The world may be nearing a financial armageddon meltdown, America may be holding one of the most important elections ever that the whole world is waiting for with bated breath, but the French, in a typical display of nuttiness, forget all that and are going ga-ga over their flashy President’s obsession with a voodoo doll. That’s […]

Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Thomas
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Cities and countries across the world are girding for a spike in tourism resulting from Obama’s election. You think this is a fantasy? Not so. Parselelo Kantai, writing for the Financial Times from Nairobi, reports that Kenya is busy planning a new addition to the world’s tourist treks – the Obama experience in Kogelo, the […]

Posted on October 30th, 2008 by Thomas
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Its funny how sometimes simple things like an over-the-top shopping spree by a celebrity will set off a fashion trend. No, we’re not talking about Angelina Jolie’s shoes or Jennifer Aniston’s bikinis.
The issue at stake here is the impact of Sarah Palin’s $150,000 wardrobe makeover, wherein her handlers bought expensive designer clothes for her from Saks Fifth […]

Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Thomas
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Dubai’s treehuggers knocked the ball out of the park in their war against the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai which opened last month. Atlantis the Palm, as it is known, is one of the most luxurious resorts built on the man-made Palm Jumeirah development, at a cost of something just less than a whopping billion pounds, with 1539 rooms, […]

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Thomas
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Add a Zeppelin flight to the ever increasing and long list of San Francisco attractions. This latest one is courtesy a company called Airship Ventures, which shipped in a 246 foot long Zepplelin NT, one of only three remaining in the world, from Hamburg, Germany.
The blimp was then flown by pilot Kate Board from Beaumont, TX to its permanent […]

Posted on October 27th, 2008 by Thomas
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During the holiday season, the whole of NYC lights up like one big Christmas tree, and of course, there’s a whole bunch of New York attractions which are put up just for Christmas.
Most everyone knows about the Rockefeller Christmas tree, and the window displays. Photo by jsgphoto via flickr (creative commons). 
Each year, Bergdorf Goodman, located […]

Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Thomas
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Say what you will, for or against, about Alaska Gov and Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, but one thing is for sure - She packs one heck of a punch. The ‘Palin Effect’, as it has come to be known, is being felt across the spectrum, and the effect is even more pronounced in Alaska. Especially so […]

Posted on October 25th, 2008 by Thomas
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Last year, around this time, Disney announced plans for an 800 room fantasy themed hotel/resort complex in Hawaii, albeit without an amusement park. Walt Disney Parks & Resorts purchased 21 acres of oceanfront property on the Western side of Oahu to house the resort.
Disney spent $144 million to buy the land at the Ko Olina development, […]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Thomas
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Its no big secret that LiLo has a teeny-weeny problem with bad luck following her around like a shadow. In fact Lindsay Lohan even starred in a movie called Just my Luck built around this theme. But its still a bit shocking to read about all the goofy, idiotic and sometimes just plain ugly scrapes she gets […]

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Thomas
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A cobbler should stick to his last, they say. If only the lame duck Prez had stuck to mountain biking instead of politics, we wouldn’t have had to worry about what some waldo named Sadr was saying, or have had to find out what an MBS has to do with the fact that your 401k […]

Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by Thomas
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