Picture This: I'm a sucker for photo booths, so I instantly clicked on Prêt a Voyager's recent Photomaton post to find out more about photo booth locations across the country. It directed me to Photobooth.net, which has a fairly comprehensive list of photo booth locales, though sorry to say, there are none listed in D.C. (Mary Beth informs me that the one here at Bar Pilar is currently out of service.) I'm tempted to make a road trip just for the chance to get one of the quintessential black and white strips, but fortunately there is a photo booth in our lobby, in case anyone is interested in getting themselves on the cover of National Geographic.
Wise Words: Nerd's Eye View has an interesting post about the dichotomy that comes with being an adventure traveler. To paraphrase her point, she writes that while yes, exposing unknown places opens them up to the eventual masses, instead of just bemoaning the changes taking place, travel writers need to celebrate the authentic things still there. "The best we can hope for is an educated traveling populace, one that spends thoughtfully, encourages locally owned and run businesses, and gives generously to the causes that help cultural and natural monuments survive and thrive." We couldn't agree more.
Aggre-great: I got tipped off to the new website Alltop this week, which aggregates blogs and news websites so that all of their most recent feeds can be found in one place. It's like RSS for dummies, with a nice little scroll-over option so you can get a nugget of the story before you decide to click. Their page devoted to travel is a great resource for folks (or bloggers) looking to keep tabs on the news, and we're glad to be featured as part of the mix.
Photo: collage by girlhula
Thanks for the Alltop link- that's just about exactly the kind of feed I was looking for. Congratulations on making it into their feed too! I always appreciate your posts. Great to know that the magazine that is known for it's beautiful and striking photos isn't above a common photobooth in the lobby either!
Posted by: Kango Suz | April 07, 2008 at 11:17 AM