Tag: Olympics

Did Airport Security Ruin Chicago’s Olympic Bid?

by Eva Holland | 10.05.09 | 11:32 AM ET

Photo by David Paul Ohmer via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Michelle Higgins ponders the impact of U.S. border control policies on Chicago’s failed bid for the 2016 Summer Games. For my part, I suppose that could have been a factor—remember the visitor shortfall in Beijing after China tightened its visa restrictions—but beyond any specific considerations, I’m just not sure about the assumption that 2016 was Chicago’s to lose. After all, the United States has already hosted the Olympics eight times, while Rio’s winning bid will mean the first Games ever on South American soil. It’s about time, isn’t it?

Tags: Crossing Borders, Olympics, Politics, Sports, Travel and Security, North America, United States, Illinois, Chicago, South America, Brazil, Rio de Janiero, News and Briefs

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Seaweed, Hotels and the Vancouver Olympics

by Alexander Basek | 06.11.09 | 11:03 AM ET

Photo by sashafatcat via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Shangri-La, Vancouver. Photo by sashafatcat via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Today I’m on the west coast of Vancouver Island breaking open the pod from some seaweed and squeezing the gel inside of it over my hands. Ew. Wait. I mean: so natural and healing! Diane Bernard, the self-styled “seaweed lady,” harvests the stuff here, advising spa directors and chefs what might work in their treatments or food, respectively. (We already sampled some seaweed that was begging to be stuffed with blue cheese and plopped into a martini). The gel from this particular strain of seaweed works like aloe, soothing the skin.