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By Cari, on February 1st, 2008%
I’m still behind in reading so I just spotted an interesting article from Sunday’s New York Times: Can Darwin’s Lab Survive Success?
During and following this summer’s class in Cultural & Heritage Tourism Development I learned a lot about tourism at World Heritage sites and did my final paper on endangered world heritage. It’s a sad issue that, in my opinion, doesn’t get near the coverage that it should.
Although I’ve never been to Galápagos, it’s always interested me stemming from research I did as an undergrad about the economic situation in Ecuador (archive of an old tripod page that defies all laws . . . → Keep Going: Galápagos
By Cari, on November 13th, 2007%
Quiet here since school has been taking up far too much of my time. I had my ASP (the Tisch Center’s version of a masters’ thesis) proposal due Friday. If that isn’t accepted I have to do a group research project and since I’ve had it with group projects, I really hope my proposal is accepted. Also working on my business plan for Financial Techniques, the topic of which I changed this weekend. I really do bring it on myself, I swear.
This weekend’s New York Times article Getting Beyond the Ferry is timely. A lot of questions have come up regarding . . . → Keep Going: School/Strike/Etc.
By Cari, on October 9th, 2007%
I’d say I’m reading Wikinomics, but the reality is I started it this morning on the train and decided it required way too much brain power for a Tuesday masquerading as Monday. Nevertheless, I like the idea behind the book and it’s dovetailing well with some of the work I’ve been doing lately:
tracking social media/alternative exposure for CultureFest 2007. That’s been an interesting project because, unlike traditional media, there isn’t a standard list of places to check. Each time I do even a preliminary Google search I come up with venues I’ve never heard of – let alone having thought to . . . → Keep Going: Wikinomics
By Cari, on September 11th, 2007%
Impressive? Well no, I sometimes miss the 18 min door to door from GSH and will probably never top the Wooden Indian, but I thought that was pretty good. I left the office (on 7th between 52nd and 53rd) at 5:15 and walked into the house at 6:22. That included speed walking to the GCT Entrance at 47th and Madison, catching the super express 5:36 to Tarrytown and immediately jumping aboard the TZX. I then had to walk around the corner. I wasn’t looking forward to commuting by train, and I’m sure there are days where the timing isn’t going to . . . → Keep Going: Commute Time: 1 hr, 7 min
By Cari, on September 10th, 2007%
So I’m not totally crazy in that I wouldn’t love to live within spitting distance of work and school, however commuting by bus/train has its benefits. Namely I have my reading time back, something rarely seen last year. Today I read 106 pages between the morning and the evening commutes and loved it.
Much like For Love and a Beetle, Unlikely Destinations/Once While Travelling tells the story of travel in days long gone. I’m finding it interesting to see how Tony and Maureen Wheeler got the idea to start up Lonely Planet and what their own early days of travel entailed. . . . → Keep Going: Commute Redux…
By Cari, on September 7th, 2007%
I’d like to say this is the end of week 1, however I have class tomorrow. Yes, on a Saturday. Ideal, no. Manageable, yes. I think it will be an interesting class.
For those who didn’t know, I got the internship I really wanted at NYC & Company. I’ve been there for three days and am working on both arts/culture fact sheets and CultureFest 2007. I really enjoy what I’m doing because a) it’s fun and b) it allows me to learn about goings on in the city that I had no idea about including Robert Capa’s This is War!, which reminds
me . . . → Keep Going: NYC & Company / Semester Week 1 / Economics of the Commute
By Cari, on August 1st, 2007%
so at 11:34 AM today, I e-mailed the final paper for Sports Tourism. It was a fun paper but I was glad to be done with it.
I ended up writing the paper on The Socio-Cultural and Economic Impacts of Sports Tourism with a special focus on Prague’s chances of hosting a future Olympiad. This wasn’t the direction I’d intended on, but the research seemed interesting so I went with it. Final paper was just shy of 25 pages. The C&HT paper isn’t due until the 18th but I’m going to get it done so I don’t have to worry about it . . . → Keep Going: One Paper Down
By Cari, on July 22nd, 2007%
Follow up on my previous post on the new seven wonders (linked because I haven’t been able to get the related posts widget to work)
Newest Wonders of the World Prompt More Than Wonder from today’s New York Times is an interesting article.
“We believe there is a risk that these sites will become tourist attractions like Disneyland,” said Sue Williams, a Unesco spokeswoman, adding, “The campaign seemed quite commercially driven and another way to lure in more tourist dollars.”
While I understand the risk that over-development and over-touristing can damage a destination, it’s not as if any of these wonders are new destinations. . . . → Keep Going: NY Times on the New Seven Wonders
By Cari, on July 9th, 2007%
…and I must admit I agree with this backpackers.com post: do we really care?
I think the results are interesting but not particularly surprising. I’ve been to one (Rome) , and while I have an interest in the others, this designation isn’t going to make me any more or less likely to visit. I’m not sure I could rank the others in terms of where I’m more likely to go than others…
I voted for Kiyomizdera in Kyoto because it’s one of my favourite places in Japan, if not the world, but I’m not surprised it didn’t win. Of course I completely forgot . . . → Keep Going: so now we know the new seven wonders…
By Cari, on June 28th, 2007%
Officially became a ‘wrap’ this morning when my backpack arrived. Glad that it arrived in one piece, it didn’t have any exciting adventures. Just seemed to want a longer layover at LHR since it arrived at JFK on BA 113 on Tuesday. I still think what happened was it made it to London on the earlier flight from Geneva and then they couldn’t find it when they went to load the luggage for BA115 on Monday.
When I think about the trip as a whole, I get Rainbow Tour in my head:
Let’s hear it for the Rainbow Tour
It’s been an . . . → Keep Going: Europe 2007: It’s a Wrap…
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