Category Archives: South America

History is made of maps

History Maps uses a combination of interactive maps, videos, illustrations and Wikipedia content to explain and guide the user through an impressive collection of historical events. Beware, it’s easy to fall down this rabbit hole and spend an unplanned hour … Continue reading

Posted in Africa, Art, Asia, Canada, Europe, Film, History, Maps, Middle East, Museums, South America, USA | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Americas’ Oldest Surviving Book

For the first time in more than 50 years Los Angeles’s J. Paul Getty Museum is displaying ten of the remaining pages from Códice Maya de México, the oldest surviving book of the Americas. Dating to circa 1100 CE, the Mayan Codex … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, South America | Tagged , | 1 Comment

When did it become so strange

I was captivated by the charming video Nine Letters, which was written and directed by the Brazilian-Swiss filmmaker Cristina Müller. The poignant short film is built around a series of letters and cards ranging from the 1930s to the present … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Europe, Film, South America, USA, Writing | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Taste The World

Taste Atlas is a website based on a map that will help you discover delicious local food around the world. The next time you are planning a trip, consider checking the taste atlas site to locate a tasty new treat or … Continue reading

Posted in Europe, Restaurants, South America, Tech, Tourism | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Take A Virtual Vacation

Virtual Vacation is a web directory that pulls together the dozens of walking, driving, hiking and other point-of-view videos scattered across the web where people explore unique places with a camera in hand. Beware, it’s easy to fall down this … Continue reading

Posted in apps, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Public Transport, South America, Tourism, USA | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

NYC Coffee Culture

There have been coffee houses in New York City since the Dutch “bought” Manhattan from the local Algonquins. One of the first successfull coffeeshop chains actually predated Starbucks by half a century and surprisingly had an intimate connection to the … Continue reading

Posted in Architecture, History, Restaurants, South America, USA | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

TGIF (Thank God It’s Frida)

 

Posted in Art, South America, USA | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Move-in Ready

I’m seriously considering building one of these book igloos and moving in for the duration of the pandemic. These book sculptures are the work of the brilliant Columbian artist Miler Lagos.  

Posted in Art, Books, South America | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

The Driver Is Red

The moving animated documentary below is about how Israeli Mossad agent Zvi Aharoni tracked down and captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina 15 years after WWII ended. It is a powerful piece of art and history. The rare … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Europe, Film, History, South America | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Symptoms of Hibernating

Anais Nin : “You live…sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book…or you take a trip…and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Books, Europe, South America, Writing | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments