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A quick roundup of travel-related items:
- Monkey business is back at Universal Studios Hollywood, as plans are announced to return King Kong to the park. (The original was destroyed by a fire. And yes, I know a gorilla’s not a monkey, but why should accuracy get in the way of a perfectly dumb line?)
- Headed to Canada, Mexico, or Bermuda? Starting next week, you’ll need to take a passport.
- L.A. by bike (yes, bike), via The Globe and Mail. [h/t World Hum]
- The fear of losing your job is enough to make you put off booking a trip. Luckily, there’s insurance for that.
- Two more reasons to hit SFMOMA when traveling to San Francisco: their upcoming Richard Avedon exhibition and their new rooftop Blue Bottle coffee bar. Seriously, you’ve never seen coffee artistry and care until you’ve seen how they do things at Blue Bottle. [h/t NBC Bay Area]
- Speaking of artistry and care, GQ named the Mortadella pie at my neighborhood pizza stop, Great Lake, as the best pie in the U.S. I know, I know—there’s no easier way to start a fight than to use the words “best” and “pizza” in the same sentence (works better than politics, sports, or religion), and this one’s already got people yelling. But before you make special arrangements to go there (and before you get in line in front of me), you oughtta know that this is no slice joint. They specialize in artisan pizza. What comes out of the oven depends on what fresh ingredients are available. They don’t rush things, and when they sell out, they sell out. So play nice, and please don’t bark at the owners: your crust isn’t burnt; it’s just not supposed to be Domino’s.
- Because you can never have enough travel-photo tips, here are more from Craig Ferguson Images, Lifehacker, and STA Travel.
- Travel + Leisure tags America’s best cities for street art.
- Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is once again hoping to gross you out. [h/t Q13 FOX News] — Michael Peck
