Tag: What We Loved This Week
What We Loved This Week: Bill Murray and Bourdain, the Saints Victory Parade and ‘Finding Farley’
by World Hum | 02.12.10 | 5:25 PM ET
Frank Bures
I loved this story about Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” and “Karaoke-related killings” in the Philippines.
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Yahoo! BuzzWhat We Loved This Week: ‘Point Omega,’ Vicarious Ramen and the Canadian Rockies
by World Hum | 02.05.10 | 5:21 PM ET
Photo by Kevin Fay Michael Yessis
Matt Gross’ story about eating his way through Tokyo’s “sprawling ramen ecosystem.” Made me long for a bowl of noodles—and another trip to Japan.
What We Loved This Week: Winter Carnival, El Cajon and ‘Bags Fly Free’
by World Hum | 01.29.10 | 5:55 PM ET
Douglas Mack
The Saint Paul Winter Carnival, which is one of my favorite things about living in the Twin Cities and a brilliantly counterintuitive celebration of one of Minnesota’s most infamous attributes. It supposedly began as a rebuttal to a New York reporter’s claim that Minnesota was “another Siberia, unfit for human habitation in the winter”—a view still held by plenty of people from warmer climes. But as I walked through Rice Park, marveling at the intricate ice sculptures and watching bundled-up kids (and adults) toss snowballs at each other, I couldn’t imagine why I’d want to be in some warmer, more boring place.
What We Loved This Week: Bermuda, ‘The Wire’ and ‘The Way of the World’
by World Hum | 01.22.10 | 4:48 PM ET
Larry Bleiberg
I indulged my inner geography nerd this week, flipping through Mark Stein’s oddly compelling book, How the States Got Their Shapes. So why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? What’s up with New Jersey’s tilted northern border? And isn’t California a little greedy taking up most of the West Coast? In almost every state the explanations range from politics to topography to an occasional surveying error.
What We Loved This Week: ‘The Remains of the Day,’ ‘Viva Las Vegas’ and ‘Telluride on Acid’
by World Hum | 01.15.10 | 6:17 PM ET
Eva Holland
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. The subtle, funny and very sad story of an aging butler looking back on his life’s work as he travels around England’s West Country reminded me, among other things, that it’s been far too long since I’ve visited the U.K.
What We Loved This Week: ‘King Creole,’ Road Food and ‘Killing Me Softly’ in Spanish
by World Hum | 01.08.10 | 4:41 PM ET
Eva Holland
I loved watching “King Creole,” one of our great Elvis travel movies. The black-and-white French Quarter footage brought me right back to my own time in New Orleans. Here’s a favorite musical number from the movie:
What We Loved This Week: Zapatista Ornaments, ‘Arctic Dreams’ and More
by World Hum | 12.23.09 | 4:56 PM ET
Jim Benning
I’ve been enjoying my Zapatista rebel Christmas tree ornament—I think it was originally supposed to be a key chain—which I brought back from a trip to Chiapas years ago. When my 3-year-old daughter asked about it, I was more than happy to launch into a discussion about subcomandante Marcos and agrarian reform movements. She shrugged. Yes, another teachable moment brought to us by travel.
What We Loved This Week: Snowmobiling, Angry People in Local Newspapers and Flying Over the Rockies
by World Hum | 12.18.09 | 7:50 PM ET
Photo by Jim Benning Eva Holland
Snowmobiling. I had my first-ever excursion last weekend on a series of frozen lakes about an hour south of Whitehorse, and—carbon footprint be damned—I loved flying over the snow alongside wolf and caribou tracks.
What We Loved This Week: Paprika, San Telmo and Jason Reitman’s Pie Chart
by World Hum | 12.11.09 | 5:33 PM ET
Photo by Eva Holland Cory Eldridge
I loved the smell of paprika my sister sent from Gyula, Hungary, cooked with olive oil and onions, filling my apartment. Sweet, spicy, smoky, sublime. Make shashuka, an easy tomato and egg dish, and experience the glory.
What We Loved This Week: El Ataneo Grand Splendid, Iraqi Kurdistan, Moose and More
by World Hum | 12.04.09 | 10:25 PM ET
Photo by Eva Holland Michael Yessis
I loved this slideshow about Iraqi Kurdistan, which Jeff Pflueger linked to in his latest World Hum column on travel photography. It illustrates Pfueger’s point—that shooting a lot of pictures is key to great travel photography—and shows off some terrific images.
What We Loved This Week: The Icefields Parkway, ‘An Irreverent Curiosity’ and More
by World Hum | 11.25.09 | 12:23 PM ET
Photo by Eva Holland Mike Barish
I spent a morning staring in amazement at Boston.com’s gallery of National Geographic’s International Photography Contest submissions. From crashing waves to fighting hippopotamuses to a simple portrait of a child, the gallery reminded me that travel photos can tell stories in any number of ways.
What We Loved This Week: Tijuana Art, Canadian Road Tripping, The New Yorker’s Food Issue and More
by World Hum | 11.20.09 | 5:11 PM ET
Photo by Jim Benning Rolf Potts
On Tuesday I traveled to Metuchen, New Jersey, for a reading at The Raconteur Bookshop. It was the first time I’ve read publicly from Where No Travel Writer Has Gone Before, and I recruited audience members to read the Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Uhura lines from the fantasy sequence in Part Two. They did great, and the whole reading proved quite a hoot.
What We Loved This Week: Fog in Virginia, the Northern Lights and a Hungarian Drum Solo
by World Hum | 11.13.09 | 4:47 PM ET
Jim Benning
I loved weather. Call me crazy, but I get tired of all the sunshine and mild temperatures in San Diego. This week, I’ve been enjoying the rain and cold in Washington, D.C. (Yes, I realize I might be the only one.)
What We Loved This Week: ‘Up in the Air,’ Mariachi and ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’
by World Hum | 11.06.09 | 5:20 PM ET
Eva Holland
I loved buying my first car. I’ve been plotting a trans-Canada road trip/relocation, from Ontario up to the Yukon, and now—with my tentative start date just 10 days away—I’ve got the wheels to make it happen.
What We Loved This Week: Calexico, Toronto FC in Coach and more
by World Hum | 10.30.09 | 5:25 PM ET
Eva Holland
After years of listening to other people’s celebrity-on-a-plane stories, I finally had my own in-flight star-spotting: I shared my flight home from New York City last weekend with the coaches and players from Toronto FC. Who knew pro athletes sometimes fly coach with the masses?
What We Loved This Week: Discarded Neon, Hemingway in Idaho and ‘The Places in Between’
by World Hum | 10.23.09 | 4:43 PM ET
Pam Mandel
The Neon Boneyard: Two fenced lots north of the Las Vegas strip hold an amazing collection of decaying giant typography. The Neon Museum has big plans to restore a Googie-style clamshell building as their visitor’s center, but for now, the signs sit gathering dust and frustrating camera happy modernists for whom the one hour tour is way too short.
What We Loved This Week: The High Line, Kogi Tacos and a Ball of Twine
by World Hum | 10.16.09 | 4:43 PM ET
Photo by Frank Bures Eva Holland
I finally checked out the High Line, New York’s new(ish) elevated park, and I loved it. The creative-by-necessity use of space in this city, and the effort to sneak some greenery into any available corner, is one of my favorite things about it.
What We Loved This Week: Porter Airlines, Dave Eggers and More
by World Hum | 10.09.09 | 4:22 PM ET
Photo by Jenna Schnuer Eva Holland
I loved flying Porter Airlines and, before take-off, relaxing in Porter’s free passenger lounge at Toronto City Centre Airport. A smooth operation, friendly staff, and free snacks—it was a pleasant reminder that air travel doesn’t have to be a succession of minor inconveniences and discomforts.
What We Loved This Week: Chicago, Ken Burns and Sundarbans National Park
by World Hum | 10.02.09 | 5:57 PM ET
Photo by Joanna Kakissis Michael Yessis
Chicago. I’m here through the weekend, and I can feel the sadness in the air about the city losing its bid for the 2016 Olympics. But just remember, Chicagoans, you’ve got plenty to get you through the disappointment. Just one reminder: a classic video I loved this week.
What We Loved This Week: Kira Salak, ‘The Perfect Baja Road Trip’ and a Postcard from Argentina
by World Hum | 09.25.09 | 5:37 PM ET
Eva Holland
Finding some Banks beer in an Ontario liquor store. The Barbados brewery has started exporting to select areas in Canada, and while it’s certainly not the greatest beer I’ve ever tasted, coming across the familiar label—and then bringing a few home and cracking one open—did bring me back to my last trip to the island.