Category: Travel
Chicago’s Famous Wrigley Outsources Its Mints to Canada – The Horror
CHICAGOLAND, Illinois (GlossyNews) — The horror! The horror! This is a quote from Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the short story that inspired the movie Apocalypse Now. It is also a quote on the tongues of many Chicagoans when…
Movie Review: ‘South of the Border’ is Dumb
Posted by your South America correspondents, Maria and Consuela Lopez. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brasil (NovedadesGlossy) US opening weekend, the new Oliver Stone documentary grossed $21,545. Don’t let that low gross fool you; this film is highly gross. It’s grosser than…
Airport Screenings to Include CT Scans, MRIs, Dental Cleanings
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Glossy News) — Last December, following a foiled terrorist airline attack, airports implemented full body scans, prompting many air travelers to wonder what additional security procedures they would have to endure. The wondering can stop. Yesterday, the Department…
Woman Sues Google After Attempting to Cross Street
Reno, NV (GlossyNews) — A Reno NV woman became the second person to sue Google because of an issue with Google Maps. Similar to an earlier action in Park City, UT, the woman, Eustancia Dumas is suing Google for poor…
American Expatriates in Mexico Feeling Sting of Arizona Law
Todos Santos, Mexico (GlossyNews) — American baby boomers, flush with money, have been making their way down to Mexico’s Baja coast for a decade or more as expatriates trying to escape the high cost of living in the United States….
Airline Passengers Share Drop-Down Tray without Consulting Lawyers
The non-verbal, un-written agreement was established quickly to provide two airline passengers with shared-use of the center seat’s drop-down tray.
Phoenix Hoping to Become New Mecca for Metrosexuals
Phoenix, AZ – Now that Phoenix is ridding itself of its “melting pot of the Southwest” image, its Chamber of Commerce is doing everything it can to attract metrosexuals to their fair city—if you have to ask, you’re not welcome….
Studies Reveal: Brazil is Mostly Jungle
May 8, 2010: Posted from a secure, undisclosed location by Glossy News South American correspondent in hiding. In a Glossy News exclusive, this reporter has learned most of the population of Brazil is concentrated in coastal areas, and the land…
Child Labor Ring Uncovered at JFK Airport
Queens, NY (GlossyNews) — One of the nation’s largest airports, JKF International, is being shut down temporarily while the FAA investigates allegations of an underground child labor ring being run through the New York location. This comes less than a…
Is The Green Zone In Baghdad The New OZ?
The Green Zone, that huge, walled off section of Baghdad occupied by US military and civilian operations, has been renamed ‘The Emerald City’ after the fabled city in the movie ‘The Wizard of Oz’. The Green Zone functions like a…