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From the Times of London Archives: Thomas Cooks Lost Dispatch
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The latest in an ongoing series of travel classics from the Times of Londons seemingly bottomless vaults? Thomas Cooks six dispatches from a round-the-world trip in the early 1870s. One of the just-published pieces, written from the Red Sea, never appeared in print before. Why? As we learn now from an editor, in those pre-email days, It did not reach London until the Parliamentary Season, when it was impossible to find room in the paper. Better late than never, right? In the others,
Ready, Set, Go
Heading to Denver - by Pat Canady It is time to head to Denver for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Being inundated with event invitations, Caucus materials, and Special Interest Group packets, tells me this is going to be a very busy and informative convention. The Arizona Delegation is staying at the Hyatt Regency Tech Center Hotel which is 25 miles south of Denver. We will be leaving in the morning via Light Rail and most likely not be returning until midnight. This makes for a ver
More Thailand blogs to titillate and tantalize
As Im in a charitable mood, here is my final roundup of blogs that helped me out during my request for guest posting. I think there are still a couple more blogs that offered to let me write a post, but I havent got round to those ones yet. These are four blogs that will make your life better if you visit them. First up is Bangkok Diaries. I like Bangkok Diaries because the blog has kind of a community feel about it. People submit their blog posts and therefore you have a range of differen
Cornered Style: Don King
Last night, Nike booked the Mandarin Oriental Hotel at Columbus Circle for a classy -- and cute -- showdown between tennis champs Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to promote their upcoming match during the U.S Open this weekend. Oh and what a face off it was! Both champs mean mugged each other on stage, while hundreds of inner city school kids watched on in the audience. The teens are aspiring tennis players, but what really caught their attention was probably not the presence of the tennis legend
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