Morning Links: John Lennon’s New York City, Kansas City Barbecue and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 05.18.09 | 9:11 AM ET
- They wanted a story “about a time you double-booked in a particularly awkward way.” This guy’s trip to Bally’s Las Vegas sure fits the bill.
- The lives of regional airline pilots aren’t so glamorous. Unless you think traveling with sandwiches in a cooler is glamorous.
- Anthony DeCurtis remembers John Lennon’s New York City of the ’70s.
- James Wolcott remembers New York City in the ’70s, too. He writes: “One key difference between the ’70s and today is that in the ’70s the tourists looked scared.”
- Are travelers more unsafe at hotels now due to the economic climate?
- The crappy economy is hitting Kansas City where it hurts—in its barbecue joints.
- Greece has asked visitors to its archaeological sites to refrain from wearing stiletto heels.
- Vanity Fair says the movie version of “On the Road” is languishing in circle two of development hell.
- Tanya Gold field-tests a corporate training exercise that involves a plane-crash simulation.
- On “60 Minutes,” Andy Rooney continued his ridiculous campaign to encourage people not to go anywhere.
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