What We Loved This Week: Pacific Northwest Road Tripping, Manno Charlemagne and Hollywood Homes
Travel Blog • World Hum • 03.05.10 | 6:01 PM ET
Eva Holland
I loved driving from Vancouver to Seattle on Monday, and from Seattle around the northern portion of the Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday. It’s my first visit to Washington, and it’s a tribute to the state’s scenery that I’ve found myself dropping uncharacteristically below the speed limit at times to try to take it all in. Here’s a shot I took not far southwest of Port Angeles:
Photo by Eva HollandJim Benning
After hearing this NPR feature, I downloaded an album from Haitain singer-songwriter Manno Charlemagne. Great stuff. Here’s a taste:
Sarah Rooney
I’m planning a trip to Los Angeles with some friends next month. One friend, who has never been, asked that we do the cliché Hollywood homes tour. We obliged, expecting a cool double-decker bus. This is what she came up with (scroll down to see her preferred mode of transportation). If anyone has done this and lived to tell the tale, let me know.
Michael Yessis
Denmark’s new tourism ads, as directed by Lars Von Trier. More brilliance from the Onion:
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TambourineMan 03.05.10 | 8:02 PM ET
The Hollywood Buddy Fun Bus! I haven’t ridden in that dork-mobile, but I’ve done a few of the other celebrity homes tours for work. As long as you get a good tour guide, doesn’t really matter which company you go with. I once had a guide who was showing us a Lindsay Lohan roadside vomit location. He spotted Tom Cruise at a stoplight and then started chasing him down Beverly Drive with all of us in the tour van. Good times!
Lauren 03.07.10 | 12:50 PM ET
It was so nice to meet you when you were in Seattle, Eva! Can’t wait to hear more about your trip to Forks.