Posted by Jason Diamond

I know he probably hates to be thought of as “Blane from Pretty in Pink,” “guy in the Less Than Zero film adaptation” or “tolerable dude in Weekend at Bernie’s,” but until  30 seconds ago that’s what I always thought of when I thought about Andrew McCarthy.

So it was something of a surprise to learn McCarthy is a travel writer that is good enough to win Travel Writer of the Year by the Society of American Travel Writers.

(Via The Atlantic)