Travel and Leisure magazine published their list of the World's Best Cities for 2006.

Here it is:

Top 10 Cities Overall
Rank Last Year Name 2006
Score
1 Florence
2 Rome
3 Bangkok
4 Sydney
5 Chiang Mai, Thailand
6 Cape Town
7 Buenos Aires
8 New York
9 Beirut
10 San Francisco

now the list appears with an asterisk after no. 9 pick Beirut with a footnote:

*The list of World's Best Cities was voted upon before the war in Lebanon. As always, please consult the US State Department's Travel Warnings and Advisories before planning travel abroad.

And wasn't there a coup in Thailand too?

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive