The Hotel Maison de Ville, New Orleans, Announces the Reopening of the Historic Audubon Cottages
A French Quarter jewel is now welcoming guests. The Hotel Maison de Ville has announced that restorations to the iconic Audubon Cottages are complete and are now open and ready for guests. Comprised of seven cottages, the collection offers a charming, private retreat on Dauphine Street just one block from its sister hotel, the Dauphine Orleans, right in the heart of the French Quarter.

Coins, mummies and statues point to Cleopatra tomb
BURG EL-ARAB, Egypt - Egypt’s top archaeologist made his version of a sales pitch Sunday, presenting 22 coins, 10 mummies, and a fragment of a mask with a cleft chin as evidence that the discovery of the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra is at hand.

Antique Lamps - Vive Le Roi ! (Long Live The King)
The importance of interior lighting is an undisputed fact with the table lamp making a major contribution The illumination of a room, hall or living space, is only half the story, for a lamp, when viewed as more than "just lighting" can serve, along with pictures and antiques, not only as a work of art, but a functional work of art, offering visual pleasure while fulfilling a most practical role

A.A. Bondy transitions from grunge to folk
A.A. Bondy made his first splash in the music world as the leader of Verbena, a three-piece Alabama-based band many considered the lawful heirs to Nirvana's grunge throne.