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Letter Rip
We love letters. Maybe it’s because our
grandmas always used to tape a quarter to our birthday cards when we
were little, and we now have this Pavlovian thing going on. Regardless,
we want to hear from you. Sing our praises, bust our chops, or just
tell us what’s on your mind. Send it to editor@americanwaymag.com.
LUXURY ISN’T EVERYTHING
I’m not sure why I started reading your Air Mail
section. Was it the “Letter Rip” that caught my eye? The note about
grandmas? Or the “Yo! Free Stuff”? I have to admit that getting
something free would be cool.
You changed the overall format of
the magazine, and I find it more fun and informative. I really enjoyed
your piece on Sandra Oh [“Oh, Barcelona!” August 1]. All of your
writers should strive to capture what Mark Seal did in this interview.
For the first time, a celebrity’s interview made me want to visit the
location they were talking about. Plus, I got the sense that Oh really
enjoyed exploring the city. This may be the first article that listed
inexpensively and moderately priced places for lodging and dining.
Outside
of business travel and expense accounts, it shouldn’t always be about
staying in fancy hotels, eating in the most expensive restaurants, and
shopping. Traveling is also about going places that are different from
where you live and experiencing new cultures, food, and sights. I’d
rather read about someone “shooting some noodles” (my father’s term for
eating a bowl of noodles) at a sidewalk noodle stand in Bangkok or
walking down the street in the morning eating fried bananas, pineapple,
and a Coke in preparation for a long hot day of sightseeing. Then, of
course, there are all those great little thatch-roofed bars on beaches
all over the world, like one of my favorites near Tulum, Mexico. I’ve
been to nice resorts, but I also like to go off the beaten path.
Getting
back to your letters column, I agree that people don’t write letters
anymore. Growing up, I loved to get letters in the mail. Did you ever
have one of those long-distance relationships in which you wrote a
letter a day? Now we get only bills and junk mail in our mailboxes.
When I went off to college, my parents were living in Taiwan. My mom
was a great cook, and she told me that for each typed letter I sent to
them, she would send me one of her recipes. I still have all those
index cards with many of my favorite dishes on them.
Kevin R. Sheehan, Arlington, Virginia
Dear
Kevin: Since we’re trying to get our holiday dishes in order, do you
think that if we wrote you a letter a day, we could get our hands on
some of your mom’s great recipes? Please?
OH MY!
One of the things I look forward to on business trips is American Way.
The celebrity city tours are always highlights but not often something
I can relate to. Sandra Oh, however, took me to a place that wasn’t
filled with hotels and restaurants that were listed as “expensive” or
“very expensive.” Barcelona sounds like a city that everyone can enjoy.
Oh made it sound fun and exciting. American Airlines to Madrid and
Iberia Airlines to Barcelona — my wife and I are ready! Thanks for this
outstanding article.
Paul Brunner, St. Louis, Missouri
Dear Paul: We’re always glad when we can offer travel suggestions that don’t break the bank (yours or ours).
NOT-JUST-DOMESTIC BLISS
I am a fairly frequent American Airlines customer, and I always enjoy American Way. The word American
appears in your magazine’s name, though I have found that your
publication offers an international perspective. Just as I consider
American Airlines an international airline, I think of your magazine in
the same way.
Jukka Terho, Barbados
Dear Jukka:
Clearly, you are a well-traveled individual. To the lovers of the world
that we are, that makes this compliment from you even more valuable.
The next time we need to pick an exotic place to vacation, we may just
be contacting you for advice.
 Yo!
Free Stuff
CHRIS KING is the latest winner of our Favorite Letter Giveaway. Want a chance to win something as well? Write us a letter!
In our September 15 issue, CHRIS KING
wrote to thank us, in about as humble and appreciative a way as we’ve
seen in some time, for our story on one of his favorite pastimes,
Rolley-Hole. For that, Chris has won our Favorite Letter Giveaway,
earning himself the new iPort FS-2, which is compatible with all iPods
that have a dock connector and lets consumers seamlessly link an iPod
to their home-entertainment system. For more information, go to www.iportmusic.com. Want to win something too? Drop us a line sometime.
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