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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Honest U.S. Travel Ads
h/t Jeff Wysaski
Posted in Art, Tourism, USA
Tagged California, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, Wisconsin
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Why Real Books Are Great
h/t Strand Book Store
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Books, Bookselling, Publishing and Printing, Strand Bookstore
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Livres dans le metro
Inspired by actress Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf project which anonymously distributes free books on subways in London, Paris, and New York City, Montreal bibliophile and YouTuber Audrée Archambault created Livres dan le Métro. For the last eight months she has been leaving French … Continue reading
River Run
Regular visitors to this blog will have noted by now that I am keen on any clever take on the transit map. The brilliant graphic below envisions many rivers of the United States as metro lines. Created by New York … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Public Transport, USA
Tagged Colorado, Harry Beck, Mississippi, Missouri, Transit Systems
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Philadelphia Street Art
I have been chided in the past for posting images of international street art and overlooking the remarkable public artwork extant in my own backyard. So, here’s a look at a phenomenal temporary sculpture that towers 40 feet above the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Restaurants, Tourism, USA
Tagged Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Schuylkill River, Sculpture, Street Art
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Miracle of Dunkirk
I had the opportunity to see Christopher Nolan’s exceptional film Dunkirk this past weekend and have been ruminating on the experience since. I won’t spoil the film by commenting much on the content, however I strongly urge you to view it on … Continue reading
Travel By App
If you are like me, you have multiple transit and map apps on your phone. One of my favorite apps is the very useful and well designed Citymapper app. The firm behind the app just announced that the digital company has been … Continue reading
Maps Clear Up Any Confusion
While visitors to the U.S. are often confused by the language that we use to describe commonplace things in our culture, those of us who were born here are frequently baffled as well by the linguistic choices of other Americans. … Continue reading
Posted in Maps, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged American English, lightning bugs, Linguistics
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Flying Libraries
I don’t generally have anything positive to say about the budget airline easyJet, but hats off to the company for creating the easyJet Book Club. This week, the carrier launched flying libraries for children with 7,000 paperbacks placed on 147 flights. The … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Europe, Libraries, Public Transport, Tourism
Tagged Airline, children's books, UK
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A trip to Middle Earth
Serious JRR Tolkien fans should begin planning a visit to Oxford next summer for the groundbreaking exhibition Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth. The show, which will be created by the Bodleian Library, will explore the world of Tolkien’s literary imagination through the largest … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Maps
Tagged JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Oxford University, Silmarillion, the Hobbit, UK
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