Southwest Airlines said me and my cameraman Roy could go anywhere we wanted to in their expansive fly-zone. We choose Portland, Oregon! Here are some highlights from our fabulous trip!

Thanks to:
The City of Portland, OR
Powell's Books
Classical Chinese Gardens
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Amanda Fisher, Mad Scientist

Remember how I won that contest and became the Southwest Airlines blog-o-spondent? Well this is my first official trip, to Chicago! Witness museums, snow, public art, trains, fancy dolls, improv, and lots and lots of food.

Where should I go next?

I have always loved words and there is what seems to be a new phenomenon happening—the portmanteau. These are words like “Podcast” from iPod and Broadcast, or “Blog” from Web and Log combined to make new words. We recently combined the word “correspondent” and the portmanteau “blog” to form Blog-o-spondent.

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Blog-o-spondent Video Contest to win Trip to BlogWorld. Photo from BlogWorld 2007.

Start stretching, loosen up those vocal chords, and get ready for your close up! Beginning today, we are hosting an online casting call to find our next Blog-o-spondent for Nuts About Southwest!