––What would it take to convince you to visit?

Attenberg: I would go if Anthony Bourdain would come with me and take me on one of his magical food tours. Whenever I visit a new city and am hungry I always ask myself, “What would Tony do?”

Braver: I think it would take a well crafted, very convincing lie. Maybe something about the harmony of nature. Or the freeing experience of the mind. Or maybe that we’re going to Paris.

de Gramont: The Jews and the Arabs would realize that they are the same people, and they would make peace with each other. The bombings would stop, the PLO would disband, and Palestinians and Israelis would be happily living in the same neighborhoods, and working together on that kibbutz.

Hood: I can't think of anything that would get me on a mountain top.

Zappa: If my family could come with me I’d go. Anywhere our daughter Mathilda is is where I’m always happy to be. I’d need some great books, internet access, freeze dried earl grey tea with milk and two sugars, a kickass sound system with my favorite music, plus the shows I’d be missing on DVD and a lotta Xanax for the ride up and back.