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Volunteer greeters offer free tours of hometowns (AP)
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This February 2010 photo provided by Paul Margolis for Big Apple Greeter shows greeter Chantal Lawrence, center, with visitors Gwenaelle Lardenois, left, and David Regis from France, as they ride on a subway car during a tour of New York. Volunteer greeting organizations have sprung up around the country rapidly in recent years. Big Apple Greeter, the oldest of these types of organizations, relies on private donations to fund its budget, and has experienced a shortfall due to the recession. (AP Photo/Big Apple Greeter, Paul Margolis) NO SALESAP - Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn't notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.



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Brooklyn's DUMBO: History, chocolate and bridges (AP)
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Eriko Takahashi of Yokohama, Japan, snaps a photograph of one tower of the Brooklyn Bridge from her vantage point in the DUMBO section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, July 15, 2010. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman, the man who designed the Brooklyn Bridge, and a 21st-century chocolate shop. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman, the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, and a 21st-century chocolate shop.



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London takes its food scene underground (AP)
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Guests enjoy a supper club gathering at the home of Luiz Hara of The London Foodie, in Islington north London, Saturday, July 24, 2010. Supper clubs, which grew from a handful a year ago to close to 100 today, are becoming a favored way for London hipsters to satisfy their exacting palates. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - On a balmy summer Sunday, Tim Scorer and his girlfriend Emma Jarvis welcome brunch guests to their spacious London flat.



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