Bugaboo makes
one purty-ass stroller, and they'll tell you what to do with it in a New! Modern! Different! Artsy! way. Enter
Bugaboo Daytrips, a site that gives you culture-lovin' walking tours of some of the world's nicest places. Of course each tour is illustrated by a contemporary artist, because this isn't your everyday boring old map. You can click on the numbers on the map to see photos and a compelling description of each location along the way, then download a map to take with you on your journey. It's all so lush and modern and fabulous, I feel like I oughta wear nicer shoes just to browse the site. So far my only complaint is that the clean look makes this puppy a little tricky to navigate at times. And we'll hope the walking tours don't have the same problem.
I strolled around Portland for a while--online, of course (it's not like I get to go on vacation or anything, she says bitterly) and it was nice. Then I decided to check out San Francisco, since I'm familiar with what we arrogantly refer to as, "the City." Golden Gate Park without lots of homeless people? How did they manage that? But I will confess, even as a longtime local, I did not know we had gnomes. Next time I'm doing the tour in UK English, so I can read about all the pretty colours.
