I just added a link over in the navigation bar (right) to my Google Travel Reader page. It’s a daily collection of hand-picked travel stories about California and other newsy items for travelers.
Today’s offerings, for example, include a link to National Geographic’s Intelligent Traveler blog,
which features a monthly playlist of tunes to take along on the road. The current destinations is East Africa. You also find suggested soundtracks for trips to Hawaii, Paris, Italy, New Orleans, Miami, and, of course, Southern California. Browse the playlists here. And check out the other travel stories in today’s Reader here.
Elsewhere: WorldHum compiles a list of 13 Great Travel Horror Movies.
Eco adventures: Virginia Hayes, curator of the Living Collection at Santa Barbara’s wondrous Lotusland botanical gardens, has just released a new book, The Gourmet Garden.
LA Noir weekends: Take in a slice of LA’s seamy history on the “Real Black Dahlia” tour this Saturday or the “The Birth of Noir: James M. Cain’s Southern California Nightmare” on Nov. 8. Esotouric.
Another downtown day trip: J. Michael Walker’s All the Saints of the City of the Angels exhibit opens this weekend at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in LA. “After exhibiting “All the Saints” at the Autry Museum for seven months, I am delighted and honored to be able to present this project in the intriguing (and challenging) environment of Downtown Los Angeles’ austere new cathedral,” the author and painter says.
