Flying pigs for $8: Enchantment of Chinatown unvanquished
A gaggle of bronzed Peking ducks hangs in a window overlooking Canal Street. Shops promise fresh fish, bok choy, fried tofu, lucky bamboo. The local Charles Schwab investment office sits in a pagoda-style tower, perched atop a Starbucks. And amid the red paper lanterns and silk purses are the season's hot items: plastic swimming frogs and flying pigs.
( BY JANE WOOLDRIDGE, jwooldridge@herald.com, 10/07/2002 08:28 AM PDT)

Move keeps it open during a long makeover
For art lovers visiting Manhattan, it's time to get on the No. 7 train. The Museum of Modern Art -- that mecca of sleek design, idea-challenging installations and works by such 20th century masters as Picasso and Matisse -- has taken up digs in Queens, in a developing Art Loop that includes contemporary institutions, a sculpture garden, artists' studios and galleries.
( BY JANE WOOLDRIDGE, jwooldridge@herald.com, 10/07/2002 08:30 AM PDT)

MAKE TRACKS
SNAP YOUR fingers in Switzerland, and a train swooshes up like a hailed taxi. Well, almost. Rarely did we wait more than 10 minutes for a train, and always we found easy connections to towns and even to hiking trails way up in the mountains.
( By Anne Chalfant, TIMES TRAVEL EDITOR, 09/30/2002 11:29 AM PDT)

Pregnancy hasn't slowed me down -- too much
As I lumbered down the narrow aisle of my American Airlines flight to Boston, my almost-seven-months'-pregnant belly leading the way, an off-duty flight attendant caught my eye and smiled sympathetically.
( Patricia Rodriguez, Star-Telegram Travel Editor, 09/30/2002 09:38 AM PDT)

Worlds of art: Exhibits to expand your trip and your mind
What do Victorian nudes, African-American quilts and Genghis Khan have in common? All are celebrated in art exhibitions that can be seen in the nation's museums and galleries this fall and winter.
( BY JAY CLARKE, jclarke@herald.com, 09/30/2002 09:56 AM PDT)