Trip Requests

Trip = "Benny and Joon film sites" to include:


Milk Bottle Cafe

Benny and Joon - Eric's House

Benny and Joon - Benny's House

Benny and Joon - Benny's Car Clinic

Benny and Joon - Sam's Buster Keaton Act

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Spokane Trip suggestion.

- Visit both Cafe Intermezzo locations. (famous coffee shop in Atlanta)

- Visit ONE midtown kitchen, TWO urban licks, and Trois. (all restaurants owned by same company in different areas of town)

- Visit the Atlanta Zoo, the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, the Georgia Aquarium/World of Coca-Cola, and Stone Mountain (major attractions in Atlanta, I would add Six Flags over Georgia to the list, but it may go out of business soon)

- Visit the North Springs MARTA Station and the Atlanta Airport MARTA Station (end of the north/south line, respectively).

- Visit Piedmont Park, the Chattahoochee River Park, and Centennial Olympic Park. (3 biggest parks in Atlanta).

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Trip Ideas for Atlanta.

Another trip suggestion are the locations of all the bear statues at the UC Berkeley campus.

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Trip Suggestion: Bear Statues at UC Berkeley.

Jonathan said I should go ahead and set this trip up... so here's the spots for the tour:


http://gowalla.com/spots/29857

http://gowalla.com/spots/29846

http://gowalla.com/spots/29876

http://gowalla.com/spots/17687

http://gowalla.com/spots/29898

http://gowalla.com/spots/29932

http://gowalla.com/spots/29793


Also here are a few links to some of his work:

http://bit.ly/bridge-of-glass

http://www.chihuly.com/glass.html


Let me know if you need anything for any icons or anything like that.

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TACOMA TRIP - Chihuly Glass Tour.

Some time ago, I was inspired to come up with a trip centered around some of the most nefarious buildings currently known. The ones we all recognize and know some small history about. The homes to countless villains and ne'er-do-wells. The notorious structures of these United States. I propose a trip that travels from sea to shining sea and through 5 states cataloging the country's major prisons.

When I proposed this idea, only one had been Gowalla'd (Folsom State Prison). Since then, at least one more was created (why it took so long is a bit of a mystery, hehe). Team Gowalla could always manually create these spots, however, here's where some of you go-getter Gowallites can join in: if you are near the coordinates listed, do make these spots. I have provided some words one could use to describe the spots, but no one is under any obligation to use them, of course. Once you create the spot, reply in a comment to this post with the spot's URL. This is truly a commissioned trip, in my opinion.

The Spots (9 total):

Rikers Island (40o47'28"N 73o52'58"W)
Named after the 413 acre island between Queens, New York and the East River, this facility controls a yearly inmate population of up to 13,000. Prior to the unmarked 4,200-foot three-lane Francis Buono Bridge, the only access to the island was via ferry.

Attica (42o50'59"N 78o16'18"W)
Housing some of the most notorious criminals such as "The Son of Sam," Attica was the site of one of the most deadly prison riots in 1971; leaving 29 inmates and 10 correctional officers—held hostage—dead.

Sing Sing (41.150786 -73.869267)
If you were to be sent "up the river," this is the maximum security prison you were likely headed to serve your sentence. You'll not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

San Quentin State Prison (37.9375oN 122.4891oW)
The oldest prison in the state of California, this prison has the only, and largest, death row for male inmates. Represented in the form of film, video, television, literature and even hosting concerts, these walls are notorious for more than just whom they hold.

Folsom State Prison (Spot created by Jolene Lavine on Mar 19, 2009)

Alcatraz Island (Spot created by Matthew McMaster on Oct 17, 2009)
The Rock. Home to Al Capone, "Machine Gun" Kelly and The Birdman (Franklin Stroud). Claimed to be the escape-proof penitentiary. It only served as a federal prison for 29 years. It's now part of the National Park Service and home to protected fauna and flora.

Cook County Jail (3015 N California Ave, Chicago, IL)
Covering 96 acres, this is the largest single-site county jail in the United States, housing approximately 9,800 men and women. The deeds of men to come here are second only in horror to our worst nightmares.

Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary (39o19'51"N 94o56'09"W)
Since an act of congress in 1895 opened the doors of this medium-security prison, the "Big House" has been home to countless inmates such as Michael Vick.

Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville (30.722027oN 95.545596oW)
The "Walls Unit" is the oldest state prison in Texas, opening in 1849. Though it only holds a population close to 2,000 individuals, it is one of Texas' most notorious death penalty prisons, with "Old Sparky" executing around 362 inmates between 1924 to 1964.

I look forward to completing this trip whether live in the Trip list or not.

Happy Gowall'ing!
Dr. Peddingferd

You guys said you like feature creep so here's an idea. In the trips section allow for user created trips. Then let the others vote on the trip. So when it hits a threshold of say a 100 or 200 people the trip appears in the directory. That's my two cents.

Maybe news user voted lists appear on the website only so people have to go there sometimes. It would be a way to roll out new features without having to update the mobile app with a "not-ready-for-prime-time" feature. Website programming is easy but an app everybody has to download a new version. Some on the new site just appears when they roll it out.

Should we propose trips here on this thread that we have already sent to live at gowalla?

Houston Championship Chase - New Trip
I have a suggestion for a Houston Trip that goes along with your established Dallas and Chicago Championship trips.

Toyota Center
http://gowalla.com/spots/11861

Lakewood Church - old Summit/Compaq center where Rockets won NBA title teo years in a row
http://gowalla.com/spots/49879

Minute Maid Park - current home of the Astros
http://gowalla.com/spots/11862

Astrodome - former home of the Houston Astros and the Houston Oilers
http://gowalla.com/spots/48013

Reliant Stadium - current home of the Houston Texans; Superbowl XXXVIII was here
http://gowalla.com/spots/11883

Gastown Pub Crawl:

Stumble across the cobblestones in historic Gastown sampling some of
the best beer and Scotch in the city.

Gassy Jack: http://gowalla.com/spots/21811
Gastown Steam Clock: http://gowalla.com/spots/21806
Irish Heather: http://gowalla.com/spots/21815
Steamworks: http://gowalla.com/spots/17803
Lamplighter's: http://gowalla.com/spots/21808
Blarney Stone: http://gowalla.com/spots/21812
Six Acres: http://gowalla.com/spots/23056
Alibi Room: http://gowalla.com/spots/23063

Okay, here is the trip which I submitted earlier to the live email address:

Teton Trek

Visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks without leaving Memphis, TN, by visiting the Teton Trek Exhibit at the Memphis Zoo.

The places:
Old Faithful Fountain: http://gowalla.com/spots/35837
The Great Lodge: http://gowalla.com/spots/35848
Grizzly Exhibit: http://gowalla.com/spots/35856
Teton Marsh: http://gowalla.com/spots/35869
Firehole Falls: http://gowalla.com/spots/35882
Firehole River: http://gowalla.com/spots/35887
Gray Wolf Exhibit: http://gowalla.com/spots/35861
Elk Forest: http://gowalla.com/spots/35892

Rather than post a comment for trips I would love to partake in mentioned here, I have marked them with the Star ("Best Point").

Hey, why don't you create a trip in Stockholm, Sweden :) We are an active group of people (from the social media community) using Gowalla all the time since the last week. A trip would be a fun trigger.


Cheers

Dan Rasmussen

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Trip in Stockholm.

How about a trip to visit all of New York's suspension bridges? Starting from Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge. Triborough Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge and Verrazano Bridge.

This would be a cool achievement to have.

I have a suggestion for a Houston Trip that goes along with your established Dallas and Chicago Championship trips.


Toyota Center

http://gowalla.com/spots/11861


Lakewood Church - old Summit/Compaq center where Rockets won NBA title teo years in a row

http://gowalla.com/spots/49879


Minute Maid Park - current home of the Astros

http://gowalla.com/spots/11862


Astrodome - former home of the Houston Astros and the Houston Oilers

http://gowalla.com/spots/48013


Reliant Stadium - current home of the Houston Texans; Superbowl XXXVIII was here

http://gowalla.com/spots/11883

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Houston Championship Chase - New Trip.

Not all the spots have been created yet, but I'd love to see/create a Silicon Valley Garage trip. As in, the garages where a few of these early tech companies started.

So far, there are two spots created.

Apple/Steve's Garage: http://gowalla.com/spots/90479
HP: http://gowalla.com/spots/10106

Other ideas for spots are greatly appreciated.

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/misc/histo...

I wonder if we could figure out where the trailer was?

The Oklahoma Trails exhibit at the Oklahoma City Zoo is a great subset of the many great exhibits out there, and wold include the following spots:

Oklahoma Trails Entrance - http://gowalla.com/spots/44416
Swift Fox - http://gowalla.com/spots/44421
Bobcat - http://gowalla.com/spots/44425
Cougar - http://gowalla.com/spots/44437
White-tailed Deer - http://gowalla.com/spots/44443
Wild Turkey - http://gowalla.com/spots/44445
Sandhill Crane - http://gowalla.com/spots/44450
Mexican Grey Wolf - http://gowalla.com/spots/44454
Mixed Grass Prairie Aviary - http://gowalla.com/spots/44460
Creatures of the Night Barn - http://gowalla.com/spots/44463
American Badger - http://gowalla.com/spots/44468
Prairie Dogs - http://gowalla.com/spots/44475
American Bison - http://gowalla.com/spots/44478
Grizzly Bear - http://gowalla.com/spots/44481
Big Rivers Aquarium - http://gowalla.com/spots/44493
Black Bear - http://gowalla.com/spots/44503
Bald Eagle - http://gowalla.com/spots/44508
Red Wolf - http://gowalla.com/spots/44512
American Elk - http://gowalla.com/spots/44515
American Aligator - http://gowalla.com/spots/44520

How about a Florida Keys trip?

There are many spots at restaurants, etc, down there already, but I was imagining a trip that would have check-ins on every key you pass through on US 1 (which is the interstate that runs the length of the Keys), plus a few additional spots -- the 7 Mile Bridge, maybe a couple of the state parks, and the "Southernmost Point" landmark.

Ben and I have been toying with the idea of doing a trip to the Keys in February, but maybe a local could set up the spots even sooner?

How about a burger tour of Austin, TX?

Hut's Burgers - http://gowalla.com/spots/13339
Dan's Burgers - http://gowalla.com/spots/63267
Fran's Burgers - http://gowalla.com/spots/51124
Mighty Fine - http://gowalla.com/spots/14737
P Terry's Burger Stand - http://gowalla.com/spots/15372
Elevation Burger - http://gowalla.com/spots/33560
Terra Burger - http://gowalla.com/spots/37182
Dirty Martin's - http://gowalla.com/spots/101487
Casino El Camino - http://gowalla.com/spots/9494
Hyde Park Bar and Grill - http://gowalla.com/spots/14700
Mooyah's (now Geuax Burgers) - http://gowalla.com/spots/22693
Phil's Icehouse - http://gowalla.com/spots/11921
Five Guys - http://gowalla.com/spots/28259
The Tavern - http://gowalla.com/spots/24587
Houston's - http://gowalla.com/spots/13243
Eastside Cafe - http://gowalla.com/spots/19370
Mike's Pub - http://gowalla.com/spots/16358
Central Marker - http://gowalla.com/spots/9430
NXNW Brewery - http://gowalla.com/spots/24335
Wally's Burger Express - http://gowalla.com/spots/19377
The Hub - http://gowalla.com/spots/19058
Burger House - http://gowalla.com/spots/51816
Hill-Bert's Burgers - http://gowalla.com/spots/82469
EZ's - http://gowalla.com/spots/15405

Now that all of Zippy's location on Oahu are all created. Would love to see a Trip involving all 24 of Zippy's Restaurant locations!

Thanks!
Jeff

@zippys

A few months ago, somebody in Illinois proposed a Lakeview Museum Community Solar System trip on Twitter that sounded like a great idea. I think only a couple of the spots are missing. This would really be a fun trip (that I live nowhere near, alas).

The project:
http://www.bradley.edu/las/phy/astron...

Spots so far:
The Sun (Harry Caray's favorite planet): http://gowalla.com/spots/20518
Mercury: http://gowalla.com/spots/20519
Venus: http://gowalla.com/spots/20522
Earth: http://gowalla.com/spots/20517 (if you've never visited, you are missing out)
Mars: http://gowalla.com/spots/20520
Ceres: http://gowalla.com/spots/20512
Jupiter: http://gowalla.com/spots/35722
Saturn: MISSING!
Uranus: http://gowalla.com/spots/22540
Neptune: MISSING!
Pluto: http://gowalla.com/spots/65211
Eris: MISSING!

How about something like the Central Park pins, but for world heritage sites?

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list

Might be easier for those who live in countries that have been around for a while, and it sure would be a lot of work to tag them all in your DB, but it would be a fun long term thing for people to work on.

How about popular breweries in Portland, Oregon. After all, We are a beer city!
http://gowalla.com/spots/36079 (Deschutes Brewery)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17241 (The Green Dragon)
http://gowalla.com/spots/36042 (Rogue)
http://gowalla.com/spots/21020 (Widmer)
http://gowalla.com/spots/47052 (Bridgeport)

Manchester Championship Chase:

City of Manchester Stadium: http://gowalla.com/spots/32099
Old Trafford: http://gowalla.com/spots/32090
Old Trafford Cricket Ground: http://gowalla.com/spots/127141

The first two spots were created by Team Gowalla, so I'm surprised that this hasn't been considered...

The Getsatifaction team is aware of it. They seem to be working on it. http://getsatisfaction.com/getsatisfa...

There is a collection of a few tourist attractions in Atlanta that many come and do for a day. Adding this trip idea would be great for people that don't know what to do when they come here.


The locations I'm proposing for this trip are:


CNN Center

World of Coca Cola

Georgia Aquarium

Centennial Olympic Park


These locations are literally right next to each other and its THE tour to go on when you come to Atlanta for the first time.

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Please add Atlanta "Tour for Tourists" trip..

Speaking of Atlanta-based trips, how about one for The Varsity? There are 6 locations around Atlanta (including one in neighboring Athens), and to call the original downtown location a landmark is an understatement.

Three of the locations currently have spots:
Downtown :: http://gowalla.com/spots/19599
Jr. :: http://gowalla.com/spots/24156
Gwinnett :: http://gowalla.com/spots/132150

The other three I could not find:
http://www.thevarsity.com/locations.php

If others agree this is a good trip idea, I'll gladly take an afternoon and create the remaining three spots.

What'll ya have, what'll ya have?!?

"Classic Portland" points of interest: (just because we need some trips on P-town)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17645 (Powell's)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17303 (Pioneer courthouse square)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17556 (Portlandia statue)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17376 (Saturday Market)
http://gowalla.com/spots/64548 (Chinatown gate)
http://gowalla.com/spots/21032 (produce row cafe, McMennamin's first venture)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17557 (Schnitzer concert hall)
http://gowalla.com/spots/132685 (Made in Oregon sign)
http://gowalla.com/spots/19135 (salmon street spring)
http://gowalla.com/spots/17178 (Rose garden)
http://gowalla.com/spots/176005 (Mt Tabor park)
http://gowalla.com/spots/190559 (The Heathman Hotel)

Portland - "City of Bridges"
http://gowalla.com/spots/242676 (St. John's)
http://gowalla.com/spots/91236 (Fremont)
http://gowalla.com/spots/70456 (Broadway)
http://gowalla.com/spots/64571 (Steel)
http://gowalla.com/spots/79129 (Burnside)
http://gowalla.com/spots/79117 (Morrison)
http://gowalla.com/spots/112897 (Hawthorne)
http://gowalla.com/spots/105287 (Marquam)
http://gowalla.com/spots/83790 (Ross Island)

Still needed: Sellwood and Sauvie's Island bridges

Boston, MA trips

The Freedom Trail

North End (little Italy)

Midnight ride of Paul Revere (that one might be tricky but awesome!)

Oregon Coast Lighthouses would be an excellent trip, but I don't think many/any have been added yet.

How about the original classic trip, Route 66? I don't know how it would work since it is only mentioning citys, but following the lyrics of the song:

Chicago, Illinois
Saint Luis, Missouri
Joplin, Missouri
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Amarillo, Texas
Gallup, New Mexico
Winona, Arizona
Flagstaff, Arizona
Kingman, Arizona
Barstow, California
San Bernardino, California
Los Angeles, California

Some other Portland ideas: someone more familiar with the areas current popular spots should suggest specifics.

Hawthorne district stroll
23rd avenue shopping
downtown statues
pearl district art walk
McMennamin's hotels - oh gosh! if all the theater pubs/hotels were spots and you got a cool pin for going to all of them. I'm thinking Chrystal Ballroom should be included in that trip as well, but not all the little hole-in-the-wall pubs they own.
Alberta district
There are a couple of cool new-ish trendy neighborhoods in N. Portland too, aren't there?

The "Infinite Loop":
Apple HQ: http://gowalla.com/spots/8947
Infinite Loop 1: http://gowalla.com/spots/39438
Infinite Loop 2: http://gowalla.com/spots/39434
Infinite Loop 3: http://gowalla.com/spots/39690
Infinite Loop 4: http://gowalla.com/spots/54759
Infinite Loop 5: http://gowalla.com/spots/54764
Infinite Loop 6: http://gowalla.com/spots/54763
Caffe Macs: http://gowalla.com/spots/10299