the layout of the store though and the selection is good. they also usually have pretty good deals in the sale section in the back. i will go back soon and hopefully someone else will help me .
indeed, why so serious? in thiers knife shops, i often saw customers with furrowed brows, trying to decide which of hundreds of exquisite knives they might choose. of course, i was one of them during three days of window - shopping, drooling, seeing so many beauties i could have happily brought into the family. instead, with a big smile, i bought one stunning knife. which i got to watch being made. just one knife, one le thiers .
not surprisingly, given its resort history, there are plenty of places to stay in and around le touquet. the grandest of these is the splendid hotel westminster, a large red - brick hotel built between 1925 and 1928 in the local art deco style. it was named after the duchess of westminster, has black - and - white photographs of some of its guests (including sean connery who was staying here when he signed up to his first james bond film) and the restaurant has a michelin star .
if we were touring paris or lyon and had tripped over this charming french bistro in an off - the - beaten - path courtyard, we would have blogged about it in a heartbeat. but because it’s in our own backyard, we seemed to have let it slip by. one advantage of waiting this long: we’re able to say without qualification that after dining at le jardin du roi for more than a decade (breakfasts, lunches and dinners), we can attest that the experience has been consistently good and the place is well worth visiting—repeatedly .
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my beautiful new knife is a classic le thiers. but as steeped in tradition as knife - making is in this town, not every local artisan bows at that altar. roland lannier, who grew up near paris in a family that had nothing to do with knife making, has been a coutelier in thiers since he was an 18 - year - old apprentice. later he worked for perceval, a respected thiers atelier, and now makes knives under his own name, which has quickly gained him a following among connoisseurs as kind of a beloved bad boy .
the marais is hardly the only area of paris facing change. today, the city is in the midst of an ambitious expansion project called le grand paris, which aims to enlarge paris’s boundaries by stitching its core to the banlieues — the neglected outer suburbs — with a new transport system. major roads, including parts of the rue de rivoli, the quarter’s main thoroughfare, may eventually close to traffic to make the center pedestrian and environmentally friendly. pioneering architecture, like the glass canopy at les halles and the bubble curves of the fondation louis vuitton, keeps transforming the cityscape .
chanel, dior, yves saint laurent, louis vuitton, hermès… these names remind us that fashion and paris are synonymous, with styles and trends changing as quickly as the temperamental parisian weather. every year hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the grands magasins to shop designer labels; given their grandeur, these stores seem to have been a fixture in the fabric of french fashion history since the whimsical styles of marie - antoinette’s court. however, the concept of shopping at a department store is actually a more recent – and revolutionary – development, a facet docent virgina vogwill, who has spent over a decade working as a costumer in the french film industry, explores on our new walk covering the history of fashion in paris .
despite his very english - sounding name, william elliott is french and a chef who should be on his way to a second star. le pavillon is comfortable, very much a hotel restaurant with traditional furnishings, though a couple of paintings by the polish painter, tamara de lempicka add a bit of welcome pizzazz. the restaurant opens onto a garden where you can eat in good weather. but the cooking is full of surprises like shellfish in a verveine juice served in an onion, pasta with crayfish and almonds, or turbot with flavors of wasabi and rhubarb. the a la carte is predictably expensive and menus are from 55 euros to 130 euros but this is the place for a real gastronomic treat .
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amazingly, the revitalization plan worked. respectable folks have returned to downtown to shop and play. thousands of people have moved into mid - rise and high - rise condos and apartments. and thousands more units are under construction. we have become a lively, pedestrian, european - style city. it has been exciting to be a part of the process .
perhaps you saw us on tv. we were pleased to be featured on hattie bryant’s small business school, the nationally syndicated show that appears on over 200 pbs stations .
other favorite places — australia: byron bay. italy: lucca & verona. france: montpellier & bayeux. spain: san sebastian & vejer de la frontera. mexico: patzcuaro & morelia, argentina: estancia rolito & palermo viejo, thailand: chiang dao nest, china: shanghai & hangzhou, california: the central coast & san diego’s backcountry .
we took jesse traveling by train in europe when he was 3 months old. the parisians loved him. at the age of eight, kate saw her first hamlet, a derek jacobi production in london starring young kenneth branaugh. we traveled often and sometimes got into difficult situations. we took some risks on the theory that the rewards would be worth it. the theory usually worked. when it didn’t it resulted in great bonding or a good story, though a frightening bus ride from mazatlan to tepic once raised serious questions about this approach .
in recent years, jesse has traveled around asia, north and west africa, europe, mexico and central america. between trips he graduated from ucla with a degree in world arts and cultures. after a stint writing web sites for doctors and lawyers, jesse now manages this very web site. jesse has other talents. he started at usc film school in 2009 and will graduate in 2012 .
over the past few years we have traveled to morocco, argentina, hawaii, the uk and finland. we have explored smaller towns and the coutryside in france and spain — poitier, brantôme, st jean de luz, bilbao and logroño. we rented a stone farmhouse in the spanish pyrennes and hiked near benasque in huesca province. we traveled via hong kong and singapore to northern thailand. most recently we have sampled the restaurants, parks, metros and stunning architecture of shanghai, hangzhou and nanjing .
in 2001 we began a family tradition, a getaway renting a house for a long weekend. the first was flathead lake in montana. subsequent getaways have taken us great places on the california coast including cambria, dillon beach, sea ranch and carmel. we read, cook, hike and romp with the dogs — nollaig, the rocket and norm. the family has grown to include mark (kate’s husband) and laura (jesse’s bride) .
joan has served eight years on the board of the outdoor industry association and made numerous trips to washington dc to urge congress to support outdoor recreation, and especially the land and water conservation fund. bill has worked on numerous projects in downtown san diego as a board member of the gaslamp quarter association and the centre city advisory committee .
through the years we have been blessed with the support of family, friends, a great staff, amazing suppliers and the world’s best customers .
lonely planet changes hands again! tony & maureen wheeler sold out to the bbc for a tidy sum. word is bbc took a loss when they sold (at 77. 8 million) to brad kelley, an america billionaire who made his money selling discount cigarettes. urltoken
lonely planet' s current owner—british broadcaster bbc worldwide—announced on tuesday the sale to nc2 media, which is run by daniel houghton, a western kentucky university alum. he' ll become lonely planet' s chief operating officer, pending approval of the sale by the bbc trust .
forget all the other news, this is serious, claims dennis racquet who joins clarke and dawe to reflect on the london olympics .
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a san diego mainstay and pioneer in retail is closing its doors after 37 years .
that was the thing that made our business decline ,
bill said .
as a multi - brand retailer in an amazon world, it’s a challenge, especially in our particular case where a big part of our strategy was online.
le travel store , based in san diego , california , was a retail store that sells travel gear . founded in 1976 , le travel store claims to be the first business to call itself a " travel store , " and , the first retail store to cater to backpackers and other independent travelers , selling luggage , travel accessories , guidebooks , maps , and backpacks in a single retail location . 
le travel store, based in san diego, california, was a retail store that sells travel gear. founded in 1976, le travel store claims to be the first business to call itself a " travel store, " and, the first retail store to cater to backpackers and other independent travelers, selling luggage, travel accessories, guidebooks, maps, and backpacks in a single retail location.
le travel store, based in san diego, california, was a retail store that sells travel gear. founded in 1976, le travel store claims to be the first business to call itself a " travel store, " and, the first retail store to cater to backpackers and other independent travelers, selling luggage, travel accessories, guidebooks, maps, and backpacks in a single retail location.