Check it out -- the BlackBook guides have expanded into four new international metropoli. Now you can plan that next jaunt with the best shops, restaurants, nightlife, and hotels for Berlin, Hong Kong, Rome, and Tokyo. We're well past 50 destinations worldwide, and our guides are only getting bigger and better. Coming soon: Houston, New Orleans, and more.

Travel + Leisure came out with a rather cool feature on their site this summer, but it's not nearly as cool as it could be. The feature is called the "Airport Navigator," and it has detailed lists of hotspots to check out inside airport terminals -- restaurants, spas, shopping, and things to do. Once you click through the listings, you can see ratings and leave comments. The LA Times pointed out that the site could definitely use maps of the terminals, because as it stands now, there are no visual clues about how to get around to these recommended spots. But really, duh -- the Airport Navigator should be an iPhone app.

Five-time Oscar winning director, producer, writer, hotelier, pasta-company owner, publisher, restaurateur, and winemaker Francis Ford Coppola on getting wrapped up in the wine business, how Facebook is changing the industry and his new film, out in April, Tetro.

How would you describe yourself? I think of myself as an inventor of sorts, but I was trained in theater and film as a writer, director, and producer.

How did you get your start? I did my first little film with an 8mm camera when I was about ten and always wrote stories and did plays as a kid. At Hofstra, I became a drama major and was involved in all of the university theatrical productions -- first as a "tech guy" and later as the director. After graduation, I went to the UCLA film school where I completed the MFA program in film. My thesis was the feature film You're a Big Boy Now.

The city of Rome has recently enacted a ban on eating and drinking near its famous monuments. In a place where gelato is plentiful and wine is as cheap as soda, this new regulation just seems cruel. Violators face charges of up to $80, and several people have already been slapped with hefty fines for savoring food and beer on the iconic Spanish Steps. While the ban seems a bit extreme, this isn't the first time the Italian capital has gone ban-anas.