A history of the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, including an interview with company president Chris Martin IV, and a visit to the factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Read the rest of this entry »

In a world where many hotels can appear so similar, it’s always nice to know that there’s room for the offbeat, weird, and just downright bizarre lodging options, like the following hotels, which actually exist and await your reservation. Vacation anecdotes are one thing, but it’s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser to tell your friends you stayed the night inside the head of a giant dog.

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It’s amazing that mankind has gone for this many years without a proper giant moose. And now in 2009, the world’s largest such creature, named Stoorn (“The Big One”), begins construction as an international tourist attraction in the Norrland region of northern Sweden.

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The amazing true story of how a tourist bumming around Cambodia in the mid-1990s, inadvertently launched the careers of many musicians, including the Cambodian/American hybrid Dengue Fever.

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Late at night, lying in the bed of a tent cabin, the entire island of St. John comes alive. Waves regularly rinse the beach. Frogs call out to each other. And somewhere nearby, a spastic iguana slowly crunches through the forest, before suddenly falling off a branch. This isn’t $1000-a-bed resort citadel living. This is Maho Bay Campgrounds, where for 100 bucks you can spend a night in the world’s first eco-resort. Read the rest of this entry »

After 14 years of pursuing far less interesting careers, editorial staff, contributors, subscribers, and fans of the 1990s satirical Nose magazine will congregate for one night at a swank Tenderloin nightspot to share memories, rekindle friendships, and revisit old disputes, against a backdrop of a publication both reviled and revered. Admission is free, party runs from 5 to 8 pm. Treasured memorabilia, happy hour drinks, and even a smoking section. Reunion show will also feature astonishing live performance by Nose in-house rock band Rëzzin! At least come and see the stupid band, we only play every few years.

Although The Nose folded abruptly and with much drama in 1995, through the magic of Facebook and other time-wasting social networks, the magazine’s extended family will congregate once again, to observe the aging process up close, and bitch about how much money they are still owed. Hemlock Tavern is located at 1131 Polk Street in the colorful Tenderloin. No ceviche will be served.