Comments on: Possibly the least obvious souvenir ever. Possibly.

By: Satin Jimjams and the Nascent European Sphere: WOOO with gusto | Wombat Diet

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:40:25 +0000

[...] Friends of the Philippines may enjoy this recent post from Little Red Boat Eventually, finding our way back onto Madison Avenue, we waited as the parade of filipino-Americans paraded away down the street. The National Association of Filipino-American Federations, the National Federation of American-Filipino Associations, the Filipino-American National Federated Association of Associated Federations, each came past, each with their own float and their own crowned Miss Filipino-American, waving and a happily glazed fashion at the group of four spectators who stood next to us shouting WOOO at every single one. [...]

By: Invader Stu

Invader Stu — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:23:53 +0000

Now you just need a time machine so you can use the book and visit all the recommended spots.

By: urs

urs — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:27:20 +0000

so your next challenge can be to follow your new guidebook around England?? (you’ll have to dress up as a 1957 American tourist as well and try out some of the phrases they suggest!)

By: asta

asta — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:14:08 +0000

Excellent.
The Strand is a one of my favourite bookstores. It just turned 80 and claims 18 miles of books. I usually have to be pulled out if there. Near Union Square.. Broadway and 12th.

oh right.. If you do take a cab… just ask to be taken to the nearest corner. requesting an exact address usually adds time and money to the fare. You know that already, don’t you?

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:15:27 +0000

That’s funny!

I’ve never been to NY, other than waiting in an airport for about an hour for a connecting flight to Heathrow. I think NY would scare me. London scares me. I think I’ve been living in Oregon too long.

By: joeinvegas

joeinvegas — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:48:04 +0000

Glad you get to see more of the world. Hope you have better luck understanding the language here, but that is New York so it might be as difficult as Hindi.

By: Damian

Damian — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:10:40 +0000

Brilliant, you’re in New York. I forgot that you’d asked for travel tips a little while ago.

Looking for free wi-fi - try the Borders Bookshop down near Wall Street. (Although, let’s face it, most of the bookshops will probably have it.)

You can get an excellent meal, for very little money, at The Original Soup Man - various locations around the city. Keep an eye out for it.

Also look at Bryant Park, beside the New York Public Library. They wheel the book trolleys out into the park so you can sit at the little tables under the trees and read.

And look at The Meadow in Central Park - it’s got rules that protect you from noisy oiks. What a place!

Bloomingdales is quite good too.

I wouldn’t waste your money on the horse and carriage rides in Central Park - we found our ride very disppointing.

By: Thames Television

Thames Television — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:36:44 +0000

The Wish You Were Here team send their kindest regards, but regret to inform you that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

By: Richard Gillin

Richard Gillin — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:15:07 +0000

The sort that tells you when you enter a railway carriage to shake hands with all the other passengers as it is only polite?

By: Pierre L

Pierre L — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:49:49 +0000

I am sure that 1957 was a good year for American tourists visiting Britain, so enjoy your guide. As I live near Reading, I quite like looking at old road maps which show the progress of the M4 and M40 motorways.
I wouldn’t rely too much on the prices in your 50 year old guidebook though - you might have to do more than converting them to decimal currency.