MyWestworld

Fetish Food

Posted on 12. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

0

A free vasectomy from the clinic next door is one of the perks for male diners at Bangkok’s Cabbages and Condoms, the only restaurant in the world dedicated to birth control. All diners get a condom with coffee, instead of an after-dinner mint. In an adjoining gift shop, bouquets of condoms stand in vases beside [...]

Continue Reading

Bandit Country

Posted on 08. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

1

You may have read recently that Canada and the U.S. have issued travel advisories warning tourists about a rising tide of violence in Mexico. In a press release, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs warned Canadians to “exercise a high degree of caution” when visiting Mexico, ominously declaring: “Armed clashes between security forces and drug [...]

Continue Reading

The Ice Fleet

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

0

A 10-minute drive outside Jasper, Alberta, a plaque stands on the shore of scenic Patricia Lake. As historical plaques go it is nothing special—modest and low-tech with a few words and illustrations. But the story that inspired the plaque is anything but ordinary. The memorial marks the site of Project Habbakuk, one of World War Two’s most bizarre [...]