Morning Links: Vocation Vacations, the World Beard Championships and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 05.22.09 | 9:25 AM ET
- Happy Memorial Day weekend! Forbes Traveler looks at America’s most visited memorials for the occasion.
- The next Improv Everywhere stunt is taking place on New York City’s Roosevelt Island this weekend, and you’re invited.
- In the U.K., British Airways saw its worst-ever losses this year, with a pre-tax deficit of £401 million. The good news for us? There will be no price increases to compensate going forward, as the airline struggles to retain its remaining customers.
- A friendly reminder for U.S. travelers heading overland to Canada or Mexico: the new border rules come into effect on June 1.
- In the latest Madison Magazine, World Hum contributor Frank Bures takes a “vocation vacation,” working as a swordsmith for a day.
- The World Beard and Moustache Championships are set to take place in Anchorage this weekend; the Los Angeles Times has a slideshow.
- The Globe and Mail’s Tyler Stiem visits some of Istanbul’s lesser-known mosques.
- Americans are planning shorter, closer-to-home vacations this summer, USA Today reports. Let’s hope this doesn’t prompt a resurgence of the S-word.
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Robert Reid 05.22.09 | 11:03 AM ET
Speaking of Roosevelt Island… In 1993, I played in failed NYC band that adopted Roosevelt Island. Half of our songs mentioned ‘86 (as in the Bryan Adams B-side ‘The Summer of 1686’)—when Robert Blackwell purchased it. That same year a mysterious ‘master of Delft’ artist disappeared. Some say he died in a fire, others say the ‘master of Delft’ IS Robert Blackwell.
Like, for example, a failed NYC band in 1993.
Ling 05.22.09 | 12:09 PM ET
The S word is being pushed by state by city CVBs. From NYC to Los Angeles and Florida, they’ve all got special rates and freebies and stuff for residents, citing the bad economy and pushing people to spend in their own backyards. If every city and state tries to keep residents inside the border like this, then you’re going to hear a lot more of the S word.