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Eat Ceviche in LimaGrab a Cusqueña and get comfortable. As Nicholas Gill explains, a trip to a Peruvian cevichería can be an all-day immersion in good conversation and raw seafood. BOOKS
Unsentimental Journeys: Wrestling With Paul TherouxBronwen Dickey considers “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: 28,000 Miles in Search of the Great Railway Bazaar” AUDIO SLIDESHOW My Travels, My FeetAfter taking one too many headless torso shots of herself, solo traveler Sophia Dembling started snapping photos of her feet around the world, from the Grand Canyon to Red Square SPEAKER'S CORNER
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TRAVEL BLOG12.1.05
MTV’s “Laguna Beach” Spawns Reality Show TourismThe Southern California town of Laguna Beach has always attracted its share of tourists, but it’s getting plenty more now, thanks to the MTV reality show Laguna Beach. The interest is so great, in fact, that the Laguna Beach Visitors & Conference Bureau has issued a guide to the show’s key spots (not available online).
I lived in Orange County – excuse me, “The O.C.”—for a year while working as a reporter there, well before the show began. I visited Laguna often and loved it. So I was curious about the impact of the show on the small town.
Pomodoro Italian restaurant manager Olmo Carmona told me the show’s characters have eaten in the restaurant twice, which was more than enough to put the restaurant on the fans’ radar. “We get phone calls from people who ask, ‘Is this the Pomodoro from the TV show?’” he said. “It has really boosted business considerably. It seems that any family passing through town who has kids in high school stops by.” Carmona expected to see a decline in business at the end of summer, but it hasn’t happened this year. “I think that’s because of the show,” he said. Michelle Ngo, who runs Beautiful Nails, where the characters have had manicures, was equally delighted. “The last two months we’ve seen people come in from Boston, Minnesota, Hawaii, Texas,” she said. “We’ve had a lot of teenagers from the L.A. area. They take pictures and get their nails done.” I can understand the businesses response. Not all residents are as enthusiastic. One 24-year-old told the L.A. Times: “"We are a community that has stood for solid, meaningful principles ... art, culture, the environment, quality of life, education. By contrast, MTV glorifies violence, drug abuse, the objectification of women as sexual objects, alcohol abuse, superficiality and a raft of other negative issues.” It’s a raft that has brought a boatload of new visitors to Laguna Beach. Categories: Weblog • California • Planet Theme Park • Tres Loco 
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COMMENTSHow brave of you to step back into the “O.C.” Did anyone make you writea county scan while you were there? By on 12.4.05 at 11:01 PM
I Love This Show!!!! By on 1.14.06 at 11:38 AM
hey this is casey and laguna beach is my favorite show ever please!! dont take away all the old charecters or make a new show with all of them i probably wont watch it anymore now i want to know what happened with lc, kristen, stephen, lo, jessica, alex and everyone else c’mon. I think lauren and stephen are perfect for eachtother dont leave me cluless wht happens next.... i wan the old charecters back the new ones suck!! you just ruined the show with them please put the others back on!! i cant live without the show… i also herd Talens engaged to rod stewarts daughter . . . oo my gosh tell me if this is true i need to know these things oo yea and hurry up with the hills i cant wait till that show comes on i love lc and i hope stephen comes in the show cause hes a total hottie!! keep me updated on this stuff post me on my e-mail thanks!! By on 2.15.06 at 01:08 PM
I love you people dont end the showe no mader what!!!!!!!! By keanna on 2.16.06 at 10:11 AM
omgg i totally agree it wont be as good as Lo Stephan Kristen Lauren etc.... :( By on 5.15.06 at 03:25 PM
sir with due resspict i beg to say that i love england therefore give me visa that i come to there and see england By on 5.31.06 at 01:52 AM
this show is going downhill if the pretty people leave!!! By jessica on 5.31.06 at 08:52 AM
por favor si saben alguien español que me pase el correo de sthpen y de lauren y de trey y de lauren por favor si By taylor on 6.21.06 at 11:47 AM
por favor alguien si sabe español por favor mandame su correo de sthpen y de kristin y de lauren y de trey y de talan de todos mejor si por favor si dejo mi correo By taylor on 6.21.06 at 11:51 AM
laguna beach is a great show!!!!i love the characters and the location of the show!!!I Love TALAN!!! By on 7.7.06 at 12:33 PM
I LOVE LAGUNA BEACH, Its my favorite show!!!!!!!! I love almost every 1 and now im looking in to moveing out that way now!!! I can never wait for a new episode and I havent missed one since I have been watching. So dont change a thing plzzz.:-) By on 10.23.06 at 08:03 AM
i really think that stephen is a really hot guy. he seems like he has a good personality and he also trats his girlfriends nice from what ive seen on laguna.even though he got caught in a love triangle every one looked at him as the bad guy but thats happend to all of us weve been caught between two people we care about thats just life. you live and you learn. By on 3.22.07 at 05:00 AM
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