A little while ago, Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations had a contest where viewers submitted a short video telling him why he should visit a certain region and take that person with him.
It was interesting watching the montage as a frustrated Bourdain grimaced over several weird, scary or stupid entries. "As far as I know, you've never been to the greater Denver area," one entry began. "And I never will," Bourdain responded and hit the stop button immediately. Another entry for some reason involved a shirtless man slicing through a snowman with a real samurai sword.
Eventually, he settled on four finalists. One, an American Muai-Thai Kickboxer, wanted to take Anthony to Thailand. Another immigrant from the Phillipines wanted to take him back to his homeland. The third finalist, a Saudi immigrant woman, wanted to show that Saudi Arabia isn't all fundamentalists, scorching desert and rage. The last was a musician who simply wanted to show Bourdain about Buffalo.
The show went to Saudi Arabia and it was a fine show, but we were disappointed of course, especially considering that humble Buffalo had made it to the final circle among so many much more exotic options.
But, it seems Anthony has been pursuaded to come anyway. Caitlin sent me this link from BRO. I can't wait to see the show. I just hope he got farther than Ulrich's and that he wasn't surrounded by gawkers the whole time.
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