Saturday, December 1, 2018

This Week in Gratuitous Jack Kerouac References

I have to say, it's been a banner week, too.

Holiday Gift Guide 2018: Road Trip Old-School Style With These Low Tech Gifts For Travelers
[Invoking JK to sell over-priced, useless gear. Genius!]

Nowhere but Everywhere: Experiencing Côte d’Ivoire 
[JK will help tour guides convince people to visit a country that's on half-a-dozen watch lists. Yeah!]

Huckberry’s NYC Popup Store Prepares Customers For Adventures 
[Buy our flimsy, overpriced junk and regard yourself as an...Adventurer! Since JK mostly lived in Salvation Army gear and a red plain overshirt given to him by his mother, this seems...odd.  Also, the JK-inspired "West Village Drinking Tour" should probably come with the reminder that Kerouac drank himself to death.  Now, that's a holiday tour, eh?]

Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 
[In JK's case, he was probably seeing two L.A.'s.]

And, the piece de resistance:
Harmony Delivers Kerouac-Inspired Fall/Winter Collection
[Yep, because when I think of fashion, I think of JK.]