This has got to be one of the coolest advertising gimmicks of all time. 7 Eleven and the Simpsons Movie have joined forces to make 12 real Qwik E Marts throughout the USA and Canada to coincide with the Simpson’s movie which opens later this month. Not only have the stores been decked out to look like the cartoon store they have a huge rage of Qwik E Mart products including the Slurpie renamed Squishies, Crusty-O cereal, special pink donuts and plenty of Springfield’s favorite characters throughout the stores. The existing 7 Eleven stores throughout the USA also have a large range of Simpsons products one favorite is going to be Buzz Cola. For real Simpsons fans the stores are also running an amazing competition where shoppers can win the chance to appear as an animated character in the next series of the hit show up staring next to Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and the whole Springfield community.
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Posted in: Kitsch Stuff, Must see, USA.
Kalgoorlie lies in Western Australia’s outback 4 hours east of Perth and once was home to 93 pubs and 100 brothels. Today the mining town doesn’t quiet have that number of either, but the Exchange Hotel still stands and has a very colourful history it was a pretty rough old town back 100 years ago when everyone was after their fortune mining gold. The old red brick pub could tell a story or two including the times when barmaids were only allowed to work naked. Today the pub has much more dignity and is one of the town’s most photographed landmarks. They serve ice cold beer and cook up a pretty damm good steak too.
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Posted in: Australia, Beer, Must see.
Tagged: WA
It’s not usual for large communication towers in the city to be opened up as a tourist attraction for example, the CNN tower in Toronto, Munich Olympic Tower, Sydney Tower etc…. but not in London. The British Telecom tower which stands at 190 metres doesn’t have a public platform. The centre did once have a revolving restaurant when it opened in the mid 1960’s but it was closed in the 1970’s when the city was under threat of IRA terrorism attacks and it has never reopened. So for the best high view of the city of London head to the magnificent London Eye Wheel on the banks of the Thames.
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Posted in: UK.
Tagged: London
