Slog - Comments on We're Somewhere Between 1 and 60! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60 I just received the most awesomest press release ever: (Branford, CT) The Woodland Park Zoological Gardens in Seattle is one of sixty to be honored as one of "America's Best Zoos 2008" by The Intrepid Traveler, a travel publisher located in Branford, CT. Of course, the press release doesn't say what number the Woodland Park Zoo made on the list—maybe it's un-numbered? As someone in the office helpfully pointed out: "That's more than one zoo per state!" Some quick math confirms this observation, which means that we are not one of the ten states to experience the sheer giddiness of... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:57:28 -0800 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:21:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Sweet!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065509 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:04:51 -0800 Comment by yuiop How do you know that there are ten states with more than one zoo mentioned? Might not one state have three zoos mentioned?

]]> yuiop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065535 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:13:05 -0800 Comment by Dougsf You're missing the best part:

From the sfist -
The Intrepid Travel, some sort of online travel guide -- one that clearly has no access to the internets, TV, newspapers, phones, water coolers -- is bestowing the SF Zoo (along with 60 others) with the title of Best Zoo of 2008.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065562 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:24:25 -0800 Comment by Roger @3, that's because it is the best zoo (along with 60 others). Every other zoo has pussies instead of real tigers.

]]> Roger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065596 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:44:21 -0800 Comment by Vince It's because the staff eats the most tender young elephant a lab can create.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065610 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065610 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:53:59 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens Is Manosi Lahari one of Jhumpa Lahiri's ne'er-do-well siblings?

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065611 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:54:19 -0800 Comment by Levislade Wow, that's one of the worst web sites I've seen in a looooong time.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065634 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:18:18 -0800 Comment by sad panda Actually, the best part is that the forward was written by Newt Gingrich.

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]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065664 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:38:59 -0800 Comment by Ben #2 is right. For all we know, Washington has one, and the other 59 are all in Kentucky.

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065684 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:53:50 -0800 Comment by David Schmader "Here be yaks" are my favorite three words ever put in a row.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/were_somewhere_between_1_and_60#c1065693 Books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:03:18 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I've been to quite a few zoos, and I can assure you that the 60th-best zoo in America is pretty dreadful. Woodland Park has got to be in the top ten, I would hope. But then, I don't think there really are any excellent zoos in the States; there are at least three in Australia, a country of 20 million, that are far better than anything I've seen here.

And any zoo that maintains an exhibit of African humans, as does Woodland Park, gets quite a few points knocked off.

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