Welcome to the December 17th, 2007 edition of the Carnival of Cities.

We asked Carnival of Cities bloggers to post about “Where they would go, if they could go anywhere right now.” We received some great posts that met our theme and a few that didn’t, but were still well worth sharing. Hey, you never know what you will find at a carnival.

The Seattletraveler recommends a holiday spent at the Seattle Fairmont Hotel. It offers a replica of Pike Place Market made from gingerbread, caroling choirs and chestnuts roasting. This sounds like a great place to escape the rain and enjoy the season.

After reading this post by arewethereyet, arewethereyet, I am ready to plan a family trip to Milwaukee. I want to go to an indoor water park in the midst of a winter snowstorm. I think it would be surreal and fun.

The San Diego Nightlife Guide has some great suggestions if you are seeking a bit of a warmer climate and a little night life in San Diego. It offers ideas for the hipster, a mover and even the beer lover.

Madkane gave us a short limerick about the weather in New York. Ummm…I think I like winter’s in San Francisco a bit better. But, I can’t beat her limerick. Maybe, some of you can.

For a New Year’s celebration in Alexandria, VA, the dctraveler suggests a holiday with a bunch of parrotheads ringin’ in the New Year Jimmy Buffett style on the Potomac. I wonder how many times they will play Margaritaville?

Misscopy gave us an example of Japanese instructions that came with her western toilet.

Sandierpastures wrote an impassioned blog about the poorly designed new air conditioned bus shelters in Dubai. Seems they didn’t take women’s needs into account very well there. It offers insight into another culture for me. Worth a read.

Some good news, a little frog in Puerto Rica called the coqui was given the best gift of all, a protected place to live.

Where would I go today, if I could go anywhere at all? I would love to return to my roots and visit my birth place, Libby, Montana with my kids and husband. It has been many years since my last visit and I would love to see my aunts, my uncle and my wonderful babysitter, Mrs. Lindsay. We are all growing older and I feel time passing.

That concludes this edition. Thank you to all of our contributors for sending us their posts during the busy holiday season. The world is a really wonderful place.

If you’re interested in sharing information about your city, you can submit your blog article to the next edition of the Carnival of Cities using the carnival submission form. They are still looking for a host for next week. It is fun and easy to do, go here to sign up today.

If you’re interested in reading any of the previous carnivals, you can find a list with links at the blog carnival index page.

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