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Man to Stay in Paramus, New Jersey Ikea for Six Nights

Man to Stay in Paramus, New Jersey Ikea for Six Nights

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.07.08 | 4:23 PM ET

Mark Malkoff, aka the guy who visited all 171 Starbucks in Manhattan in 24 hours, checked into the Ikea this morning and will remain there through Saturday, eating at the Ikea restaurant and perhaps sleeping in a four-poster Hemnes. I bet the Ikea fanatics who spent the night at the temporary Ikea hostel in Oslo last summer are jealous.

Malkoff has invited people in the area to visit him. Everyone else can follow along via his daily videos, which could be entertaining. For his day job, Malkoff works for “The Colbert Report,” and his crew includes writers who have contributed to the Onion. Here’s the first effort: