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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
No Need To Fly
Europeans seem to be taking the lead in the creation of new travel paradigms. In Germany, DB, the German Railway Operator, has taken advantage of new attitudes towards responsible travel by promoting their discounted train tickets. Still, 72% of Germans … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Aviation, DB, Germany, Train Travel
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The 17th Century Kindle
In 1617. William Hakewill commissioned a traveling library to give as a gift to a friend. The Jacobean miniature mobile library consisted of fifty gold-tooled vellum-bound miniature books contained in a wooden case that resembled a large folio. Inside there were … Continue reading
“Thanx 4 Nothing”
I just discovered that the artist and Beat poet John Giorno died in October. You can be forgiven if you are not familiar with him, but in the 60s and 70s he was a prominent figure in the New York … Continue reading
A Bolder Boulder Travel Guide
The popular American outdoor clothing company Patagonia commissioned the local design studio Cast Iron to create a city guide to its home town of Boulder, Colorado. The neat little travel guide covers the highlights of America’s “happiest city” from local … Continue reading
Posted in Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Boulder Colorado, Patagonia, Travel Guidebooks
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Charles Dickens and the Marketing of Christmas
Charles Dickens and his iconic story A Christmas Carol have become synonymous with Christmas celebrations, however a special holiday exhibition at the Charles Dickens Museum in London demonstrates that his connection to the holiday season is not all candy canes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, Writing
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Fezziwig, Victoriana
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Home For Christmas
Last weekend, the UK-based artist(s) known as Banksy stenciled a moving holiday themed artwork on a wall in Birmingham, UK. The piece, and accompanying video, were designed to highlight the homelessness crisis in the city. Of course, the mural was … Continue reading
Paris: 66 Million BC
I know the big name dinosaurs—Tyrannosaurus, Allosaurus, Velociraptor, etc.—but that’s about the extent of my grasp of Dinosauria. However, my nephew Cameron is a budding paleontologist at the age of two (yes, 2) and he constantly schools me on the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, Photography
Tagged Digital art, Paris, video mapping
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Mark Twain Travel Writer
When we think about the great 19th century American writer Mark Twain, his lauded Mississippi River novels usually come to mind. However, it was the 1869 travel book The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim’s Progress which first brought him prominence. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Middle East, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Cruise Ships, Holy Land, Mark Twain, Travel Writing
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Blue Monday NYC
It’s a blue Monday in “Rainy Day, New York,” a 1940 painting by Leon Dolice—a Vienna-born artist who visited NYC in the 1920s, and it’s a rainy blue Monday today.
Not just the Gateway to the Fjords
Bergen has to be one of my favorite small European cities. The beautifully situated and stunningly scenic city has long been promoted as “the gateway to the Fjords” with much success. But now the tourism professionals at Visit Bergen have … Continue reading
