Another week, another San Francisco cheap hotels story. Boy, when it rains, it pours. Also, the folks at Kimpton will be pleased to know that despite their efforts at a national rollout of the Palomar brand as a “luxury boutique” concern, the folks at the Grey Lady consider the stylish original on Market Street to be a budget option. [NYT]

Paris is the city of lights! It has charm! This charm is also old world. Now really. [NYDN]

The LAT suffers through a fall foliage tour in New England, all in aid of reminding us that such endeavors are best left unendeavored. [LAT]

Even the waterfalls in Peru have their own public relations team. The WaPo goes all the way to LatAm to see if the reality matches up to the hype. “Here I am in remotest northern Peru, hard on the trail of the world’s third-largest anticlimax.” Demonstrating, of course, that the Washington Post travel desk knows no limits when it comes to proving a point. [WaPo]

Sis boom bah! Uncle Bob goes to the big game at Ohio State. Sorry we couldn’t make it ourselves. [ChiTrib]