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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Avoid the Day: Bookstore Tourism
Avoid the Day Bookstore & Cafe began life as an itinerant pop-up about two years ago around the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City Borough of Queens. Last week, co-owners Jianna and Jason Heurer manifested their shared dream to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Restaurants, USA
Tagged Far Rockaway, NYC, Queens, Rockaway Beach
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It’s Always Caturday at this bookshop
Otis & Clementine’s Books & Coffee is a bookshop and cafe that always has a few visiting foster kittens in stock, all of whom are up for adoption. The book shop, just outside of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada, has … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Canada
Tagged bookstore cats, caturday, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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New Light
“Lux Nova” translates from Latin as “new light” but it also refers specifically to the otherworldly light that is generated by stained glass windows. Recently, Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark commissioned SIIKU art studio to create the Lux Nova installation at … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Denmark, Roskilde, stained glass
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Not The New Yorker
As an unapologetic fan of Wes Anderson films, I have been looking forward to the release of his upcoming movie The French Dispatch. Although we still have to wait until July 24, 2020 to see it, the trailer and a fun … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Film, movies
Tagged Magazines, Paris, The New Yorker, Wes Anderson
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Illustrious Illustrations
For book geeks like me, this huge online library of thousands of old book illustrations is a time-sucking rabbit hole. But if you are game, it offers a treasure trove of searchable images by name, artist, source, date, and which … Continue reading
Chronicles of New York
Dramatically set atop a set of stacked blue shipping containers, the French street artist JR just completed his latest large-scale wheat paste work, Chronicles of New York at Domino Park in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The installation is a compilation of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, NYC, Street Art, Williamsburg
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Smiley’s People
I’m a huge fan of John le Carré and have read everything that he’s written. No matter how one may feel about his politics, he’s the undisputed master of the espionage novel. Artist Matt Taylor has illustrated a quite number … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Writing
Tagged Cold War, espionage, Fiction, John Le Carre, The Night Manager
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Travel Between The Pages 