Writer (and early DCWYTBMA adopter) Doug Mack has a delightful audio slide show up on the Travel Channel’s World Hum website.
The piece is called What You Can Still See in Paris on $5 a Day. It’s a tight, funny encapsulation of his (as of yet unrepresented) travel memoir EUROPE ON FIVE BAD IDEAS A DAY.
Doug has also taken the initiative and built a well-designed website for his book project, in which he uses the 1963-1964 edition of Arthur Frommer’s Europe on Five Dollars a Day to retrace the European odyssey undertaken by his mother in the late 60s.
Please take a minute to support Doug’s efforts. He’s doing all the right things.
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Doug, man, you are my hero. And how nice of Dennis for the nod of support. Now I need someone to pick up this book project so I can go to Europe as Doug’s rascally sidekick as he finishes the book.
This is so great, in so many ways. Salut, Doug!
Terrific! Best of luck to Mr. Mack.
As a rule, I don’t read much travel writing. I would read this.
Thanks, Dennis, for the post, and thanks, everyone, for the comments! I appreciate the support.
And Lee, you’d be a great rascally sidekick. Here’s hoping we get the chance. A warning: using outdated guidebooks can lead to problems/trouble (though that’s half the fun), so sidekick duties may include bailing me out (preferably while making witty, quotable comments that can go in the book).
Sounds like a great idea and a great rollout of same. Congrats!