Mobissimo

This summer may be a little less crowded than usual in Europe as the dollar is rather weak against the Euro, gas prices are up, and airline tickets are ... well, they're actually not that expensive.  So that 's a good reason to visit some of the outstanding exhibitions that will be going on there and here in the USA. (reg may be required)

MOST every museumgoer knows the feeling: the sinking sensation when you realize that an eagerly awaited exhibition has just had its final day and you haven't seen it. Or going all the way to Paris — only to lazily skip a show at the Louvre that you later hear from friends was "unmissable." What often results is a particular kind of self-reproach that might be called museum guilt. And this summer promises to offer little relief — unless you can make it to these five shows, most of which are not traveling and can only be viewed in these cities.

Venice, Amsterdam, and London are all around $600-700 dollars searching on Mobissimo.  Los Angeles and San Francisco are within $300 from anywhere in the states.  Forget going to the Grand Canyon for the 8th summer in a row, get some culture, air con, and pick up witty phrases like, 'the chiascuro is so prevelant in Klimt's earlier work.'  Bleh, you know what I mean.