Wii spells fitness at Westin

The Westin St. Francis calls its new BrainBody Fitness program a "Wii bit of fun." We say, there goes the notion that video games aren't good for mental and physical fitness.

The San Francisco hotel's health club and spa has installed the interactive, virtual-reality Wii console from Nintendo so guests can play Wii Sports, such as tennis, bowling and boxing; Big Brain Academy and others.

Yoga lovers also can get into the action with the Wii Balance Board.

Details: www.westinstfrancis.com/pdf/Nintendo_Fitness.pdf.

Beware England's rascally rabbits

London Bridge is falling down. Well, not the bridge, but a lot of other historic sites and monuments.

The English Heritage surveyed about 70,000 buildings, monuments, parks and more. It found that one in 12 is in danger from neglect, erosion or "inappropriate change." The victims: Iron Age hill forts, Victorian railway stations and abbeys. The culprits: neglectful landlords, wet weather and burrowing rabbits.

Beached families

Best beach resorts for families, ranked by Parents Magazine:

1. Sheraton Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya, Bahamas

2. Club Med Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

3. South Seas Island Resort, Captiva Island, Fla.

4.

5. Disney's Vero Beach Resort, Fla.

6. Beaches Negril Resort and Spa, Jamaica

7. Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu

8. Ocean Edge Resort & Spa, Brewster, Mass.

9. Loew's Coronado Bay Beach Resort & Spa, San Diego

10. Rio Mar Beach Golf Resort Casino & Spa, Puerto Rico

Pink taxis go green

When is pink also green? Key West has begun converting its fleet of famous hot-pink taxis to fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles. (No worries; the pink paint job won't be changing.) The new cars will get 38 miles per gallon instead of 12 to 13.

— Ann Tatko-Peterson