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Shake it like a Tahitian

Shake it like a Tahitian var embed_884 = '' In a language that's mostly all vowels, a bit of interpretive dance helps communicate one's deepest thoughts and feelings. Sad? Lower your eyes. Fierce? Scowl and posture. Happy? Shake it, baby. Travelers have been awestruck by Tahitian dancers ever since ...

Exclusive video: inside Virgin America's "Stay Golden" launch

Exclusive video: inside Virgin America's See what it's like to be on the inside of a Virgin America launch event. Full interview with Branson after the break. ...

Up in the Air: George Clooney becomes a frequent flyer

Up in the Air: George Clooney becomes a frequent flyer Trailers for Up in the Air with George Clooney started surfacing on my desk this week, and I must admit, I'm eying them with curiosity, fear and interest. I'm curious and interested because in a way, the film narrates the lives of many people I know, perhaps myself ...

Man's new best friend could be a robot

Man's new best friend could be a robot The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is teaming up with Volkswagen to develop the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent, or "AIDA," an expressive in-car robot which just might bring your driving experience into the new millennium. We've seen major developments in ...

Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Good airport behavior could change the world

Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Good airport behavior could change the world Back in April, Gadling reviewed Step Back from the Baggage Claim, a book Jason Barger wrote about human behavior based on a seven- day trip he took to seven airports without leaving any of them. For the entire week he observed how people conduct themselves in airports and ...

Bowermaster's Adventures -- The Charles Darwin Research Center

Bowermaster's Adventures -- The Charles Darwin Research Center While in the Galapagos filming we ran into an American writer living in Puerto Ayora, the big town on the island of Santa Cruz, researching a book about exactly the same subject of our film – the current state of affairs across the archipelago. Carol Ann Bassett's ...

GPS and PMS

GPS and PMS Men beware: driving with a woman in the passenger seat can make for a hazardous driving experience. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to give directions and been assaulted for getting us lost. Is it better, though, for a woman or a GPS with PMS to give directions? ...

Flight attendant going bonkers? Here's one hilarious explanation

Flight attendant going bonkers? Here's one hilarious explanation For Gadling's day of posts centered on Vintage America, Scott treated us to 10 vintage airline commercials. Those commercials put airlines and their personnel in a positive light. Here's a video with another version of air travel thanks to one very cranky flight attendant. ...

Top Ten All-Time Scariest Travel-Themed Movies

Top Ten All-Time Scariest Travel-Themed Movies tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/27/top-ten-all-time-scariest-travel-themed-movies/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Halloween is a-comin'. In the mood for some scary movies? So are we! That's why we've made a list of the Top Ten All-Time Scariest ...

Vintage candy making in Maine

Vintage candy making in Maine Ever since 1915, Haven's Candies has been making hand-crafted candy in a traditional way, much like the company's founder Herbert Haven and his wife did when they first started making candy in their kitchen. They sold their confections from the parlor of their house on ...

Family Guy in a corn maze at 105-year-old farm

Family Guy in a corn maze at 105-year-old farm In Utah, Edward and Jacob, the two guy hotties in Twilight, have found corn maze fame. At Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts, Brian and Stewie from Family Guy are representing pop culture in an elaboratelyy, mowed cornstalk design. The presence of both of these mazes is ...

Top 10 travel-themed 50's songs

Top 10 travel-themed 50's songs When Jeremy took on top 10 travel-themed 80's songs last week, I headed to the 1950's. Partially influenced by seeing the 1958 movie version of South Pacific this summer, this choice turned up ten songs that range from show tunes to country to R&B. Even though much ...

Artcars given kudos by Smithsonian Magazine

Artcars given kudos by Smithsonian Magazine This month artcars have well-deserved attention by Smithsonian Magazine. The magazine sent a crew to the H Street Festival in Washington, D.C. on September 19th to cover artcar artists and their work. The result is this video that provides a wonderful overview of the artcars ...

Gadlinks for Friday 10.9.09

Gadlinks for Friday 10.9.09 What a week! I don't know about you guys, but I barely survived that one. This weekend will be a relaxing one for sure: cuddle up with some good travel reads and relax. Here are some awesome tips on how to do Hawaii like a local. I have to say, these suggestions are ...

Largest corn maze in Utah pays tribute to Twilight for a perfect Halloween pairing

Largest corn maze in Utah pays tribute to Twilight for a perfect Halloween pairing tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/07/largest-corn-maze-in-utah-pays-tribute-to-twilight-for-a-perfect/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Last year American Idol runner-up David Archuleta made it into corn maze fame in Utah. This year "Twilight" gets the ...

Corn mazes, garden mazes and more via Google Earth

Corn mazes, garden mazes and more via Google Earth tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/06/corn-mazes-garden-mazes-and-more-via-google-earth/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Once a person has seen a video of Sarah Palin's face in a corn maze, it's hard to imagine what might top it. This Google Earth video ...

Top 10 travel-themed 80's songs

Top 10 travel-themed 80's songs tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/06/top-10-travel-themed-80s-songs/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Something happened to songwriters during the 80's. Synthesizers became required instruments, hair got bigger and most importantly, songwriters were ...

Gadlinks for Monday 10.5.09

Gadlinks for Monday 10.5.09 It's the first Monday of October -- and you know what that means, right? FALL is here. It's time to hike and check out the fall foliage! There are some other great travel reads for this Monday, so let's get started! Some people like traveling to find strange or unique ...

Playing for Change sets new fall tour

Playing for Change sets new fall tour If you haven't heard of "Playing for Change" or its international renditions of "Stand By Me," "One Love," or "Don't Worry," you no longer have to worry: the documentary's favorite musicians are coming to a U.S. city near you this fall for one month (between October 20 - ...

Weekend drive: A trip on the Reading and Northern

Weekend drive: A trip on the Reading and Northern These are the weekends of fall foliage train trips. Several states have them, and some more than one option. This Penn Rail video is a journey of the Reading and Northern. The sounds, sites and excitement of train travel are captured perfectly. Along with showing up close ...

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