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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.
AS LIGHT AS AIR
I want to commend American Way’s
sense of humor and lighthearted tone, all while providing solid and
informative content. Establishing a fun personality for the magazine
keeps it enjoyable and easy to read. I look forward to Sherri “Kate”
Gulczynski Burns’s editor’s note. She strikes me as the kind of person
that I would like to have as a friend: smart, funny, and down-to-earth.
My only request is that you add more Sudoku puzzles, and maybe consider
adding an “extra gentle” category for those occasional short flights
(or short attention spans).
Cirabel olsen, miami, Florida
Dear Cirabel: Thanks
for the kind words. Sherri “Kate” Gulczynski Burns is indeed the kind
of person you’d want as a friend. Especially when you need to borrow 20
bucks.
100 APOLOGIESM
Your Majesty: I called you
Kate instead of Sherri. I’m so sorry! I guess I mixed you up with Kate
Bosworth, since you two look so much alike (does that get me out of the
doghouse a little?). I’m so sorry.
Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton, Massachusetts
Dear Ben:
Her majesty will forgive you as long as you promise to write “I will
never again refer to Sherri Gulczynski Burns as Kate” 100 times on the
nearest blackboard.
AN ELITE CLUB ALL THEIR OWN
I’m
a member of a subset of the road warriors, a group I call Working Out
of State Employees, or WOOSEs. We typically fly out on Monday mornings
— or, if we’re dedicated, on Sunday nights — and return home on Friday.
We possess certain characteristics that differentiate us from the
typical road warrior. See if you qualify to be a WOOSE. You might be a
WOOSE if:
• Your web favorites include Seatguru.com for seat selection and at least three travel sites.
• You have the elite reservation number on your cell phone’s speed dial.
• The gate agents, flight attendants, and pilots of your regular shuttle route know you by name.
• You qualify for elite status by segments, not by miles.
• You have a preferred room number that your regular hotel always reserves for you.
• You know the secret to turning on a hotel-lobby juice machine after hours.
• Your cell phone’s contact list includes the front-desk numbers of at least five airport hotels.
• The restaurant at your regular work location has your regular table and knows your favorites.
• At smaller locales, the car-rental company blocks a specific vehicle for you.
• Finally, you are a true WOOSE if you can reserve a flight on AA.com in under three minutes.
John Strupeck, Carol Stream, Illinois
Dear John:
Great list! In fact, we love it so much, we’d like to contribute. Kind
of an extra challenge for you and your fellow travelers: You might be a
WOOSE if you can spell, in alphabetical order, every name on our
masthead.
ROLLING RIGHT ALONG
I just found your
article “Straight Shooters” [August 1] online, and I had to drop you a
line to tell you how much I appreciated it. My name is Chris King, and
I was one of the younger guys hanging around the Marble Club Super Dome
while you were here working on your story. I have read any article on
Rolley-Hole I can [get my hands on] in the last three years, and your
story has to be one of the most accurate I have seen.
There
aren’t many journalists who get past the first paragraph without
turning it into a story about the cute hillbillies they stumbled across
while they were in Kentucky. You truly described it as the quirky
subculture that it is. Thank you for the story and the great picture
(it is my screen saver now).
Chris King, Tompkinsville, Kentucky
Dear Chris:
Seeing as how our staff here at the magazine is a quirky subculture all
its own, your engaging pastime was right up our alley. We’re glad you
enjoyed our story on Rolley-Hole!
Yo!
Free Stuff
WILLIAM E. RONCA III is the latest winner of our Favorite Letter Giveaway. Want a chance to win something? Write us a letter!
In our September 1 issue, WILLIAM E. RONCA III
wrote to tell us the moving story of the birth of his first child, made
all the more dramatic by his predawn dash from an American Airlines
flight to his wife’s side in the delivery room. With our thanks for his
sharing his experience with our readers, William has won our Favorite
Letter Giveaway, earning himself Delsey’s Helium Lite 100 luggage. For
more information, go to www.delseyusa.com. Want to win something too? Drop us a line sometime.
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