Sunday, February 19, 2006

Date a Hot Scot

Ah, the venerable NYT Sunday edition, and of course the coveted (well, by me, anyway) Travel section. The Bahamas (eh), Paris (interested) and Yosemite (been) play a starring role, along with Spain (dying to go), Venice (mixed) and San Diego (the land of perfect weather), as featured players.

But the most interesting supporting role happens to be a walk-on part by the Scottish Tourism Board. Ostensibly to increase tourism in the land of kilts and castles (and the birthplace of golf, of course), the STB announced this week the launch of "dateahotscot.com," where women around the world can enter a sweepstakes to win a trip to Edinburgh to meet some Scottish hunks (no joke, people. It's in the NYT! And I've fact checked-- err, for the sake of journalistic integrity, of course). Said press release touts "...with more than 450,000 single men between the ages of 20 and 40, where better to find the love of your life-- or at least drink whiskey with some cute guys." Amen to that! And I know from personal experience that Scottish men can-- ummmm... drink...

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

We can do more than that....young lady. We can also sing and crisp in the hot sun.