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Category Archives: USA
New Year’s Resolutions
I never make New Year’s resolutions, but the late great Woody Gutherie did. Here’s the list that he wrote in 1942 at the age of 30. 1. Work more and better 2. Work by a schedule 3. Wash teeth if … Continue reading
Do You Ever Wonder…
Do you ever wonder what happens to your checked airline baggage once it disappears down the conveyor belt and behind those mysterious rubber flaps? Well, this eye-opening, time-lapse video, entitled “Behind- the- Scenes: Your Bag’s Journey on Delta”, follows a … Continue reading
Join the World
The Pulitzer Prize winning author Anna Quindlen has been named honorary national chairperson for World Book Night U.S., and the organization has named the 30 titles that will be given away on World Book Night, scheduled for April 23, 2012. The … Continue reading
Winter Wonderland
Netherlands-based photographer Maria Netsounski travels the world capturing extraordinary shots of people, landscapes and urban scenes. In this exceptional series entitled, IR, she shoots everyday scenes and,using infrared technology distorts the colors with very dramatic and unusual effect. The resulting … Continue reading
Winter Dreams
F. Scott Fitzgerald died 71 years ago yesterday of a massive heartattack. He was just 44 years old. This brilliant documentary, F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams, was produced for the PBS series American Masters. The inventive film has no traditional … Continue reading
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Tagged American Masters, F. Scott Fitzgerald, PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, Winter Dreams
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Pssst…French Books
The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, History, Libraries, Museums, Uncategorized, USA, Writing
Tagged Book Artists, France, Garamond, Grolier Club, Imprimerie Nationale, New York City, New York Public Library
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Smalls Demon Is Coming
Small Demons is a new site “that believes powerful and interesting things happen when you connect all the details of books”. Still in beta, Small Demons is quietly gearing-up and inviting booklovers and bibliophiles to join and participate in their … Continue reading
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Save the Horses
For most New York City visitors, the horse drawn carriages of Central Park appear to be a quaint, nostalgic hold-over from an earlier time, or just another tourist trap to grab their dollars. But, what they really represent is plain … Continue reading
Are You Offended New Jersey ?
You won’t find this colorful and controversial new map on any New Jeresy travel literature any time soon. But you can count on lots of attention from Jerseyites and shore visitors. {full disclosure: I was born and raised in the … Continue reading
What’s Up With Airport Scanners
The European Commission recently decided to ban the controversial “backscatter x-ray” machines (which emit directed ionized radiation) from all of the EU’s 27 member country airports “in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens’ health and safety”. Meanwhile in the U.S., … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 