Morning Links: Walkable Cities, the Japanese ‘Sideways’ and More
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 03.24.09 | 8:22 AM ET
- How much danger do in-flight entertainment systems pose?
- A Nebraska town thinks the state’s old electric chair, aka “Old Sparky,” could make a great tourist attraction.
- Crushed! Daisann McLane on one of the most difficult cross-cultural hurdles to clear: differing perceptions of personal space.
- Forget Celebrity Travel Watch. It’s Celebrity Bookstore-Travel-Section-Browsing Watch with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard.
- How walkable is your city? Check its Walk Score. (via Freakonomics)
- Odd travel promo of the day: “The Kaslo Hotel is giving Japanese-Canadians who have ties to the internment of hundreds of citizens during the Second World War a free two-night stay if they can spot themselves or a relative in one of two prominent photos at the hotel.”
- Here are Susan Fox’s Tourist of The Year awards. Christopher Elliott writes: “Names have been obscured to ‘protect the stupid.’”
- The eruption of Alaska’s Mount Redoubt “snarled” air traffic.
- The San Francisco Chronicle picks its best wine-tasting spots in Northern California.
- Napa wine country is the setting for the Japanese remake of “Sideways.” Why the location change from Santa Barbara? Says the remake’s director: “You can’t do a road trip in California without going over the Golden Gate Bridge.” Really? What about, say, the original “Sideways”?
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Christopher 03.24.09 | 9:46 AM ET
I was enticed to read this article above due to the walkable cities blurb that was mentioned. I am currently living and working Tokyo, Japan. After having missed the train last night and finding myself stranded on what I thought was the other side of ‘town’, I Learned just how walkable Tokyo is.
Granted the maps are all in Kanji and no one really speaks English, it was a great experience!
If you are interested in learning more about anything in Japan, check out my blog. I have some great videos!!
Ling 03.24.09 | 11:32 AM ET
Old Sparky would be much more of a tourist attraction if it was put in a public place instead of a museum, and they charged people to allow them to sit on the chair.
Tina Marshall 03.24.09 | 4:55 PM ET
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japanese words 04.12.09 | 7:55 AM ET
hmm. I didn’t know there is a Japanese remake of Sideways. I did know that the Napa Valley wine has gotten more popular over here though.