Remember how Amazon.com was going to destroy all bookstores forever? And how there wouldn’t be a single travel agency after online booking became a thing? Hysteria about internet travel writing is kinda like that.
Entries Tagged as 'Wary of the advice of others'
Friday Fail ‘o’ the Day: Internets Hysteria Edition
February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Fail 'o' the Day, Wary of the advice of others
Metrosexual Is to Vampire as Lumberjack Is to Wolfman
February 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Novelty, Urban archipelagos, Wary of the advice of others
New York Magazine is cracking me up with their guide to how to actually go outdoors.
As a former East Coaster, I used to think going for a hike meant a walk down a paved pathway in a park, so I get where they’re coming from.
But now that they’ve also created a guide to the Urban Woodsman — the omnipresent look for most of Portland’s men for quite some time, from what I can tell (see also the Doug Fir Lounge).
Fail ‘o’ the Day: Snowglobe Edition
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Fail 'o' the Day, Wary of the advice of others
Let’s just say it: How does Carol Pucci, travel writer for the Seattle Times, still have a job?
Cute Idea, Cute Animation, Kinda Pointless
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Wary of the advice of others
When I first started watching the clip, I thought it was great: Clever concept, cute animation, perky little soundtrack.
On further reflection, I thought of a friend of mine who I took to a travel gadget shop. She was unimpressed with all the little do-dads and cutey cute pouches that had cartoons of what you’d hold inside.
“What’s the point?” she said, and in retrospect–even though I love my little cutey cute travel pouches–I think she has a point, and I think this video is kinda like that.
Friday Fail: Absurdly Obvious Travel-Advice Edition
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Fail 'o' the Day, Wary of the advice of others
Have you traveled on a budget? I mean a real budget, where six bucks can make or break your daily balance?
Evidently, Matt Gross, the New York Times Frugal Traveler hasn’t. Or he wouldn’t have his 2010 resolutions made up of patently obvious items for anyone who’s ever actually traveled on a budget. Here are two of the six gems of wisdom for the budget-minded.
Tags:hackery·iPhone·New York Times
Give That Girl a Pulitzer
January 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Wary of the advice of others
This post on “10 Words and Phrases We Never Want to See in Travel Writing Again” from Teresa Ponikvar over at Matador Network is dead on, starting with number 1.
Fail ‘o’ the Day: The Unbuyable Euro-Product
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Fail 'o' the Day, Novelty, Obsessed with the Dutch, Wary of the advice of others
I know that I’m spoiled to assume the products that I want would be available in the States, doesn’t it generally seem like the world is getting smaller? So the day that the interwebs can’t deliver what I like comes as a bit of a surprise.
In General, Let’s Be Skeptical of Any Kind of “Hut”
January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Blog posts by Lia, Tasty treats, Wary of the advice of others
I am an absolute sucker for waffles. But Crystal Hut causes little alarm bells to ring in my brain. Hut, really? I hate to discriminate, but I can see the ferns from here, can’t you? And the light jazz that will be playing as the Hut employees deliver the cold, tired waffles?
