Paris

Cooking Classes:
at Palais de Tokyo museum, sponsored by Electrolux (www.art-home-electrolux.com), menus provencales starting at 27Euros

Atelier des Sens (Bastille et Beaubourg), tout les jours sauf dimanche, a partir de 34Euros, patisserie class (rhubarb-raspberry creme brulee, lavender peach trifle) etc.

La Cocotte (11ieme), bookstore et atelier

Stockholm

check National Geographic city guides online

Green Hotels:
all Scandic Hotels
Nordic Sea Hotel (Ice bar made of ice!)
Victory Hotel (for Michelin-starred restaurant Djuret)

San Francisco - Stanford

Ike's Place - fantastic sandwiches. 2 locations: one in the Castro, one at the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center on Stanford Campus

Painting

Paint Lab Santa Monica
2912 Main Street, between Ocean Park and Rose
www.paintlab.net