It’s a known fact that people do all kinds of wacky stuff in motels. But sometimes, stuff happens which is out of the ordinary even for nutty motel guests.
One of these aforementioned nuts is 30 year old William C. Wilson, a Fort Smith resident who was found in a Batesville AK motel, doped to the gills […]

Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by Thomas
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A tale of two celebrities - Paris Hilton & Mandy Moore - and what their vacation favorites and behavior while in a vacation destination say about these two - and about America - if you can think of celebrities as ambassadors.
Let’s start with the brash-brat Hilton. Clad in a skimpy bikini, Paris Hilton looks casual leaning against a […]

Posted on May 19th, 2009 by Thomas
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Yet another movie about a small-town guy working at his parents’ dump of a motel. Starting from Psycho & Bates Motel, there’s been no end to this theme. Taking Woodstock, acclaimed director Ang Lee’s latest offering, is based on the autobiography Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life by Elliot Tiber and Tom […]

Posted on May 17th, 2009 by Thomas
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So, feel like maybe taking a beach vacation in Biloxi, Mississippi? They got themselves some real nice beaches down there. Just one question - You’re not black, are you? Or brown, or yellow, for that matter. Because if you are, you should read this first.
That’s because the Biloxi beaches are tainted with the blood of black […]

Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Thomas
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There’s a reason why this old buzzard of a ghost chose to ignore all the fantastic dated ruins of Albuquerque motels along Route 66, and instead is squatting at the Old Cuchillo Bar, in Cuchillo, about 2 hours south of Albuquerque.

Sure, the Route 66 motels have colorful stories and probably have ‘No Vacancy’ signs up […]

Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Thomas
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If you’re the mayor of a small town where the economy depends entirely on tourism, be best to stop reading right here. Because Windless Summer, a book by Heather Sharfeddin, lays out in torrid detail what happens when the wind goes out of your touristic sales.
Literally so, because in Sharfeddin’s book, the wind stops blowing in the […]

Posted on May 11th, 2009 by Thomas
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Get a load of this - 27 yr old Reinaldo Prado, a Framingham, MA resident, is accused of sexually assaulting five prostitutes he met online through Craigslist. He’s being held on a 100,000 bail. Apparently, this one too followed somewhat the same MO as Philip Markoff - Contact hookers who advertise on Craigslist, call them to hotel […]

Posted on May 10th, 2009 by Thomas
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31 year old Suspended Nationwide Series driver Kevin Grubb was found dead on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at around 11 am at one of the motels in Richmond, VA.
Henrico County police say the death was apparently due to a ’self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.’  The motel where he was found is the Alpine Motel (7009 Brook […]

Posted on May 8th, 2009 by Thomas
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It’s no big secret that the airline industry is in deep trouble, what with the long recession and swin flu and stuff. People are just not traveling as much as before. So obviously, the airlines need to come up with something innnovative just to stay in business.
And UK budget carrier EasyJet has come up with […]

Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Thomas
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Turns out that the attractions in Orlando’s water and theme parks aren’t just the animals. Last Tuesday, Nicholas Casanova, 23, of Miami and apparently high on LSD, decided to crash the gates at SeaWorld Orlando.
Orlando Sentinel report says that the shirtless and sweaty Casanova was acting weird and trying to enter the park without paying, so […]

Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Thomas
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