Today’s POTD comes from our own Jason Calacanis,
who it seems spent his Fourth of July on and around beautiful (ahem) Coney Island. In the spirit of Earth Day and the
enterprising nature of Americans, the photo depicts an eager fellow in search of nickel returns…making a buck off
someone’s muck, as a friend once put it.
Tropicana Delite
While I’m on the topic of keeping your cool during the hot summer season, here’s a delightful find
I just happened to come across by plugging in the right search words. POPSICLE
and RESTAURANTS. The Tropicana Delite
located in Escondido, California has been home of the popular rice popsicle for quite a while now. Owner
Henry Ibarra has been making ice cream for decades and learned the craft of making creamy and fruity popsicles of all
sorts in Tijuana. If you’re not into the unusual (hibiscus and cucumber pops) go with what you know and stick to
flavors like coconut, banana, strawberry and coffee. Two-thumbs up Henry.
162 W. Mission Ave, Escondido, CA 92025 (760) 489-8546.
Photo of the Day: (7/01/05)
And while we’re on the topic of lion food,
here is a really intense photo
of some vultures picking at the remains of some poor beast who was a bit less lucky than our human friend in
today’s earlier lion eating person video.
Adult supervision is advised.
Lion Biting Person Video
For your Friday afternoon entertainment (notice I filed this under “food”…sorry, bad joke).
A rather bizarre video
here from Asia of a lion whose got his maw around a person in an Asian zoo. The lion, quite determined it seems to
devour her prey, refuses to let go, even as a horde of people beat and smack him silly. This is one focused lion…or
lioness, as it appears to be female.
All New Worldhum
Worldhum, the online travel magazine whose writing we love, but whose design we sometimes
complained about, has launched with a wonderful 2.0 version. The new site keeps much of the minimalist look and feel of
2.0, but is much better organized that its predecessor. Gone is the odd (but immensely useful) strip of links on
the left, which was replaced by more stories and features. (BTW: The list of travel media has moved to a
new links page.)
This is the best part of the new design, to see so many more content items right up front. Along these lines,
they’ve also added several new features including a column by Rolf Potts called “ask Rolf”, a books feature, a how-to,
and more. Really a significant improvement that moves Worldhum into the top class of online travel sites (not that
they weren’t there before, writing-wise, but look-and-feel-wise you always knew this was a site done by a couple of
dudes in their spare time…which was cool in an of itself…but now they look bona-fide).
Anyhoodle.
The only thing I don’t like is the too long strip of Worldhum plaudits on the right, which takes up valuable real
estate and seems a bit overdone. Sorry, small complaint, but it caught my eye right away. But what the hell, they
deserve it. Worldhum editors Jim Benning and Michael Yessis
have done a serious upgrade here. This is one worth checking out and bookmarking if you have not done so already. And
by the way, if you want to hear Jim Benning talk about Worldhum and travel writing in general, don’t miss
our podcast with him.
Listen now.