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Show fdsbyehdeni g * TRAVEL #2! ScUfe en m Register in hotels underafirstinitial andlast name in orderto hide yourgender. ty a zipperedpursewith a shoulder strap that can beslungover your chest. BBoc anight at a hotel in advanceratherthan spendingtimestanding at anairport ortrain station trying to figure out whereto book a hotel room. Someone who looks lost will attract unwantedattention. — FromSafety and Security for Women WhoTravel MEWHERE ARE YOU? H-3 ll CURRENCY RATES, H-5 Wake cee EF 3 ene aes ONE GOODIDEA 7): TheSalt LakeTribune TOM McCARTHEY a Utah Restaurants Score Points In Zagat Survey The newest Zagat Survey of Ameri- ca’s Top Restaurants makeit clear that fine dining can befound practically anywhereinthe United States. Even Utah. This year's guide covers1,140 of the nation’s best restaurants foundin 38 cities, They were rated andreviewed bysome 75,000 Zagat surveyors. Food, Decor andService were each ratedon a scale from0 to 30. By regularly surveying large numbersof restaurant-goers gat puts together its restaurant guide basedontheir opinions. Under Salt Lake City & Mountain Resorts, restaurants were ranked, with the NewYorkerClub and Mari- posa comingoutontop with a score of28. ‘0 Italian Cafe and Chez Betty wereright behind with 27, followed Photos by Thomas Handy Loom by MetropolitanandGlitretind with 26. Roundingout the Top10 food By Tuomas Hanpy Loon Special to TheTribune rankings wereIchiban Sushi, Red Iguana, Pomodoroand Mandarin withascoreof 25. NewYorkers Timand Nina began their restaurant surveying 20 years restaurants were tiredfacades, proliferating prostitutes and run-down ci fromthe50s. “Wecould fight a revolu eethe tof Cuba, meet farmers and entrepreneurs, learn what holds this isolated anachro- dred men!” said Jose. wildeyed, as his wife made the finger-round-the-ear “loco” clustered in New nowthey are briefHavana visits; ofthe tionin the USA;westartedit in Cubawithless than a hun. ago. Sincethenthe country’s culinary landseapehas changedcon siderably. Whereas thenation’s best York, manyportrayals based on scattered about the country. Nolonger are the sign. kitchens manned only by European chefs. TheMariposa, Silver Lake Lodge. Deer Valleyi: orth the high-alti. tud es thanks to superb cui. ccording to thesurvey, while NewYorker Club, 60 W. Market St.promains tah’s premier fine-din- heroes Che Guevara and strikes wasofferingto help Pai kCity’s Chez Betty has “someof tinted with past glory defining Cuba as it struggles nismtogetherin the midst of shopworn Communismand Flanked by photos of his decades-oldostracism by my owncountry’s government Fidel Castro, this veteranof communist sugar-factory I'm no stranger to commu. nism. I studied Marxian eco. nomics in graduate school, and lived in Praguefor 18 liberate America’s poor. resident of a southern coastal village, Jose, 76, rep- monthsafterwitnessing Czechoslovakia's Velvet Rev resented just onevoic Utah's food.” Fresco, 1 5 East, is a “romantic jewel” with “cre. ativefood. TheMetropolitan, 173 W. Broadway olutionin 1989. I havetrav elled extensively in commu nist nations, including to reinventitself. I went thereinsea’ chofits stories andits heart; I'd seentoo afterthis decade's upheaval I knew whatto expectin Cuba. But I still wanted to know: How does Cuba enduredespite contorted doctrineand U.S.-led efforts to undermine it? Howare thosein therural areas, the heartland, adaptingto the post-Soviet era? Perhaps most importantly, whyis Cas. tro still in charge? Dogged obedienceborn of inertia? Fear of thepolice? Another reason? A means of transport was required forthis quest, and a bicyclewas the logical choice; Cubansbikeby the millions, and the land is rel atively flat. The countryside is not served by thetrains Albania, China and theSovi et Union before, during, and See CUBA,Page H-7 is a “great placeto go when your home equity loan comes through, grumps some. But those in the know realize“this posh downtowneclectic is oneofthe brighteststars on the AT TOP: Che Guevarais the patron saint of the Cubanrevolution. ABOVE,clockwise: transporting waterin LasVillas province; bicyclesarethe primary means of transportation for most Cubans; two boys show off their scooter, Jose, a die-hard communist, surroundshimself with images of his revolutionary heroes, Che andFidel. 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