Comments on: Traveling the Globe in Salem http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/ Searching out the sublime, the silly and the surreal in Oregon's capital city. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:44:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1063 Rachel Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:10:04 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1063 Salem’s Japantown: That cafeteria at Willamette where Japanese students from the Tokyo University hang out. O.o never heard of it called that before. Salem’s Japantown: That cafeteria at Willamette where Japanese students from the Tokyo University hang out.

O.o never heard of it called that before.

]]> By: Almond & Anise Biscotti « http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1062 Almond & Anise Biscotti « Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:58:45 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1062 [...] the hotel, on the train or in the car on the way back.  Needless to say, Salem’s so-called “Little Italy” doesn’t have an authentic Italian [...] [...] the hotel, on the train or in the car on the way back.  Needless to say, Salem’s so-called “Little Italy” doesn’t have an authentic Italian [...]

]]> By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1061 Emily Grosvenor Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:36:52 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1061 Great, Drake, now I am REALLY confused... Great, Drake, now I am REALLY confused…

]]> By: Drake http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1060 Drake Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:28 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1060 so I was walking to Venti's the other day when I came across a green bike rack with the outline of Italy in the middle of it!! (similar to the bike rack in front of the governor's cup in the shape of a coffee mug). As you and i both know this is nowhere near Christo's. Now more than ever, I am questioning whether Christo's is really in the heart of little Italy. At least I still know Kwan's is the chinatown of salem. so I was walking to Venti’s the other day when I came across a green bike rack with the outline of Italy in the middle of it!! (similar to the bike rack in front of the governor’s cup in the shape of a coffee mug). As you and i both know this is nowhere near Christo’s. Now more than ever, I am questioning whether Christo’s is really in the heart of little Italy.
At least I still know Kwan’s is the chinatown of salem.

]]> By: Doug http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1059 Doug Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:09:41 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1059 along those same lines, I often wonder while I'm in Las Vegas if tourists actually think Paris, Venice and Bellagio are like their hotel namesakes... ugh! along those same lines, I often wonder while I’m in Las Vegas if tourists actually think Paris, Venice and Bellagio are like their hotel namesakes… ugh!

]]> By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1058 Emily Grosvenor Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:54:52 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1058 How about the "Avenue of the Americas"? How about the “Avenue of the Americas”?

]]> By: Kelly http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1057 Kelly Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:52:47 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1057 And maybe we can just call Lancaster 'the American corridor'? This entry made me laugh so hard, Emily. And maybe we can just call Lancaster ‘the American corridor’?

This entry made me laugh so hard, Emily.

]]> By: Emily Grosvenor http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1056 Emily Grosvenor Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:15:27 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1056 Ha ha, my former self just cringed. Someone once wrote a story for the Des Moines Register about "visiting Europe" in Iowa. As in, she went to Moscow, IA, Paris, IA and Berlin, IA. Ha ha, my former self just cringed. Someone once wrote a story for the Des Moines Register about “visiting Europe” in Iowa. As in, she went to Moscow, IA, Paris, IA and Berlin, IA.

]]> By: Doug http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1055 Doug Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:02:31 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1055 Don't forget the Eastern European bakery and grocery store on S Commercial, a real trip to Europe can be had strolling the aisles. Don’t forget the Eastern European bakery and grocery store on S Commercial, a real trip to Europe can be had strolling the aisles.

]]> By: Karen http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/2009/10/17/traveling-the-globe-in-salem/#comment-1054 Karen Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:46:03 +0000 http://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/?p=1531#comment-1054 Drake demands credit for Chinatown. :-) Drake demands credit for Chinatown. :-)

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