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By ANN M. MORRISON HONG KONG's newest tourist attraction, a 25-minute cable-car ride over the rugged green hills of Lantau Island, says a lot about this former British colony. Ngong Ping 360 (www.np360.com.hk) demonstrates Hong Kong's fascination with travel and technology; the skyrail's…

All the World’s a Road Game By FRED BIERMAN FOR Michael McDonough, vacation-scheduling takes care of itself. “I block all of my vacation time each year on one day: When the Red Sox release their schedule in November,” said Mr. McDonough, a 27-year-old public relations…

By KIM SEVERSON NEW YORK’S mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, loves popcorn and merlot, but not always at the same time. He watches his weight carefully, but more often than not a hamburger will do for lunch, with maybe a little cream cheese on a cracker for a snack. The mayor’s a…

By STEPHEN METCALF FILLED with man-purses and tolerance and kaftans draped on the backs of cafe chairs, should the temperature suddenly drop, Copenhagen is notoriously too civilized. At stoplights, bicycles queue with a Tetris-like geometry, and the natives never jaywalk. (Step into one…

Philip Roth Wins Saul Bellow Prize Philip Roth is to be named today the winner of the first PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction, The Associated Press reported. The $40,000 prize, to be given every two years, honors a “distinguished living American author of fiction…

By MIMI SHERATON MOST visitors to Milan, Italy's center of finance, commerce and design, go looking for gold, literally or figuratively, and so do I. But the gold I search for is culinary. I first realized that is this city's favorite food color some 40 years ago when I found…