T O D A Y Road Warrior Are airlines delivering sexist service in first class? (12/08/97) Informed Sources Don't use that laptop on this plane! (12/08/97) R E C E N T L Y Mondo Weirdo By Lori Makabe When bed bugs attack! (12/05/97) Surreal Gourmet By Bob Blumer Herbed olive oil holiday gifts (12/05/97) Maya Color Photographs by Jeffrey Becom Jeffrey Becom's passionate pix (12/04/97) The man who loved books in Turkey By Lisa Michaels An encounter with a book-starved shopkeeper in Turkey provides a new perspective on literary packing (12/03/97) Italian affair By Laura Fraser The author finds a passionate healing on a post-breakup trip to Italy (12/02/97) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Browse the Wanderlust archives - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your virtual travel agency - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		T I P_O F_T H E_W E E K - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _______The hippest hotel in Buenos Aires -- _______and other road rarities This week we present a trio of tips from readers -- the hippest haute hotel in Buenos Aires, the top Tex-Mex in London, night life touring in Tel Aviv and other indispensable advice. Do you have a tip for your fellow warriors? Send it to wanderlust@salonmagazine.com. For all fellow business travelers to Buenos Aires, I'd like to recommend the Hotel Alvear Palace in the Recoleta district. Buenos Aires is a hugely expensive city, and it's so much nicer to stay in this revamped colonial-era mansion -- which is located in a very hip neighborhood -- than in one of the bland, yawn-inducing shoe boxes at the Kempinski or the new Intercontinental. Hey, if you have to spend $350 on a room, it might as well come with all the trappings ... -- Lisa M. Furia Here are a couple of tips I'd like to pass along for other road warriors: In London, consider taking business clients to the Texas Embassy Cantina. It's a restaurant owned by the same folks who own Good Eats in Austin, Texas, and it's some of the best Tex-Mex you'll find anywhere. Also, for a night out on the town, in particular when you're traveling alone -- as we road warriors so often do, alas -- check out whether there's a local "night life tour" you can take. "Tel Aviv at Night" does wonderful pub and dance club crawls. -- Ellen Guon Beeman If you're traveling at the last minute (as I often do) and paying full-fare coach, Northwest has a cool deal that lets you upgrade on a space-available basis if you're changing planes in one of their hubs. They call it ConnectFirst, aka the YUP fare. Using this, I was able to go round-trip coast-to-coast in first last week. This week, I have my return trip booked in first, but not the outbound yet. -- Marlin SALON | Dec. 8, 1997 Return to Road Warrior