Category Archives: Europe

Gimme Some Peace

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Over the years, readers of TBTP have pointed out to me that I seem to be obsessed with Iceland. While I cannot dispute the charge, I can justify my fixation on the magical island with a lengthy list of exceptional … Continue reading →

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Happy 200th Karl M

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Wild Books

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

“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 →

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Mean Streets of Dublin

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Put A Ring On It

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

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.

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Be More Pirate

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

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 →

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Amsterdam Gumshoe

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Every year, the city of Amsterdam spends millions of euros cleaning up tons of used chewing gum. To bring attention to this disgusting and expensive problem, the Iamsterdam tourism marketing organization collaborated with the Gumdrop company, design firm Explicit Wear, and Publicis One to … Continue reading →

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Reading Nook

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

French artist Thierry Mandon uses video, performance art, and installations to reflect on the poetic nature of everyday existence with a twist of absurdist humor.

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Bookstore Tourism: Rome

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

I don’t remember if I found the Open Door Bookshop on my first or second visit to Rome, but I do recall meeting the store’s founder the writer and journalist Charles Nopar. Secluded on a lovely street in the picture-postcard … Continue reading →

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Americain En France

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

A French “reading and conversation book” for American soldiers prepared upon the entry of the United States into the First World War. This volume belonged to David S. Blondheim, at that time an associate professor of French and later a professor … Continue reading →

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