Oprah, Meet Thomas Swick. (He’s No James Frey.)
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.30.06 | 5:33 AM ET
Getting on “Oprah” is one of South Florida Sun-Sentinel travel editor Thomas Swick’s goals for the year. Some of his other goals? Finish his book “A Million Little Places to See Before You Die,” take a trip somewhere with Angelina Jolie, and start his own travel talk show.
Oprah is a one-time thing. To really have an impact I will need to be more visible. I’m thinking of a high-tech desk, with me and maybe three other travel writers in tailored suits and brilliant ties. (Very The NFL Today.) We’ll take strong positions—“I don’t think Slovenia has a chance this year”—but we’ll laugh and kid, making fun of each other’s favorites—“You can’t stop talking about Bangkok, can you Ed?”—and early traveling days. It’ll be fast, fun, fake.
The rest of the faux details are in his very real column in Sunday’s paper.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Wendy Boucher Garrett 01.30.06 | 8:55 PM ET
Tom will have to pick me as a color commentator on his talk show. I have a million little reasons, including the fact that I “embellished” to him about being a humor writer the first time I met him. It worked, he’s published my stuff more than once. I think he’d be proud.
jon 09.20.07 | 5:12 PM ET
Hmm i disagree i think that slovenia is beautiful and if you don t belive it you aren t real traveler…But i agree with you if you think that citys are great. Slovenia is for nature people. If you like woods, mountains , rivers snow and amimals
and small but interesting cities thats the right place to go!