Category Archives: USA

Where you can light up

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

One of the things that I enjoy most about this blog is the contact with readers and followers all over the world. I get lots of messages with travel questions, especially about visiting the United States. Lately, it seems that … Continue reading →

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So, you want to be a writer ?

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

The poet Charles Bukowski would seem to be the least likely person one would turn to for career advice, but this little piece is oddly moving. don’t be like so many writers, don’t be like so many thousands of people … Continue reading →

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It’s Presidents Day in ‘murica

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Falter not O book, fulfil your destiny

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Manhattan Glamping

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Other than taking your chances freelance camping in Central Park, there aren’t many spots to camp out in Manhattan. But beginning this May 1st, it will be possible to do some very special glamping with views of the Statue of … Continue reading →

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world’s longest and saddest book

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Middle Earth Parks

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Dan Bell is a very talented amateur cartographer who loves J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic Middle Earth maps and national parks too. He has combined his interests in a wonderful series of Tolkien-style maps of parks in the U.K. and the U.S.. … Continue reading →

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Have we not darken’d and dazed ourselves with books long enough

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Too Much Future

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Too Much Future is a new work of public art from the Whitney Museum’s #Public Art series. Each piece is installed on the facade of a building across the street from the New York City institution and can also be viewed from the … Continue reading →

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Traveling Books

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

In recent months, I have posted stories on two traveling bookshops in France, now I have found one in Charleston, South Carolina. Itinerant Literate Books is the brainchild of partners Christen Thompson Lain and Julia Turner. The pair met while studying at … Continue reading →

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