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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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Ling 05.18.09 | 10:04 AM ET
All due respect to the great jobs most co-pilots and pilots for regional airlines do, and they do seem to be underpaid - But here’s the thing - if they don’t like it, they don’t have to do it. And if they still want to struggle through to the top, and become the pilot for a major carrier with a lotta perks, then it’s the same as most other sectors - the pay is crappy and the hours long at the bottom. As you work your way up, it gets better. No reason why pilots should have it easy right from the start. And if you say that our lives depend on it, then well, that’s blackmail.
Robert Reid 05.18.09 | 11:26 AM ET
Rooney’s point here: airplane travel is horrible, destinations are sucky, yet home is a lot more expensive than being out of town. To quote ‘Starship Troopers,’ I GET YOU, sir!
Grizzly Bear Mom 05.20.09 | 9:14 AM ET
Women have to be told not to wear stilletos to tourist sites? Do these women have someone to carry them around when their feet hurt too much to walk? Gee whiz, if we didn’t have a dress code at work I would wear New Balance Sneakers all day long. I’m already wearing them to church. Ah maturity! It is so much more pleasant than trying to be beautiful for an unappreciative public.