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Hazelmail
It’s January. You’re sun worshipping in Mexico. Your mission is to make friends and family back at home feel as crappy as possible.
You need the right postcard.
No faded pic of burritos and sombreros is gonna cut it. Here’s the ultimate way to arouse envy and loathing: Hazelmail, a new online postcard generator that allows you to upload your own picture, write a message and –with a click of the mouse – mail the masterpiece. Artistic possibilities abound…ie: a you/me split screen juxtaposition (snap of the recipient scraping ice from a windshield, you being basted in oil by the Mexican male model squad).
$1.50 US at www.hazelmail.com
From my weekly travel gear column in
Hermetic Holidays
REB’S GIFT GUIDE EXTRAVAGANZA
Testosterone
Techie
Jock
Explorer
Gentleman
Chef
Estrogen
Hopeless Romantic
Environmentalist
Geekette
Tomboy
Fashionista
Holidays' Most Wanted List
The tree is trimmed. The nuts are mixed. Dad is slumped in the armchair looking grumpy. Hark, it’s Christmastime again! What joy!
View the most wanted list here.
Those Heaving Bosoms Could be Yours
Enter the Personalized Romance Novel, the perfect gift for that travel-obsessed couple that dreams of ravishing one another abroad. Choose from 24 pre-formatted stories (a historical high seas fling, a Tahitian tryst and a New Orleans Mardi Gras grope are amongst the offerings), decide on the rating (“wild” or “mild), input 26 personal details about the relationship, upload a photo and presto: a sizzling memento of the trip that never was…or the inspiration for the trip that is to be. $49.95-$119.95 US at www.yournovel.com
From my weekly travel gear column in
Everyday Guy Jeans and Artsy Glasses
Many Englishfolk I know wake up on Saturday mornings to an assertive hangover. Depending on who/what is occupying the other side of the bed, a healthy dose of regret often enhances the nausea. And the solution is a fry-up washed down with hair of the dog.
I prefer to arise to The Guardian’s Weekend Magazine.
A Standing Innovation
Available online at www.femalefreedom.ca
From my weekly travel gear column in
Extra! Extra!
Here is a round-up of some of my work that has appeared in papers across Canada over the past few weeks.
ST LUCIA: JAW-DROPPING ACCOMMODATION
ENGLAND: A TIMBERED TOURIST MAGNET
Rye’s Mermaid Inn is uber-haunted...by Tudorphiles like me.
BOX SET! Watch my video on Rye here.
TORONTO: 37 TAKES ON COOL
MADAGASCAR: THE MOVIE 
Read my interview with writer/directors Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, who explain how a special trip to Africa inspired the creative team of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
Blasting off on Rocket
I’ll be joining Rupert Lloyd Thomas on Rocket FM in Lewes, East Sussex tonight from 6-7pm GMT to discuss travel, Bonfire Night and all sorts of frivolous trivia.
You can listen live online at http://www.rocketfm.org.uk/streaming/index.html
We will also dial up Toronto musician friends Billy Reid and The Human Statues, do a little cross-Atlantic chin wagging and share some of their latest pop offerings.
Do tune in, it will be a blast!