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Coffee with a bullet
Regular visitors to TBTP know that I am an annoying coffee geek. When I combine my coffee fascination with my love of travel, I can be insufferable. When I found myself up early for a trip to Nagoya from Tokyo … Continue reading
Waving not drowning
One of the few disappointments during my recent trip to Japan was the unexpected closure of the Sumida Hokusai Museum in Tokyo for renovation. I did, however, get to visit the wonderful, but tiny Ota Memorial Museum that features historic … Continue reading
“Don’t touch my bags if you please, mister customs man”
I recently experienced the whole Customs and Immigration thing for the first time in a year. In the past, I rarely gave it much thought, but now that we’ve had an authoritarian coup, it gives one pause. On that note, … Continue reading
I draw the line at canal water coffee
I’ve been to Venice a few times, but never once considered consuming the murky canal water in any form. So, I was shocked to read that the design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro is celebrating the Venice Biennale Architecture 2025 by … Continue reading
Read the Room
Den Wolsack with the associated Hofkamer in the garden is a monumental building at Oude Beurs 27 in Antwerp . The street was renamed Wolstraat in the 14th century, and the term Den Wolsack also dates from that period when the wool industry flourished. The current mansion … Continue reading
Maps explain so much
Wen-Jen Deng, “Globalization at table” (2023), embroidery, indigo dyeing, burlap fabric, mixed media.
Under Zurich
When I think of Zurich, biking is not the first thing that comes to mind. However, in the years since I spent time there, a robust bike culture has grown and thrived. Which explains why the new Zürich Stadttunnel for … Continue reading
Not to be confused with The Great Gatsby
I was today years old when I learned about Ernest Vincent Wright’s 1939 novel written without a single letter e. The 50,000-word self-published book Gadsby tells the tale of a determined 50-year-old who rallies young people to revitalize his dying town … Continue reading
The Japanese Aesthetic
Traveling around Japan can be a challenging exercise in deciding what to attend to and where to look. The commitment to design and to aesthetic solutions to otherwise banal infrastructural objects is well beyond what we have come to expect … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 