Why We Love Samantha Brown on Travel Channel
Hey Kids,
We could spend the day talking about the MTV Video Music Awards and Britney's pathetic "not trying" performance, or how our best friend Jennifer Garner looked FANTASTIC as she struggled to promote her movie and present an award, but instead we'll talk about something we love unconditionally. Like Samantha Brown on The Travel Channel.
Who is she? How can you not know??? Samantha Brown is the host of Girl Meets Hawaii, Great Hotels (where she gets to stay in these fantastic hotels around the country and you feel like you're on holiday with her), Passport to Europe and the current Passport to Latin America.
Steve and I first met Sam about three years ago. I was reviewing a resort in Palm Springs. Steve and I were sleeping in a wonderful suite with a pillow-topped mattress, and Steve turned on the Travel Channel-- something we didn't have at that time in our apartment. And there was Samantha Brown doing her wonderful job on a Great Hotels marathon.
Four hours later, we decided we should get something to eat. So we did. And then we came back to the suite, and rather than do any research/writing on this resort, we sat in bed eating snacks, drinking cocktails and watching more Great Hotels episodes.
The thing about Samantha that's so amazing, is you feel like she's your best friend. She's so funny and smart, but she has such a genuine respect and appreciation for the places and people she visits that she's a delight to watch. And when she says things like, "I booked us a suite..." you're thinking, Oh my God, how cool! I can't wait to see it! because she's natural in her hosting skills that you think you really are there with her. She's kind of nerdy (in a really good way), super funny, and we know she loves the same stuff we do. We knew it before-- we sensed it-- but then we saw this segment on Passport to Latin America.
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Anyway, after all this, we want to accomplish a couple things with our Samantha Brown obsession. The first, is getting Samantha Brown one of our Xanadu shirts. She will love us for that, even more than she already will upon meeting meeting us (if that's humanly possible). The second, is to have her and her husband over for dinner. Or we'll meet them out for drinks. Or we'll just connect with them when we're traveling in some foreign country or state and have a fantastic time together.
If anyone knows Sam, please pass on the word. Seriously. We know she'd love us as much as we love her. I mean, if nothing else, she's a Xanadu fan, and cool people like us need to stick together.