Author Archives: Brian D. Butler

Beach Reads

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Enjoying a good beach read is one of the perks of summertime for booklovers the world over. The city of Tel Aviv has just made it even easier with the launch of their beach library on wheels. The colorfully painted … Continue reading →

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Free Coffee for Flyers

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Earlier this month we shared a story about Molson Brewery‘s free beer vending machine promotion in Europe. Well now the Dutch coffee company Douwe Egberts is getting on the free bandwagon with a campaign that places free coffee dispensing machines … Continue reading →

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Zoomable Maps

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

London-based designer Anne Stauche has created the brilliant map²—a series of paper maps inspired by the zoomable feature of digital maps. The cleverly designed versions of map² are pocket-sized paper maps that utilize a unique folding process to allow users … Continue reading →

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Left To Right, Top To Bottom

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Some day the little video below may become a valuable instructional tool for the uninitiated, but for now it’s a witty bit of bibliophilic entertainment. “How to Read a Book” was created by university student Hilary Crommer for a Visual … Continue reading →

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Rhodes – The Island of the Knights

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Today’s guest post is an excerpt from the new travel book “Rhodes —The Island of the Knights” by Richard Clark. Rhodes – The Island of the Knights With a fair wind, the island of Rhodes is but half a day’s … Continue reading →

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Why So Hard

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

The following guest post is by Amelia Hunter of Galstyan Immigration Law. For more information about visas and immigration law, contact her at Amelia@galstyanlaw.com or visit the Galstyan Law website. Top 5 Countries That Are Very Hard to Get Into … Continue reading →

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A screaming comes across the sky

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

The American Book Review is an award-winning publication that specializes in reviews of often neglected or under-rated novels, poetry and literary criticism from small, regional and university presses. Not long ago they published a marvelous list of the “100 Best … Continue reading →

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We’re All Urbanites Now

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

There are lots of travel magazines devoted to individual countries, and of course a myriad of city-specific periodicals, but now there’s a magazine that devotes each issue to a single street. The brainchild of Berliner Ricarda Meissner, Flaneur launched last … Continue reading →

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Walking NYC by Map

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Walking and using public transit are usually the best ways to get around most cities, but getting one’s bearings can be frustrating—especially in a new city. The New York City Department of Transportation really gets this and recently unveiled a … Continue reading →

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Hotel Security

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

A newly hatched UK thinktank plan to turn historic, old prisons into high-end boutique hotels may be taking hotel security a bit too far. The project would reinvent famous slammers such as London’s Wormwood Scrubs, Petonville, Dartmoor and the 400 … Continue reading →

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