The train travel fits in with the current retro-chic hipster aesthetic. There is something glamorous

The train travel fits in with the current clarion inn and suites retro-chic hipster aesthetic. There is something glamorous about the idea of a luxurious pace of a train ride, even if the end result is the same as a plane: the passenger is actually just sitting, staring out the window or reading, snacking on $5 pretzels while waiting to get to his or her destination.
Earlier this week, we wrote about Jessica Gross , a magazine writer who went on an Amtrak-sponsored clarion inn and suites round trip to Chicago as a test run for the train company s Writer-in-Residence program (which was, naturally, suggested by a writer). clarion inn and suites Ms. Gross trip prompted hundreds of tweets from other writers, using the hashtag #AmtrakResidency , to try to get their own ride. Since we posted that story on Wednesday, we have been flooded with emails from friends, acquaintances and colleagues. Everyone, it seems, wants to take to the rails.
The train company announced a special train for special social-media-influencers, clarion inn and suites Adweek reports . Amtrak’s Texas Eagle leaves L.A. for Austin on March 5. (The hashtag aboard is #AmtrakLIVE). There is a special observation car for special people who, according to Adweek, have promised to live tweet and blog their hearts out for the 33-hour trip.