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Category Archives: USA
How Is Your Airport Etiquette
JetBlue has lost some of its fans recently for dropping its free bag policy, but maybe this little amusing video will make everyone forgive and forget.
Attention Visitors to New York City
Coming from a family that called New York City home for more than a century, I am constitutionally required to complain about the way tourists walk the sidewalks and comport themselves when visiting the city. There’s nothing like gawping tourists blocking … Continue reading
A Place Just For Book Lovers
My television cable service offers literally hundreds of channels to chose from 24 hours a day. There are networks devoted to every sport imaginable. There are dozens of food and cooking shows. There are even entire networks that only show … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, ebooks, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Independent bookstore, TV
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The Man In The High Castle
Philadelphia-based freelance artist and illustrator David Palumbo is widely known for his terrific book and comic cover illustrations. The former publishing art director has created an exciting new project called “Re-cover”, where he reimagines his own take on cover art for … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Art, Call of the Wild, Neuromancer, Philip K Dick, The Great Escape, Time Machine
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Who You Gonna Call
If you are visiting NYC, and you are a true movie fanatic, be sure to swing by the actual Ghostbusters firehouse in Tribeca at Hudson and N. Moore streets. The crew of the functioning station recently updated their sidewalk artwork.
Comedians In Cars Getting Books
In this season’s finale to Jerry Seinfeld’s fantastic web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, he and the inimitable Stephen Colbert not only get coffee—at the Bluestone Coffee Co. in Montclair, N.J.— they also pop in at Watchung Booksellers to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, USA
Tagged coffee house, indie bookstores, Jerry Seinfeld, Stephen Colbert
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If you do it right, it will last forever
The late design icon Massimo Vignelli, who died last year, will always be remembered for his visually powerful and timeless graphic art. To honor his memory, the Spanish design studio Husmee Estudio Graphique asked a diverse group of international graphic … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, Maps, Museums, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Graphic design, Massimo Vignelli, MTA
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Art Against Abuse
Years before it was called “street art”, Dan Witz was painting images of colorful humming birds on walls in New York City. In more recent years, the renowned artist has been working with PETA to raise awareness about the plight … Continue reading
Have a happy 4th (under adult supervision)
“Boom shakalacka boom” Sly Stone
Travel Between The Pages 