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3 unusual facts about Frommer's


Frommer's

In the opening scene of 2003's Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Cameron Diaz enters a Mongolian beer shack holding a Frommer's guidebook.

Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow Hotel

According to Frommer's, the hotel is decorated in the Edwardian style with Persian rugs, brass-railed staircases, chandeliers and hand-painted hardwood furnishings.

Village Diner

Frommer's called it "one of the best ... midcentury American diners".


Carol Liu

In the 2008 primary election, she initially faced opposition from former Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer; however Frommer decided to drop out before election.

Lake Zurich, Illinois

In 2006, Lake Zurich was named by Frommer's as one of the top hundred "Best Places to Raise Your Family" and by U.S. News as one of the "Top Twenty-five Affordable Places to Live in the Country".

Na'vi language

Frommer also translated into NaŹ¼vi four sets of song lyrics that had been written by Cameron in English, and he helped vocalists with their pronunciation during the recording of James Horner's Avatar score.

Paul Frommer

Frommer based some Na'vi grammar on Polynesian languages and used consonants such as ejectives and word-initial velar nasals that do not occur in Western languages, while omitting common Western sounds like "b", "d" and "g".

RocketShip Tours

He founded $5-A-Day Tours in partnership with Arthur Frommer of Frommer's fame.


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