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HOTELS<br />
Nerd-vana<br />
ACTING LIKE A DORK AT THESE GEEK-FRIENDLY INNS<br />
ISN’T JUST ACCEPTABLE—IT’S EXPECTED.<br />
< YOU LIKE ><br />
DUNGEONS<br />
AND DRAGONS<br />
< STAY AT ><br />
Great Wolf Lodge<br />
Wisconsin Dells (120<br />
miles from Milwaukee)<br />
www.greatwolf.com<br />
< BECAUSE ><br />
After a quick training<br />
session, guests nab<br />
treasures and gain<br />
powers by waving a<br />
computer chip-enhanced<br />
magic wand at images<br />
throughout the hotel’s<br />
four-story MagicQuest<br />
role-playing attraction.<br />
BY THE NUMBERS<br />
ANIME VIDEO GAMES REFERENCE<br />
BOOKS<br />
Best Western Hotel<br />
Tomo, San Francisco<br />
www.jdvhotels.com/<br />
hotels/sanfrancisco/tomo<br />
When you crash on<br />
your beanbag and<br />
contemplate the anime<br />
décor at this Japantown<br />
hotel, you may find it’s<br />
a lot like your college<br />
dorm room (or your grad<br />
school office).<br />
LET THERE BE LIGHTS<br />
This year’s tree-lighting ceremonies<br />
promise to dazzle.<br />
Macy’s<br />
Great Tree<br />
in Atlanta is<br />
covered with<br />
8 MILES of<br />
lights<br />
<br />
LIT<br />
NOV. 26<br />
2<br />
MILLION<br />
Number of lights<br />
that will illuminate<br />
Chicago’s Lincoln Park<br />
Zoo during ZooLights<br />
<br />
LIT<br />
NOV. 27<br />
Hotel Sax<br />
Chicago<br />
www.hotelsaxchicago.com<br />
Entertainment<br />
Technology Suites here<br />
have everything serious<br />
gamers need to pwn<br />
some n00bs, including<br />
Bose headphones, a Dell<br />
laptop and an Xbox 360<br />
console outfitted with<br />
the latest games.<br />
LIT<br />
NOV. 26<br />
<br />
Cost of lighting Philadelphia’s<br />
Christmas Village<br />
from Nov. 26 through<br />
Dec. 24<br />
Library Hotel<br />
New York City<br />
www.libraryhotel.com<br />
This library-themed hotel<br />
is numbered according<br />
to the Dewey Decimal<br />
System, with a different<br />
selection of books in<br />
every suite. Dorks on a<br />
date might want to check<br />
out the Love Room.<br />
$5,000 30,000<br />
>1,400<br />
Number of hours it takes to<br />
install the lights and decorations<br />
across downtown for the Milwaukee<br />
Holiday Lights festival<br />
LIT<br />
DEC. 2<br />
Amount of multicolored,<br />
LED lights<br />
that twist around the<br />
Rockefeller Center<br />
Christmas tree<br />
in NYC<br />
LIT<br />
NOV. 19<br />
<br />
<br />
TRAVEL HISTORY<br />
THIS MONTH IN<br />
LET’S GO 021<br />
On Nov. 19,<br />
1493—after<br />
his famous,<br />
poem-inspiring<br />
voyage<br />
in 1492—<br />
Christopher<br />
Columbus<br />
set off on a<br />
second trip<br />
to the New<br />
World. This<br />
time, he<br />
discovered<br />
an island<br />
known as<br />
Boriken—<br />
meaning<br />
"the great<br />
land of<br />
the valiant<br />
and noble<br />
Lord"—<br />
populated<br />
by Taino<br />
Indians.<br />
The island?<br />
Puerto Rico.<br />
He called<br />
it San Juan<br />
Bautista<br />
(after St.<br />
John the<br />
Baptist); a<br />
year later,<br />
it was<br />
renamed<br />
“rich port”<br />
and quickly<br />
became<br />
Spain’s most<br />
important<br />
Caribbean<br />
military<br />
outpost.<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong> GO MAGAZINE
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