Category Archives: USA

How to Get a Passport …today !

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Have you ever had one of those travel anxiety dreams where you are about to leave on a trip abroad and you discover that your passport is missing ? Well today, National Passport Day, is the one day each year … Continue reading →

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Driving Jersey (New not Isle)

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

“Driving Jersey represents the most misunderstood and misrepresented place and people in all of America.”   This terrific series of mini-documentaries features profiles and interviews by fimmakers Steve Rogers and Ryan Batt as they travel Jersey’s highways and backroads capturing … Continue reading →

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Green (and metaphorical too)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Columbian artist Miler Lagos works in many mediums, including video, collage, sculpture and installation. His work, which often incorporates repurposed reading materials, is often a metaphorical take on the precarious balance between human culture and the forces of nature. Miler’s … Continue reading →

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Never Forget

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

9/11/01

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New York City : more MTA

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

It’s a clever marketing synch: the MTA, which has had its history of collusion with corrupt politicians and historic subway trains running  old stock to promote a TV show about a crooked politician.  HBO is paying the Metropolitan Transit Agency … Continue reading →

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New York City : Subway Manners

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

New York artist Jay Shelowitz has embarked on an admirable campaign to help his fellow New Yorkers (and visitors too) behave civilly on the city’s subway. He’s been putting up hundreds of posters modeled after the MTA’s service changes notices. … Continue reading →

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America’s Coolest Towns (small)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

We all have those favorite small towns that we badger our friends to visit. You know, the out of the way villages and hamlets with great bookstores, restaurants, architecture and shops. Every year Budget Travel magazine celebrates those bright spots with the … Continue reading →

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Jerry’s Map…Jerry’s World

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Michigan artist/cartographer Jerry Gretzinger has been creating his own fictional world through his nearly half-century mapmaking project. If you love maps as much as I do, you’ll find Jerry’s world mesmerizing. You can support Jerry’s life-long project by visiting his … Continue reading →

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Airport Buzz (more)

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

That buzzing sound you hear at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport could be a jet taking off. Or maybe it’s coming from the 1.5 million bees that call the airport home. In May, the Chicago Department of Aviation partnered with a … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Season

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

It’s…

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