Stuff from 360 Magazine, Fall 2007

Australia
October is Good Food Month in Sydney. Nonticketed events include Night Noodle Markets, 100-stall Food and Wine Fair in Hyde Park. gfm.smh.com.au

Sculpture by the Sea show (Nov. 1 to 18) located along Sydney's coastal walk from Bondi to Tamarama. sculpturebythesea.com

Melbourne Cup Carnival, Nov. 3 to 10, vrc.net.au.

Okanagan
Base yourself in Kelowna. Book a room at Hotel Eldorado. Try oat-crusted arctic char at Fresco Restaurant & Lounge. In the morning, hike the Mission Creek Greenway, the negate the benefits with croissants at La Boulangerie or a picnic with a raw milk chevre from Carmelis Goat Cheese Artisan.

Wineries: Cedarcreek features a sunset concert series in the summer and a restaurant serving game sausages and other wine-friendly food at lunch. Remember to taste their ripe, high-acid Ehrenfelser.

Mission Hill Family Estates is an impressive winery that its wines can't match. Try the Five Vineyards pino blanc.

Nk'Mip Cellars: try the 2005 Riesling. The nearby Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort & Spa features Santa Fe-style villas and a 9-hole golf course.

Quails' Gate Estate Winery: the 2001 Reserve pinot noir is particularly stylish.

London's Best New Shops
Bamford and Sons: 31 Sloane Square, bamfordandsons.com. The label's 4-story flagship is housed in a former bank, with museumlike spaces to showcase the beautifully crafted clothing for men and boys, and cool gadgets. HIt the downstairs cafe for dishes made with organic produce. Also nearby is the Royal Court Theatre, a testing ground for the best new plays.

Coco Ribbon: 21 Kensington Park Rd., cocoribbon.com. This fantasy boudoir has Venetian-glass chandeliers, ornate mirrors, and feather-trimmed satin swags to put you in the mood for accessorizing your bedroom. Also nearby is the Electric Brasserie, a place to see and be seen, next door to the hip Electric Cinema.

Kirsten Goss: 29 Holland St., kirstengoss.com. Closet-sized boutique displays Goss's vibrant jewelry designs against stark white walls. Also nearby is the Topshop, where you can pick up runway knockoffs to go with your genuine jewels.

Saltwater: 98 Marylebone Lane, saltwater.net. Bright, understated, loftlike boutique focuses on the shop's weekend wear, which references classic British style, but with a modern twist. Also nearby is Le Relais de Venise L'Entrecote, a branch of the famous Paris steak frites joint.

Tracey Neuls: 29 Marylebone Lane, tn29.com. Fashion-forward shoes by Canadian designer Neul. It has a Victorian-era storefront and bread-baking is done in the back on weekends. Also nearby is Mint, one of London's best-loved contemporary-interiors boutiques.

Colonial Mexico
Puebla: The streets of Puebla are clean and regular, the houses large, the cathedral magnificent, and the plaza spacious and handsome. Established in 1532, it wasn't built atop an existing town. Nestled among volcanoes along the inland route connecting the port cities of Acapulco and Veracruz, it was a stopping point for traders traveling between Europe and Asia.

Queretaro: Fuses Baroque and Moorish sensibilities. La Casa de la Marquesa is an 18th-century palace realized in high Mudejar style: elaborately stenciled walls, curvaceous stone archways, and massive carved wooden doors worthy of the Alhambra. Templo de Santa Rosa de Viterbos is the city's spectacular cathedral, designed with lavish Mudejar details as seen in its slender tower and soaring flying buttresses, which, in a Gothic reversion, are topped by irreverent gremlin faces. Inside, the church is Baroque, with painstakingly elaborate marquetry and the requisite extravagant gilding.

Morelia: had been called Valladolid by the Spanish and was later renamed in honor of Morelos. The capital of the state of Michoacan, it is located in a high valley, an elegant town with broad boulevards, genial plazas, and expansive views of the countryside.

Other colonial cities: Guanajuato, Cuernavaca, and Oaxaca.

Guangzhou
Peach Blosson Restaurant: in the Garden Hotel, it serves dim sum throughout the morning and afternoon.

Yumin: the most famous of the pick-what-you-eat, live-seafood restaurants in Guangzhou.

Jiangnan Road: south side of the Haizhu Bridge, dedicated entirely to the sale of traditional Chinese wedding gowns.

Haiyin Market: for fabrics.

Huadiwan Market: for pets and plants.

Jade Market on Changshou Road: for jade.

Haizhu: wholesale market on the west side of Haizhu Circle.

Qingping Market: medicinal herbs and painting supplies.

Shamian Island: the old European quarter of the city.