Oh hai. We be back on September 2 cuz we's celebrayding Labuh Day. Eating Cheezburgers all nite long. K, Bai.
Also: Granny surfs baggage conveyor belt.
Also: Americans bailing on late summer trips.
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Oh hai. We be back on September 2 cuz we's celebrayding Labuh Day. Eating Cheezburgers all nite long. K, Bai.
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· CaroPhila alerts us to more Lego Travel in Philadelphia.
· TVfanNYC is down to play any sort of nostalgic old game with a certain Desperate Housewife:
I would play Dominos with Eva any time! She's awesome.
· Ecortes is not afraid to go loud and proud with his Jersey Shore pride.
Currently headed to the Jersey shore and will prove tourists that NOT every beach has needles!!! I'll snap a pic on my camera and prove Jersey isn't the armpit of America.
· Meanwhile EGW sampled the fare at Empanada Joe's and encountered some unexpected marking/branding gimmicks:
If you go examine the ends of your empanada for the "EJ" trademark for Empanada Joe's. My pina colada empanada had PC stamped at the other end as well. Mass marketing gone delicious?
It's hard for us to even type these words but we kinda wish we were flying on United Airlines today. That's because Westin Hotels is handing out pillows to doggies!
Just kidding. Sort of. Westin is handing out pillows and blankets to all United passengers passing through JFK today in an effort to publicize their recent partnership with the airline.]]>
Now that we know who will join McCain at the big convention, it's time to party all the time with the Republicans in Minnesota.
The SaintPaulitan has released a map of bars that will be temporarily throwing open their doors till 4AM in honor of conventioneers, but do you really want to meet some guy or gal crying into their beer because they hearted Huckabee? ]]>
This week, our Cambodia embed, Tim Patterson, is giving us the inside scoop on the country, live from a guesthouse in Sihanoukville.
A window to depravity opened last Saturday afternoon in Koh Kong, a boom town on the Thai border. My buddy Jon had to catch a flight home from Bangkok at seven the next morning. How to cap off his Cambodian adventure?
"Theoretically, we could hire half a dozen prostitutes, load up on cocaine, watch orangutans beat each other up in the boxing ring at Safari World and cap it all off with an all-night drunken flight to Bangkok," I mused.
"That would be memorable," said Jon. ]]>
There's no better way to end the summer than with an outdoor music festival right on the beach. Celebrate your Labor Day weekend in Virginia Beach at the Verizon Wireless Music Festival.
Things kickoff this evening as the festival celebrates its 15th year of winding down the summer season. Tonight's headline on the 5th Street Main Stage is Morris Day and The Time. A $30 weekend ticket will get you into the show along with the Billy Idol concert on Saturday and the B52's concert on Sunday. If money is a little tight, there are three other stages with free concerts each night. Los Lobos, War and Warrant are just some of the artists that are performing for free.
The shows end with a fireworks display on both Friday and Sunday evenings. Even if you aren't a big fan of the music, there's always plenty to do and eat as you wander through the street vendors that set up shop for the weekend festivities. If you still have your doubts about the weekend in Virginia Beach, there's a Blues-fest in only a couple more weeks if that's more you style.
Related Stories:
· Verizon Wireless American Music Festival [Official Site]
· Labor Day Travel coverage [Jaunted]
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Jaunted is planning our fall travel with some help from the networks. Check out our Fall TV 2008 Map to go where your new favorite characters go.
What if the Gossip Girls were shipped to sunny Florida? That's the rough premise behind the CW's new series "Privileged" (Sept. 9, 9 pm), starring Joanna Garcia (left) as an Ivy League-educated tutor to two filthy rich and spoiled orphans (Ashley Newbrough and Lucy Hale of last year's "Bionic Woman" remake).
The series, based on the Zoey Dean novel How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls, is set in Florida, where the girls' grandmother (Anne Archer, Michael Douglas' wife in "Fatal Attraction") is raising them. But it's shot in SoCal, which is how "Hills" star Lauren Conrad was able to film a guest spot earlier this week.
Related Stories:
· Four More Join CW's "Privileged," "Easy Money" [Zap2It]
· "Privileged" [Official Site]
· Lauren Conrad To Appear On CW's "Privileged" [OMG!]
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