… and other cool info culled from today’s NY Times Sunday Travel section.

Seemed like today’s issue was filled with Big City Fun tips and ideas I just had to share with my Lipstick Getaways girlfriends! New York City, Boston, Toronto, and other cities were all covered today.

NYC Boat Trips

Where River Views Are From the River by Seth Kugel. Fun ideas for seeing Manhattan and its waterfront (and the current installation “New York City Waterfalls” by Olafur Eliasson”) by boat — everything from a $150 trip on the Moet & Chandon America II (includes a Champagne toast, of course), to the free Staten Island Ferry.

Boston: Cool Fashion and Eats Near the new Institute of Contemporary Art

Foraging: Boston Achilles Project by David Kaufman. All about the artsy new fashion boutique Achilles Project, featuring modern men’s and women’s clothing … plus art shows, kung fu flicks, Wiis, xbox 360’s, W-Fi .. and a restaurant, Persephone, featuring modern American cuisine. I’m actually headed to Boston on Wednesday, will try to squeeze in a visit here.

Toronto: Travelers’ Favorites

Toronto: Readers’ Picks Culled from user comments on the Time’s travel section Web site. Where to stay, where to eat, what to do.

San Francisco: Valencia Street, new happenin’ area

Hipster Hunting Ground by Gregory Dicum clues us in on the hip shopping, eating, and lounge-ing on San Francisco’s Valencia Street, yet another formerly-gritty, now urban-cool destinations.

Hope you’re all having a terrific summer!

Go … Have fun!

Carol

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