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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Van Life Baby
Many, many years ago, I spent some time living in a VW van. It was summertime and I was traveling with my brother Steve, so it was pretty damn awesome. That is until we lost the keys swimming in the … Continue reading
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Books and Music
Greenlight Bookstore in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, N.Y. was recently the setting for a new music video called “Good Kisser” from the group Lake Street Dive.
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Film, Music, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Lake Street Dive, New York City, NYC
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Wild Books
“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Paris, Shakespeare and Company, Virginia Woolf
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Put A Ring On It
To celebrate the Concéntrico International Festival of Architecture and Design, the Berlin-based art collective Plastique Fantastique encircled the Instituo Esudios Riojanos in Logroño, Spain, with a gigantic faux gold ring. Unfortunately, RINGdeLUXE will only be in place through May.
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Berlin, design, Spain, Street Art
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Be More Pirate
First-time author San Conniff Allende’s new book Be More Pirate: Or How to Take On the World and Win is all about audacity and risk taking. To prove that he walks the walk, Allende, disguised as a contractor, plastered an eight-meter-long … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Bookselling, London, Penguin Books, Publishing
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New York Secrets
If you can’t live in New York City, or even visit whenever you want, the next best thing may be this brand new periodical about NYC life. Civilization, which is co-edited by Richard Turley, Mia Kerin, and Lucas Mascetello, is a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music, Restaurants, Tourism, USA
Tagged Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, mushrooms, New York City, newspapers
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