• American Craft Beer Week kicks off next Monday and for the first time, official events—from tastings to tappings—will be hosted in all 50 states. American Craft Beer Week, now in its sixth year, honors the more than 1,700 small and independent craft brewers in the U.S. [Craft Beer]
  • Watch this video of the world’s largest model airport in action: synchronized movement of 40 model aircraft, 90 vehicles, and 15,000 passengers. The airport is reportedly modeled after Hamburg’s International Airport and is on display at Miniatur Wunderland. [CNNGo]
  • Notable novelist Salman Rushdie (who wrote about the Taj Mahal in our new ’50 Places of a Lifetime’ app for iPad) has selected a reading list for The Standard Hotel’s new in-room book program. Found in each guest room will be one book from Rushdie’s selection of 13 American classics. [BlackBook via @dohop]

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