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Category Archives: USA
Undiscovered Territory
In 2013, we followed artist and filmmaker Doug Aiken’s transcontinental traveling light/art/music show as it made its way from New York City to San Francisco. Aiken’s train-based, 24 day nomadic art show included participation by artists as diverse as Ed … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Film, movies, Public Transport, Tech, USA
Tagged Beck, Doug Aiken, Ed Ruscha, Trains
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Not Obsessed With WiFi
You may have heard about New York’s plan to create a city-wide free public wifi network based on freestanding kiosks. Well, yesterday the roll-out of the project began . The initial four units—on 3rd Avenue between 15th and 19th streets—from … Continue reading
In Flight
Brooklyn-based artist Juan Fontanive creates extraordinary automated flipbooks, which illuminate the flight of brightly colored birds and butterflies. The steel framed “books” contain gorgeous screen printed images on paper.
Vice Travels Well
Last month, VICE released the inaugural episode in its new series of Vice City Guides videos. The first episode focuses on Brooklyn, New York (of course), with shows to follow soon on Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Public Transport, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Brooklyn, NYC, Vice
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Buds and Breakfast
As more and more destinations legalize marijuana use, travelers who indulge are searching for accommodations that are amenable to cannabis use by guests. It’s no surprise that new services are popping up to meet the needs of this travel niche. … Continue reading
Are We There Yet ?
Way back in 2015, a neat old map detailing how long it took to travel from London to diverse destinations in 1914 was all over the internet. Now, the helpful Australian travel search engine Rome2rio has created a companion map … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Asia, Canada, Europe, Maps, Middle East, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Boats, planes, Trains
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Egypt and Its Monuments
A book buyer just requested some images from this fantastic 1908 edition of Egypt And Its Monuments by Robert Hichens with illustrations by Jules Guérin so I thought I’d share them here as well. Over the years, I’ve bought and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Art, Books, History, Middle East, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged Egypt, Illustration, Jules Guerin, Robert Hichens
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Coffee & Comics
We have a thriving, diverse coffeehouse culture here in the Philadelphia area, but it just got even more interesting and diverse with the opening of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse in the Kensington section of Philly. Owned and managed by Ariell … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Restaurants, Tourism, USA
Tagged coffee shops, Comic Books, Comics, Philadelphia
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Cold Toast & Stale Coffee
Have you ever wondered what writers snack on while they’re working? Then check out this wonderful illustration by San Francisco-based artist Wendy MacNaughton, which appeared in the New York Times Book review earlier this year. You can see more of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Emily Dickinson, Franz Kafka, John Steinbeck, Walt Whitman
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Travel Between The Pages 