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Addressed to Kill
I just read your article on how we Americans are sold across the way in the UK. I have to say that site, “You’ve seen the films, now visit the set,” is the most horrible USA travel site I've ever seen. Well, there’s probably worse, but I have yet to see one. America is not entirely as garish and boring as that site would seem to indicate.
You had asked for some recommendations on things to see and do besides the Space Needle and the Empire State Building. Well, here are a few of the places I’ve been, and some of the sights:
1) Georgetown, Virginia: Great old homes and brownstones, quaint shops and excellent pubs with a lot of young up and coming college intelligentsia. Some of the best seafood around.
2) The Florida Keys: A string of beautiful islands off the south Florida coast. Each island has its own charm, from scuba diving off Key Largo, to excellent shops, and a makeshift bohemian circus at Mallory Square in Key West.
3) Savannah, Georgia: Historic homes and original plantations, excellent fine dining, beautiful waterways and islands, and almost as many ghosts as the Tower of London. And a load of party people.
4) South Beach, Florida: For the obvious reasons. It’s fun, go there.
5) Williamsburg, Brooklyn: If it’s the next big thing on the East Coast, it starts here.
6) Columbus, Ohio: Home of Victoria’s Secret (bet you’d never guess that), and also has the USA’s highest per capita population of gay men and women. Er, at least, it seems like it.
- J.J. Smiley
I just read your article on how we Americans are sold across the way in the UK. I have to say that site, “You’ve seen the films, now visit the set,” is the most horrible USA travel site I've ever seen. Well, there’s probably worse, but I have yet to see one. America is not entirely as garish and boring as that site would seem to indicate.
You had asked for some recommendations on things to see and do besides the Space Needle and the Empire State Building. Well, here are a few of the places I’ve been, and some of the sights:
1) Georgetown, Virginia: Great old homes and brownstones, quaint shops and excellent pubs with a lot of young up and coming college intelligentsia. Some of the best seafood around.
2) The Florida Keys: A string of beautiful islands off the south Florida coast. Each island has its own charm, from scuba diving off Key Largo, to excellent shops, and a makeshift bohemian circus at Mallory Square in Key West.
3) Savannah, Georgia: Historic homes and original plantations, excellent fine dining, beautiful waterways and islands, and almost as many ghosts as the Tower of London. And a load of party people.
4) South Beach, Florida: For the obvious reasons. It’s fun, go there.
5) Williamsburg, Brooklyn: If it’s the next big thing on the East Coast, it starts here.
6) Columbus, Ohio: Home of Victoria’s Secret (bet you’d never guess that), and also has the USA’s highest per capita population of gay men and women. Er, at least, it seems like it.
- J.J. Smiley