Reviews for USA

The latest trend in Californian sushi restaurants seems to unfortunately be fusion kitchen: adding all kinds of ingredients that are not part of Japanese sushi experience. Fortunately, there are still restaurants that provide normal basic sushi meals.

Mikaku is a midsized Japanese restaurant near... More >

New York's Museum of Modern Art MoMA is a sole reason to visit the Big Apple. Recently completely renovated, the museum hosts several floors of the most important art of the 20th century. Name any major modernist and you can bet on finding at least one work of him in the museum.

MoMA is convenien... More >

Mulberry, the British design brand renown for quality leather bags, has a spacious store on Madison Avenue. I visited there some time ago with my wife, to get her a good bag.

The selection was was excellent, and in par with the service -- we went through most of the bags before finally settling i... More >

If you want to have a bit of European charm in your children's wardrobe, but consider Burberry too expensive, check out Murik at Geary Street. They stock several European brands, for example, from the Nordic countries and Belgium.

The clothes are of good quality and the prices are also somewhat h... More >

The Museum of Contemporary Art is what downtown Los Angeles has to offer for people interested in arts. For such a big metropolis, it is not that much. If you tune down your expectations from MOMA or San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the museum is quite a nice experience.

As name implies, the c... More >

Museum of Science is worth visiting for everyone who is interested in how the world around us revolves, how things work, and especially why. The museum is stacked full of all kind of fancy gadgets that exemplify a certain law of physics with fun and interactive way. Almost everything can be touched ... More >

Neiman Marcus is a top-notch department store at the Union Square. The store caters especially for those of us that do not have to watch every penny.

The brands include names such as Burberry, Prada Sport, Yves Saint Laurent, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana and so forth. And this was only a small part of t... More >

New England Aquarium is a good way to spend half a day looking at the wonders of the seas, especially if you are travelling with children. The aquarium is located on the Boston waterfront, easily accessible with the public transportation.

There are seals, penguins and huge number of fish in the a... More >

Noah's New York Bagels is a combined bakery shop and café among Fillmore Street boutiques. It is a good place to sit down for a while and replenish your energy reservoir while hopping from store to store.

Their selection in breads and other baked stuff is amazing. Further, they are a full-blown ... More >

Nob Hill is one of the famous San Francisco hills, very close to the city centre and Union Square. The hill hosts a park surrounded by a bunch of top-class hotels with excellent views to the city and the bay and Grace cathedral -- once imposing and now dwarfed by the towers.

The best way to go th... More >