What We Loved This Week: TBEX, Wholphin and Joan Didion
Travel Blog • World Hum • 07.02.10 | 2:59 PM ET
Michael Yessis
The Travel Blog Exchange conference. A lot has been said about it, so I won’t say too much about it except it was terrific to spend a weekend surrounded by hundreds of passionate travelers. Bonus when the location is New York City.
Jim Benning
Joan Didion. On my flight to New York for the TBEX conference (which was amazing), I read a few pieces in her essay collection Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Her essay “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream” has been a favorite for years. On this flight, I read “Letter from Paradise, 21* 19’ N. 157* 52’ W.” for the first time. It’s about how Hawaii changed after World War II, and it’s typically beautiful writing.
Frank Bures
Every now and then I get Wholphin in the mail, and it’s always a nice surprise, with films from all over the world. This time, with No. 11, one of my favorites was Wagah, a documentary about Indian and Pakistan’s only border crossing, where the two countries carry out elaborate ceremonies to close the gate every day.
Eva Holland
I loved playing tour guide here in Whitehorse to an old friend from Ontario. I picked her up at the airport just after midnight, and got a kick out of her reaction when we came outside—the last sunset color was just fading from the sky.
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