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Byline: FREDA MOON Though Mister Jiu's black and gray-green facade and idiosyncratic signage contrast with its neighbors in Chinatown in San Francisco, the chef Brandon Jew's year-old restaurant seems at [...]

Long overshadowed by its dolled-up big sister across the Bay, Oakland is its own town. Even as its status as one of the most diverse cities in the country is [...]

The signs of Denver's economic high times as a pot boomtown and bastion of progressive urban policies are everywhere. There is the B-cycle bike-share program, among the most affordable and [...]

Chicago is a city that changes noticeably with the seasons. It is endlessly beautiful in the warm months, when the sidewalks transform into cafes, the Lakefront Trail becomes a Divvy [...]

WITH Oaxaca's imposing Baroque churches, plant-filled courtyards and shady plazas perfect for people-watching, it's tempting to see the city as a photogenic relic of Mexico's colonial past. But Oaxaca City, [...]

The article offers travel tips for the Bay in Oakland, California and includes recommendations for dinner at Camino restaurant, Art Deco-era movie palaces and piano bar Alley.

The article offers travel tips for Maastricht, Netherlands including the Apostelhoeve winery, Zondag restaurant, and Airbnb apartment.

The article offers travel tips for Cartagena, Colombia and includes recommendations for its skyline, restaurants, and beaches.

The article offers information on the Pubbelly restaurant in Miami, Florida.

CORRECTION APPENDED PROVIDENCE'S grit and obscurity make it easy to underestimate. On the verge of bankruptcy, with a former mayor who served four years in federal prison for racketeering conspiracy, the capital of the country's smallest state has something of an image problem. But like Portland, Ore., or Austin, Tex., it's also a town many times more creative and cosmopolitan than its modest population and municipal troubles suggest. Home to an Ivy League college, one of the best design schools in the country and a major culinary institute, Providence, unsurprisingly, has exceptional food, compelling art and architecture, a thriving gay scene and an inordinate number of very smart people. Yet the city remains unpretentious and affordable, a place where even the best restaurants rarely demand reservations. Friday [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

IT was a damp, wind-whipped Thursday night in Astoria, Ore., but inside the Fort George Brewery & Public House an eclectic, standing-room-only crowd kept warm and dry. Ol' Danny Barnes, a Washington State-based singer and banjoist, twanged and crooned before a hooting audience of Astorians who had poured into the space on their way home from work. In the crowd were Coast Guard officers, marine biologists, nursing students -- and the waitress who had served me lunch earlier that day. I finagled a stool at the pub's sturdy wooden counter and, taking a cue from my bar mates, ordered beer-battered fish and chips and a dark, potent stout. Occupying the next stool over was Josef Gault, a Fort George regular and self-described ''wild Hungarian.'' Mr. Gault -- actually a native of Detroit -- is a musician and cultural events coordinator at the local community college. In his estimation, the town's blustery climate and its cultural vibrancy are intertwined. ''Because of its turbulent weather,'' he said, ''Astoria attracts artists.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]