Jul 28th, 2008 · Tour groups from the People's Republic of China travel all over Asia and Europe. Thanks to loosened visa restrictions, Chinese leisure tourists are now streaming into the U.S. too. The first big group tours arrived in Los Angeles recently.
Jun 26th, 2008 · Social ties and participation in leisure activities help keep people healthy as they age. But when friends move away, or even pass away, how do you make new ones? The answer for 81-year-old Art Himmel? Karaoke.
Feb 26th, 2008 · In the next month, more than three million people will attend spring training games in Florida and Arizona. Travel and Leisure writer Richard Panek, took his two sons last year and says it's a great family vacation.
Aug 29th, 2007 · A study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics finds that "leisure time" in the United States has actually increased in the last 40 years.
Aug 1st, 2007 · Pro-leisure group Take Back Your Time wants Congress to mandate three weeks paid vacation for all workers. But one recent survey shows that not only do U.S. workers earn fewer vacation days, but they also don't use an average of three days every year they're owed.
Jun 29th, 2006 · Fifty years ago, President Eisenhower signed the act creating the Interstate Highway System. It represents the largest earth moving project in human history -- so large that it's been called the "51st state." As Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports, the highway system accelerated suburban development, changed shipping, leisure travel and American culture as a whole.
Mar 21st, 2006 · Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new reality show The Real Housewives of Orange County which premieres on the cable network Bravo Tuesday night. Wallenstein says the show, featuring rich "ladies of leisure," has potential as a guilty pleasure.
Dec 13th, 2005 · Leisure suits, big hair and the Bee Gees are just part of the draw of a new book, Bar Mitzvah Disco. Essays from Jonathan Safran Foer, Sarah Silverman and others document bar and bat mitzvahs from the 1970s through the '90s.