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Top Simpsons Travel Destinations The Simpsons' passports have gotten lots of use over the years. [Canoe.ca]
On U Street, around Old Anacostia Looking for the African American past of D.C. [Boston Globe]
A homey, decadent White House A Portland B&B with a striking similarity to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. [The Boston Globe]
Free beer samples at Anheuser-Busch theme parks run dry Oddly, there wasn't that much interest in them, anyway. [Chicago Tribune]
France rebrands itself to keep No. 1 tourism spot Because having 80 million visitors a year just isn't enough. [AP via Yahoo! News]
'Historic' building versus religious rights A Christian Scientist congregation in downtown D.C. wants to tear down its Brutalist church, saying it doesn't jibe with their faith. [Christian Science Monitor]
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My favorite Simpsons' travel destination is Japan where they get on the "Happy Smile Super Challenge Family Wish Show" to try and win plane tickets back home, and then on the plane the pilot announces:
"Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with Gamera and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much."
-- "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF20
Besides the Boston Globe coverage, there's a nice photo gallery about U Street here, with good places to eat and shop: http://traveler.nationalgeographic.com/guide/dc/u-st-photography
Posted By Marilyn Terrell on January 12, 2009, 6:55 PM
I LOVE the Simpson's oh so much. And those travel episodes rule. One of my favorite quotes:
I wanna shake off the dust of this one-horse town. I wanna explore the world. I wanna watch TV in a different time zone. I wanna visit strange, exotic malls. I'm sick of eating hoagies. I want a grinder, a sub, a foot-long hero. I want to LIVE, Marge. Won't you let me live? Won't you, please?
...from the Fear of Flying episode.
Posted By pam on January 12, 2009, 7:59 PM
Good one Pam! Or how about the time in France at the deserted Itchy and Scratchy Land when the ticket attendant was trying to attract customers by yelling: "My cheeldren need wine!"
Posted By Marilyn on January 13, 2009, 7:08 PM