Category Archives: Tourism

Bookstore Tourism: Dubai

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

In what seems to be a disturbing trend around the world, yet another staff-less bookstore has opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Book Hero, which is open 24 hours a day, has off-site management, but has zero booksellers on the … Continue reading →

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Springtime in Paris

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Bookstore Tourism Boulder

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

This week, Publishers Weekly named Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colorado as the 2018 Bookstore of the Year. Founded in 1973 by David Bolduc, the bookshop has been a pioneer in indie bookstore initiatives, as well as an anchor in … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen Now Has A Parkipelago

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

CPH-Ø1 is a 215 square-foot handmade floating platform with a tree planted in the center. The min-island represents the first piece in a new project from local design studio Fokstrot. The “Parkipelago” is an innovative concept in public spaces coming to Copenhagen’s inner … Continue reading →

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Drunks in doorways, Moons on trees

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

This  Monday, Bill Murray popped-up at SXSW in Austin, Texas for an impromptu street poetry reading of the great Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s short work “Dog”. The reading was not spontaneous, but part of a national promotional campaign for director … Continue reading →

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Bookstore Tourism Beijing

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Chinese bookstore chain Xinhua has opened the nation’s first employee-less, 24-hour bookstore, in Tongzhou, a district in southeast Beijing, and plans to open another 19 similar stores in the city before the end of the year. The bookshops, which are … Continue reading →

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Death Before Decaf

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

As a life-long coffee addict and devoted aficianado, I was thrilled to get turned-on to a periodical that is “about coffee, the people who drink it, and the cities they inhabit.” Drift magazine is all about the joys of wandering great cities, … Continue reading →

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Only Slightly Exaggerated

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

I love a clever travel promotional campaign or film. Travel Oregon has made a wonderful anime-style promotional video called “Only Slightly Exaggerated” for their newest campaign. The short was created by Psyops and Sun Creature Studio with music by the Oregon Symphony. … Continue reading →

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Why Museums Matter

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Anyone who has ever traveled with me can attest to my museum obsession. I have been accused of being incapable of passing any museum without popping in for a visit. Of course these types of consuming passions all have an origin or … Continue reading →

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A Love Letter To New York

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Photographer Jonathan Higbee describes his ongoing street photography project Coincidences as a “love letter to New York City”. Higbee’s paean to his adopted hometown documents serendipitous moments of people on the streets of the city. Although the images sometimes seem posed or … Continue reading →

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