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Tag Archives: Russia
Three and the Moon
I recently stumbled upon this amazing title with mind-blowing illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff . The artist was a Russian refugee who arrived penniless in the U.S. after the Russian Revolution. He spent the next four decades creating illustrations for popular … Continue reading
An Honor Without Irony
Last week, an outdoor sculpture honoring the iconic American author J.D. Salinger was dedicated on a hillside near his family’s ancestral home in Lithuania. The artwork celebrates the writer’s most acclaimed novel The Catcher in the Rye. Ironically, Salinger’s 1951 bildungsroman … Continue reading
Hermitage
I was very fortunate to spend an entire day in the world renowned Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia a few years ago. It’s almost overwhelming to try and take in the immense institution in one visit. To save our … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, Museums, Music, Photography, Tourism
Tagged iPhone, Russia, St Petersburg
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Russia Tourism Rebrands
A design team from ad agency Suprematika recently won an open competition to come up with an entirely new brand identity for Russia’s tourism board. They created a dynamic abstract design featuring bold geometric shapes and colors. The central graphic … Continue reading
Thinking of Saint Petersburg
Since yesterday’s terrorist bombing, I have been thinking about Saint Petersburg and all of the amazing people that I met there on my visit six months ago. With the heightened tensions between the United States and Russia, I had anticipated … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Leningrad, Russia, Saint Petersburg, terrorism
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Saint Petersburg Is Packed With Surprises
When I was in Saint Petersburg, Russia this Fall, I did my due diligence as a tourist and visited as many museums, palaces, cathedrals, and attractions as I could manage in a week. Unfortunately, I was a few months too … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Libraries, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Leningrad, Russia, Saint Petersburg
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Moscow Boulevard
I really appreciate travel magazine Flaneur’s singular focus on just one street in a city for each issue. The Berlin-based publication’s latest actually concentrates on a large district this time. Their new issue explores Moscow’s Boulevard Ring in the center of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, History, Photography, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Magazines, Moscow, Russia, travel magazines
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Without Libraries What Are We
Montreal-based Instagramer Olivier Martel Savoie has been traveling the world for the last two years visiting libraries and taking terrific photos with just his trusty iPhone. His series #olive_libraries covers beautiful institutions from Budapest to Boston. “Without libraries what have … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, Canada, Europe, Libraries, Photography, USA
Tagged Canada, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Russia, Sweden
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