East Coast vs West Coast, New York City vs San Francisco, everyone has an opinion on which is better. After moving from NYC to San Francisco, writer and comedian Sarah Cooper noticed some striking differences and turned her perceptions into a series of witty illustrations.
Last month British Airways launched a wonderful new series of short videos to promote mindfulness mediation practices for air travelers. Created in collaboration with Mark Coleman from the California-based Mindfulness Institute, the on-board videos are designed to help passengers cope with the stress of flying at every stage of the journey—pre-flight, airborne and on arrival.
Dedicated Game of Thrones viewers can now find accommodations ranging from castles to desert tents near the filming locations for the HBO TV series. Airbnb’s blog has links to amazing rentals that offer the fervent fans a true immersion in the GoT experience. So far listings focus on northern Iceland near Akureyri, Northern Ireland, Morocco, and Croatia.
London-based artist and illustrator mark Powell creates amazing drawings on recycled vintage maps, envelopes, postcards, periodicals, newspapers, books, and documents of all kinds. Check-out his website for more and to purchase an original piece or two.
You won’t get a classic Superman, but if you head to your local comic bookstore today you can pick-up a free copy of a more contemporary comic. Why ? Because it’s Free Comic Book Day . The annual event began in 2002 when comic seller Joe Field created the concept to celebrate readers and to encourage lapsed comic lovers to return to the fold. Now, on the first Saturday each May, comic retailers around the globe participate in Free Comic Book Day with special events, lots of cosplay, and of course free books.
For more information and to locate a comic store near you visit the special day’s dedicated website freecomicbookday.com.
Tomorrow more than 400 independent bookstores across North America will participate in the first annual, continent-wide, Independent Bookstore Day. Indie shops will host hundreds of author appearances, readings, parties, giveaways, special literary events, and 16 exclusive books and art pieces for IBD 2015 will be available only at participating IBD bookstores, only on May 2. Items include a signed, original Chris Ware print; a signed chapbook of original essays by the bestselling author of Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay; a Margaret Atwood stencil, a literary map of the seas; a color broadside from Stephen King’s forthcoming novel Finders Keepers; an original signed, Captain Underpants print and much more.More than 65 authors have demonstrated their support for independent bookstores by donating work for IBD.
Get all the scoop, and find a participating indie near you at the event website.
I’m planning to visit the Arctic Circle this summer, but I don’t have any expectations for an Antarctica trip any time soon. This beautiful film by Swedish photographer Kalle Ljung will just have to do for now.
Way back in the last century I lived in Florida when the artist Christo created his Surrounded Islands project in Miami’s Biscayne Bay. So, I was pleased to hear about his new project called The Floating Piers. For sixteen days during June 2016, Christo will install 200,000 brightly covered, floating cubes to create a walkway around Italy’s Lago Iseo. The yellow fabric will also cover pedestrian streets in two lakeside towns. There’s more about The Floating Piers on the project website.
Have you ever been between flights at an airport and just wanted a place to take a nap or chill for an hour or two in peace. Maybe you’ve had a long layover but not enough time to leave the airport and find a reasonably priced hotel for a few hours of shuteye. Well, the GoSleep Pods might be for you. The light and sound proof capsules are already available in Helsinki, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and soon will be popping up at international airports all over.
For the price of around 9€ per hour (less for long rentals) pod users get a safe refuge in a bath tube-sized cocoon with luggage storage and gadget charging. Pillows, blankets and other amenities are extra.
The UK-based hotel booking site Hotels4U produced this amusing infographic that purports to identify the most popular dishes from 28 European countries. What do you think about the choice for your nation? Stroopwafel over pannenkoeken for the Netherlands, really?
Travel Between The Pages 