Nov 3rd, 2009 at 8:00AM: Earlier this year, Gadling ran a promotion challenging readers to define their perfect road trip. The winner of the competition won a two day road trip of their choice in a brand new Cadillac SRX, with fuel, lodging and airfare all covered. We had a wealth of excellent entries ranging from trips through the Florida Keys to leaf tours through the Northeast to jaunts down the California coast, but ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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On the road in Oregon with the 2010 Cadillac SRX
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 8:00AM: Earlier this year, Gadling ran a promotion challenging readers to define their perfect road trip. The winner of the competition won a two day road trip of their choice in a brand new Cadillac SRX, with fuel, lodging and airfare all covered. We had a wealth of excellent entries ranging from trips through the Florida Keys to leaf tours through the Northeast to jaunts down the California coast, but ...Photo of the Day (10.25.09)
Oct 25th, 2009 at 7:00PM: A famous landmark need not be the subject of your travel photos. As Flickr user justin fain demonstrates in today's choice, sometimes an alternate perspective is all that's needed to make your photo shine. The wonderful texture of the binoculars, coupled with the blurry silhouette of the lighthouse in the back, lend this image a great sense of depth and visual interest. You almost feel like you're ...See Chicago wieners (and others) on IgoUgo list
Jul 3rd, 2009 at 2:00PM: Chicago makes several appearances on IgoUgo's list of top hotdog establishments, but there are plenty of spots across the country where you can pick up a great hotdog. My favorite apparently made the cut – a shortcoming of the list, I guess. For me, it doesn't get better than Popo's, in Swampscott, MA, and my local shop, Gray's Papaya, is no slouch, either.
And, don't forget that there are ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 7.1.09
Jul 1st, 2009 at 7:00PM: Welcome to the glorious month of July here at Gadlinks! There's plenty of great reads out there, so let's get started:
Do you want the lowdown on what's going on in Honduras right now? I know I do! I found a great explanation of the Honduran coup at the Moon blog, written by the Moon Honduras author, Amy E. Robertson.
The Pamplona Bull Run begins in less than a week! Here's a great guide to ...Chattanooga, Portsmouth among top art destinations in the U.S.
Apr 18th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Who thought that Tennessee and New Hampshire would be some of the top towns in the country for art lovers. AmericanStyle magazine just issued the results of its twelfth annual arts destinations poll. Some spots are predictable. Others, like Chattanooga, will just blow your mind. This is the first year Chattanooga made the list, shooting all the way up to second in the mid-sized city category. If ...More Maine travel: Backstage Pass: Rock & Roll Photography
Mar 15th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Maine has been on my radar lately. My husband has talked about heading there this summer. A friend who I don't hear from often emailed me about skiing in Maine which prompted a post on skiing in Maine. The options for Maine skiing will take you right on into April.
Then while researching for a post on maple syrup festivals I found Maine is involved with the maple syrup action as well. Today while ...Lawsuit leaves airline feeling blue
Jan 18th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Bill Baker was mad. This crotchety blogger was so pissed at JetBlue that he took the airline to small claims court. On January 16, 2009, victory was sweet, to the tune of $494. The money, he says, will be donated to charity. Clearly, one lone nut blogger can make a difference. JetBlue delayed Baker's red-eye flight from Portland, OR to New York for five hours, before announcing the cancellation ...U.S. News: Best (healthy) place to retire
Sep 19th, 2008 at 3:00PM: Wonderful exercise options, a robust, eco-friendly economy, and beautiful vistas give Portland, Maine what U.S. News & World Report calls the "best healthy place to retire." (And after reading the article, it doesn't sound like a terrible place to vacation, either.) Here's just a few of the reasons why.
A multitude of ways to stay in shape. Portland's proximity to both the water on one ...The Horse Project in Portland, Oregon
Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:30PM: There's so much to see and do in a big city like Portland that a tourist could easily miss out on some of the coolest parts of the city. You've probably been told before that it's good to stop and smell the roses from time to time; in the Rose City, I like to stop and look for the horses. What? Yes, horses. They're all over the streets of Portland. Really. Dating back to the days of real ...New Airline Makes Catching a Plane Almost as Easy as Catching a Taxi
Sep 4th, 2008 at 12:00PM: It happens all the time. The one hour flight from one city to another is turned into a five hour adventure with security checkpoints, baggage claim traffic jams and surly airport staff. It would often be easier, cheaper and faster to drive (literally). If only there was an easier way to fly. A new airline in the Pacific Northwest is seeking to take the hassle out of commuter flights. The small ...Where to plan your next environmentally vacation: 15 green cities
Aug 19th, 2008 at 4:00PM: The good folks at Grist put together their own list of 15 green cities. Although their thought was probably to showcase the green efforts made by local governments and locals to make the cities more environmentally friendly, in reading it I realized it was a great list of places to chose your next eco-vacation. If you're looking to take public transportation, play in parks and learn more about ...Black velvet painting museum
May 20th, 2008 at 9:00AM: In Albuquerque, New Mexico, it's not uncommon to see people selling velvet paintings from a parking lot stand. Whenever I passed by these makeshift displays, I always wondered who might buy such paintings. I have an answer. There is one couple in Portland, Oregon who has bought more than 1,000 over the past ten years.
Collecting velvet paintings is an endeavor they take seriously and have a ...Another great race: The Urban Iditarod
Tonya Harding "whack around the world" opera showing in Portland
Feb 23rd, 2008 at 6:30PM: Tonya Harding, the Pacific Northwest's ultimate bad girl, is back in the spotlight. It has been 14 years since the notorious figure skaters' drama--the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan leg-whacking episode-- took place, but Tonya gets to relive it all over again on stage.
The story has been turned into a rock opera that you can catch in downtown Portland at the World Trade Center. "Tonya & Nancy: ...No Wrong Turns: Portland's Powell's, Ponies and Police
Feb 19th, 2008 at 8:00AM: After a harrowing drive from Calgary to Vancouver due to ice, snow, and psychotic truck drivers, Tom and I managed to make it to Vancouver to visit with family and get one more vaccine for our trip. Next up was Portland, Oregon. But we had to cross the US border and play nice with the officers. The conversation that took place in the car before went like this: Me: "Ok, so I know they ask all sorts ...Hotel deals for Leap Year birthday folks and their pals, goldfish included
Jan 24th, 2008 at 11:20AM: If you've looked ahead to February's calendar page, you may have noticed the extra day tacked on. Yep, this is Leap Year. When I was talking about it with people earlier today, we wondered if that meant one extra day of work. It's on a Friday this year.
For those folks who happen to have been born on February 29th and have identification to prove it, head to a Kimpton Hotel. There's a deal with ...TV tourism: 132 and Bush, where are you?
Nov 11th, 2007 at 11:33AM: COPS is on all the time, it seems, and if you have cable with more than a few channels, chances are you can flip around and find an episode on any time of the day or night. In fact, just yesterday COPS aired it's 700th episode. I've been watching the show for as long as I can remember, and I've always wondered something that has perplexed me until today. At the closing credits, directly after the ...Haunted Tours for Halloween Fun: West Coast Edition
Oct 14th, 2007 at 9:00AM: Want more haunted tour ideas? As promised, we've got some! Hop on your broomstick and fly with us to the western US, where we've uncovered eight more haunted tours to scare you silly this Halloween season: Denver, CO: Morrison is a short distance from downtown Denver, but this Colorado Haunted History Tour sounds like it's worth the trip out of town. Learn about the Hatchet Lady of Red Rocks and ...Come Visit Portland, OR! Just Don't Move Here, Please.
Aug 16th, 2007 at 4:50PM: It rains here all the time, it really does. Do not move here, you will regret it! At least that's what the locals want you to think. The more people move here, the more developed and expensive the city will become. While the "transplants" generally like that idea, a lot of locals dread it.
In terms of quality of life, Portland consistently ranks near the top of all American cities. Oregon seems ...Portland's "Voodoo Doughnut": The Magic Is In The Hole
Feb 28th, 2007 at 5:58PM: Triple Chocolate Penetration. Cock-n-Balls. Butter Fingering. No, these aren't the names of the movies your co-workers talk about in hushed voices. These are some of the doughnuts made by the whacked-out guys at Portland's Voodoo Doughnut. They also feature a Vegan doughnut, an Apple Fritter doughnut "as big as your head," and -- my favorite -- a voodoo doll doughnut, which is stuffed with berry ...
