-
Join 4,230 other subscribers
Categories
- Africa
- Air Travel
- Animation
- apps
- Architecture
- Art
- Asia
- Books
- Bookstore Tourism
- Canada
- Car rentals
- ebooks
- Europe
- Film
- Freedom of Speech
- History
- Hotels
- Libraries
- Maps
- Middle East
- movies
- Museums
- Music
- Photography
- Public Transport
- Restaurants
- South America
- Tech
- Theater
- Tourism
- Travel Writing
- Uncategorized
- USA
- Writing
Submission Guidelines
Share this Blog
Translate
Tag Archives: Oscar Wilde
Banksy and Bob
By now, you have likely seen photos of Banksy ‘s latest work painted on the wall of a historic British prison. The elusive street artist officially owned the piece by posting some footage of Bob Ross narration from The Joy … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, History
Tagged Banksy, Britain, censorship, Oscar Wilde, Street Art
2 Comments
Ghosts of Pere Lachaise
Founded in 1804 in the countryside beyond the Paris city walls, the Cimetiére Pére-Lachaise is now Paris’ largest cemetery. Verdant, hilly, with meandering paths between thousands of sepulchral tombs and monuments this vast city of the dead is one of … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Europe, Film, History, Tourism
Tagged Gertrude Stein, Jim Morrison, Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Paris
2 Comments
Never Enough Books
I can’t think of a more appropriate way to camouflage unsightly electrical transformers. The Library Place Apartments, adjacent to the Everett, Washington Public Library have just added this wonderful installation. It’s called the “Book Stack” and it stands 8-feet-tall and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, ebooks, Libraries, USA
Tagged Charles Dickens, Franz Kafka, Importance of Being Earnest, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Sinclair Lewis, Walt Whitman
1 Comment