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Have You Ever Been Experienced?

Posted on 09. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Only two North American cities can truly boast rock and roll museums that are major tourist attractions: Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Seattle’s Experience Music Project (EMP). The latter, which opened in 2000, has become a city landmark due in large part to its unique and controversial architecture, which is meant to [...]

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“Book ‘em, Danno!”

Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Dedicated TV watchers will recall that most episodes of Hawaii Five-O ended with the arrest of criminals and the uttering of super cop Steve McGarrett’s catch phrase to officer Danny Williams,” Book ‘em, Danno!” Luckily for McGarrett he only had to contend with bad guys on the Hawaiian Islands. Judging by the following collection of [...]

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Dead Man Flying

Posted on 05. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Hundreds of people die each year in airplanes, and I’m not counting the crashes. No, they expire in mid-flight from heart attacks and other physical ailments. This, of course, creates a delicate problem for the crew and the other passengers, not to mention emotional trauma for family members or friends of the deceased. If a [...]

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Behind the Beautiful Sunsets

Posted on 02. Aug, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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Two books on travel writing that were published within the last year have provoked a storm of controversy. Both books—Do Travel Writers Go To Hell, by Thomas Kohnstamm and Smile When You’re Lying, by Chuck Thompson—are awash in sex, drugs, booze and assorted illegal activity, but that’s not the main reason they caused a stir. They attracted [...]