Tripping to Paradise

Posted April 25th, 2007 by Antonia Malchik

Tom Swick’s column this week is a laugh-out-loud-inducing description of what paradise would be like if we could travel there. I’m not sure if it’s so funny because of the tone, the content, or both. Among the highlights: in restaurants, fish was always caught that morning and the word “sinful” never appears on the menu. All hotel rooms have views and Carl Kasell does the wake-up calls (for non-US residents or non-NPR listeners, well, you’ll just have to trust on this one — there’s actually a radio contest where the winner gets Carl’s voice for their home answering machine message). “Karaoke is against the law” and “taxi drivers speak whatever language you do.” My favorite? “The immigration process concludes with the passing out of chocolate truffles.”

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