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Category Archives: Tourism
Word on the Water
Word on the Water is London’s only floating bookshop. The quirky secondhand store has been popping up on London canals for almost three years and is currently moored outside of Paddington Station. The resident owner, Paddy Creech, not only sells … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Bookshops, London, London Canals
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Little Cable Cars Climb Halfway to the Stars
I’m a sucker for all of those great photo mashups that are popping up online every day. You know, the ones that blend historic images with shots of the same contemporary scene. But photographer Michael Raziano has his own take … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Tourism, USA
Tagged Cable Cars, Chinatown, Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Almost Convincing
Rob Whitworth and JT Singh were commissioned by a state-run tourism agency to produce this fascinating time-lapse video of Pyongyang. Of course they were closely chaperoned during shooting and much of the city was off-limits for their cameras. Still, it’s … Continue reading
Vienna Hangout
The Flederhaus is the newest addition to Vienna’s wonderful Museum Quarter education and entertainment district. Based on a pun of the word fledermaus, which means bat in German, the Flederhaus is an open five floor structure containing 28 hammocks free … Continue reading
Stockholm’s Neoteric Travel Guide
Stockholm’s popular cab company Taxi Stockholm has created a website for visitors that aims to offer a novel approach to the city travel guide. Taxi Trails uses data from thousands of cab trips to highlight spots where people are actually … Continue reading
Louvre’s New Attraction
This summer the Louvre is featuring an extra added attraction for visitors who linger in the Carrousel and Tuilerie Gardens—a herd of rats. Not quite as cute and cuddly as the cast of Ratatouille, these rodents have proliferated throughout the gardens … Continue reading
Small World Big Art
Small World Books is a haven for book, music and art lovers in Rochester, New York. Last month, the secondhand bookshop owner Rocco Pellegrino commissioned this lovely wall mural by peripatetic Italian artist/illustrator/designer Alice Pasquini for his city’s 4th annual Wall\Therapy … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism
Tagged Book stores, Mural Art, Rochester, Street Art
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Discover London
Transport for London has released a marvelous series of retro travel posters and ads that hopes to inspire Londoners —and visitors too —to spend time exploring one of the world’s greatest cities. The campaign encourages folks to get out and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Tourism
Tagged London Tourism, London Transport, Transport for London
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Zippy Among the Sluggish (it’s all relative)
Between April 1 and June 15, 2014, the folks at wefi , a national network analytics firm, collected data from millions of public wifi hotspots around the U.S.. Based on 45 day average speeds, they’ve determined the fastest wifi in … Continue reading
Monday is majorly miscellaneous
French Lessons What comes Afterglobe ? Isn’t a great bookstore worth traveling for ? See if these inspire. Venice is a time machine. Do you know the French Raymond Chandler ? If you can’t reach me, I’ll be spending the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Tourism, Travel Writing, Writing
Tagged Italo Calvino, New Yorker, Raymond Chandler, Venice, Wilder Quaterly
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