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more about #travel more comments → thatgirlinnewyork: they were posting job openings as late as yesterday on mediabistro, so maybe they're just cleaning up after the initial "world travelers all" bunch di... more » DahlELama: Speaking of closing escape hatches...stay the hell out of law school. more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Why pay people when the hotels can just invite bloggers to stay there and write reviews? more » srhoades: Is this angry, disjointed rant, so short on wit and humour but long on adolescent insecurity and defensiveness, really representative of the allegedly... more » b4nt4: all i know is in london they have one machine--one teeny tiny machine--that both washes and dries your clothes. i really can't tell you about the soc... more » BadUncle: Foster, I love this sentence: You guys wouldn't know what to do with The Beatrice Inn if it crawled up your nose in a $100 bill. more » Bottle-Of-Smoke: Foster, try London You're a Lady by the Pogues when you get a chance. A lovely little whiskey-and-nostalgia-sodden ode to the Auld Towne. more » RollsRoyceRevenge: How to fit in in London: Wear a smashing tweedy coat and yell "Monty, you terrific cunt!" Run around with blood coming out of your eyes and frothin... more » thatgirlinnewyork: berlin's getting really really hip? yeah, like 6 years ago. more » Christopherspillane: Hi Foster, As I londoner living in New York, I'd like to refer you to the term 'Bellend'. It's rare for me to comment on blogs or other invitations t... more » Diziet_Sma: I lived in London for over a decade and I've lived here in NYC for the past 8 years. Love them both. When in London, I miss the cheap taxis, 'brunch',... more » El_Gato: Foster, excellent job on this. Both hilarious and so, so true. Gives me much pride as a lifelong New Yorker. I couldn't have said it better myself. J... more » Patrick Obama Patrick: i cant understand why no-one has rushed to defend the Oyster yet. Yes, London does have its shortcomings, as does NY - but the Oyster is just awesome.... more » mattarogerson: NYC is great...if you like shit beer, served in shit pubs, grown men who wear caps backwards, then start screaming like teenage girls after consuming ... more » Foster Kamer: And Scottsdale. Fuck Scottsdale in the cactus. more » -
#layoffs
Print Refugees Laid Off by Web Site That Was Supposed to Save Them
Oyster.com, a hotel-rating site that launched just five months ago with the aim of hiring real journalists—ones who got laid off from all the real journalism jobs—is laying off a bunch of people. The lifeboat is sinking. More » -
#culturaldivides
British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response
Oh, hello there, Stephanie Marsh of the Sunday Times. When you write an essay called "New York has lost its edge," and you live here, it's okay. When you're writing from London...
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#recessionomics
Just Take the Best Vacation You Can Afford, Which Goes to Hell
The Way We Live Now: On the move. There is nothing tethering us to this dusty, tortured, goforsaken country any more—no jobs, no safety, no prospects. Once we hit the lottery or rob somebody or something, hello, vacation! More » -
#recessionomics
Everything Is Peachy in the Land of Make Believe
The Way We Live Now: Virtually well. Not "virtually" like "almost," like "we're almost living well again, thanks," because, whoa, not even close. We mean "virtually" like "in a virtual world." Mentally transport yourself to Affluenceville, population (your name)! More » -
#traininvain
Joe Biden, Call Your Office
Amtrak is broken today, Rachel Sklar reports, and a lot of poor Twitterers are trapped on trains somewhere between Washington, D.C., and Boston, awaiting rescue and sending out distress "tweets." More » -
#thewildwest
Frommer's Boycotting Arizona Over Ridiculous Gun Laws
Arthur Frommer, the founder of the handy Frommer's Travel Guide empire, announced that he's personally boycotting the state of Arizona after seeing a bunch of wingnuts openly packing heat at an Obama speech earlier in the week. More » -
#journalismism
'World's First Cocaine Bar' Discovered, Far Away
The Guardian says the "World's First Cocaine Bar" is a roving lounge in Bolivia where backpackers come and sniff cheap coke till their money runs out. Huh. Here we call that a "coke spot" and in some neighborhoods they're everywhere. -
#tourists
The Washington Post reveals : the Lower East Side of New York still exists.
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#thefriendlyskies
Sully Type Lands Plane After It Gets a Hole, For Christ's Sake
A Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to Baltimore last night made an unscheduled stop in West Virginia. Because a hole "appeared" in the plane, in the same sense that a meteor "appeared" over the Yucatan, then obliterated the dinosaurs. More » -
#popcultureaneurysm
Madonna's Michael Jackson Tribute at O2 Arena
Michael Jackson was supposed to perform a series of concerts at 02 arena; speculation has been that the preparation may or may not have been what killed him. Madonna performed there last night, and threw down for Jackson in tribute. More » -
#vacations
Things to Do in Buenos Aires Without Your Wife
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford took a little secret solo jaunt down to Buenos Aires, just because. What could he do down there, hypothetically? We've put together a guide of popular activities for the single traveler! More » -
#wheresmypassport
The Air in Spain is Laced With Cocaine
A study commissioned by the Spanish government to monitor that country's air quality has reported what most European travelers already knew: Their entire country is just one enormous coke den. Like, you can breathe it! More » -
#recessionomics
Lawyers Paid Not to Work, Finally
Heather Eisenlord's law firm is paying her $80,000 to take the year off, travel around the world doing whatever, and wait for the economy to rebound. Fine, but who will save the chicken farmers? More » -
#violence
Hitch Beaten in Beirut
Drunk warmongering Trotskyite Slate columnist Christopher Hitchens was apparently beaten by some Syrian nationalists while drinking in Lebanon. Don't worry, he's ok! More » -
#journalismism
Maureen Dowd Must Have Spa Massages, Cost be Damned
Last Friday the New York Times sent out a memo telling staffers it's cracking down on expenses across the board. Sunday it published Maureen Dowd's (expensed) account of three days at Canyon Ranch resort. Huh: More » -
#travel
Airbus Orchestrating Convoluted Assassination-by-Bird Plot
Is it time for a new Air Force One? Not the shoes, obv—those are classics—but the plane? One anti-American company says yes! More »
