Thanks to protesters in far away airports and the general global chaos of the moment, I'll be staying in this December. Normally I would protest right back, you know, you have to fight for your right to travel, but frankly I'm afraid of anyone who willingly sleeps at the airport for a whole week. Once upon a December I spent 36 hours in a freezing Moscow airport, a single shivering body in a huddled mass of unpapered Indians stranded on their way to Bangalore. Never again. Until further notice, you can find me in not-that-snowy-just-yet Washington, DC. Me and my laptop and a cup of hot chocolate. Working on a bunch of projects, the main one being Christmas. Also, a bundle of restaurant reviews for Blackbook. Tasting menus are kind of a consolation for not crossing the Pacific.
December 4, 2008
There's No Place Like Home
Thanks to protesters in far away airports and the general global chaos of the moment, I'll be staying in this December. Normally I would protest right back, you know, you have to fight for your right to travel, but frankly I'm afraid of anyone who willingly sleeps at the airport for a whole week. Once upon a December I spent 36 hours in a freezing Moscow airport, a single shivering body in a huddled mass of unpapered Indians stranded on their way to Bangalore. Never again. Until further notice, you can find me in not-that-snowy-just-yet Washington, DC. Me and my laptop and a cup of hot chocolate. Working on a bunch of projects, the main one being Christmas. Also, a bundle of restaurant reviews for Blackbook. Tasting menus are kind of a consolation for not crossing the Pacific.
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I don't blame you. I've implemented that very same policy on Thanksgiving travel after too many 12-hour delays at JFK during my NYC days.
I will be going back east to my parents' house for Christmas, but I padded it so that I'm flying in on Dec. 17, well before insanity ensues, and out on Dec. 30, which may or may not be stupid but it's a 5:45am flight (yawn), so that doesn't give the airports much time to back up. Plus, it's Nashville, which is always pretty painless...
http://www.camelsandchocolate.com
What?! You didn't want to get stranded in Bangkok? Our assistant art director Stefan couldn't get back to Bangkok, so ended up spending more time than he anticipated exploring Cambodia and sent us some good tips. Tip Number 1: avoid Angkor Wat:
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2008/12/it-dispatch-on-location-in-cam.html
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