Man vs. Food

Guest post from: Joe Castro

My favorite travel show is Man vs Food. It's basically about a guy who travels all over the United States - and sometimes beyond - trying all kinds of famous foods and the dishes that put places on the map. Adam, the host, is a big, jolly guy who loves to eat and makes the best faces when he's tasting something for the first time, whether it's a great Philadelphia hot dog or a strange Puerto Rican delicacy.

I watch the show all the time and I've pretty much seen every episode. I have direct tv, so I can watch it whenever I want - my husband gets annoyed sometimes, but I don't bug him when he's watching football, so he'll just have to deal with it!

I love the way the show gives you a great look at both foods and major cities. I mean, if you're going to travel, you'll eventually have to branch out and eat something there - you won't have a choice. I like to think that the next time I go on vacation, I'll go to one of Adam's spots and I'll already know exactly what I should eat, because he's already done it for me.

Plus - and this might just be me - but I think Adam's pretty cute, too.

The New Southwest Airlines Ads Confuse Me

Okay, I admit it. I don't get these new commercials for Southwest Airlines that I've been seeing lately.



I mean, obviously I understand what they're saying - you can only find Southwest fares on Southwest.com, not on any of the big travel sites like Orbitz, Travelocity, etc.  What I don't get is why this is supposed to be a good thing.  When I'm making travel plans I like to be able to go to sites like Orbitz and get fares (or hotel room rates or whatever it is) from a bunch of different airlines at once so that I can compare.  I might then go to a specific airline's website from there, but I think it's convenient to be able to go to one site and see a lot of options.  So the fact that Southwest fares aren't on those sites is better for me...how?

"You want to fly all over, you don't want to browse all over."  Well, yeah.  And if I have to go to Orbitz/Travelocity/Expedia/whatever to look at some airlines, and then go to Southwest.com to see how their fares compare, that is browsing all over.  If anything, it makes me less likely to fly Southwest, not more likely.

Is there something I'm missing with this?  Help me out here, people.