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Quiet Winter Moments in the Taconics
My decision to move out of New York City this past August came as a surprise to many of my friends and acquaintances and colleagues. Perhaps most of all to me.
Planning a Pilgrimage with Annie Leibovitz
There is something sort of wonderful about hearing a woe-is-me travel story from a big whoop wealthy lady. Schadenfreude is not the nicer part of my personality, but why bother to hide it?...
Carnival of Cities for 12 January 2012
Welcome to the Carnival of Cities blog carnival, where we tour the world in a single post, via submissions from a variety of different blogs, all about any aspect of one, single city or...
Visiting Cat Canyon with a Camera
At about this time last year, a very large and extremely friendly house cat found himself alone on the streets of Brooklyn. He could have been abandoned, or he could have slipped out...
I 10 migliori gadget da viaggio
Prima di partire per un viaggio è sempre una buona cosa dotarsi di un giusto equipaggiamento: HostelsClub ti propone una top ten dei migliori gadget da viaggio, oggetti più o meno costosi, ma...
A perfect day of US travel
If I could spend a day going all over the US, with instant transport from one place to another and an unlimited budget, here is where I’d go and what I’d do in...
In a Rio Favela, the Most-loved Dog in the World
By Bruce Northam “Your hometown makes you think of silly things, New York City makes you talk of them… and Rio makes you do them.” – an unofficial Rio street-crossing guard. Flickr photo...
The Politics of High Heels at the Bata Shoe Museum
“Suffrage! Right to hold office! Show us first the woman who has independence and sense and taste enough to dress attractively…in shoes that do not destroy both her comfort and her gait.” So...
Klezmer: music for the festival of lights
Klezmer is a traveling music, an intricate weaving of dance rhythm and lament, a sharing of joy and sorrow through voice, violin, clarinet, cimbalom, keyboard, horns, and percussion that has moved through medieval...
The Museum of Inuit Art in Toronto
To me, the mark of a great city isn’t the presence of major museums — although you do need those — but the ability to support smaller institutions. I always felt, for instance,...
Music for Thanksgiving
A time of harvest, of gathering in, of celebrating, of looking back and looking forward, remembering the work of summer and preparing for what is to be learned in winter: whether or not...
Shopping a New York, tutto un altro mondo!
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, continuo oggi il post su New York, se volete leggere la prima parte, cliccate su: La grande Mela: New York – prima parte. Fervente, caleidoscopica, accattivante: è la New York che...
Touring Haunted Sites in Madrid
Madrid is one of the most amazing cities in Western Europe . When you first set foot in the city, you’re going to experience a number of different sensations.
Reason #573 to Love Brooklyn: Fish Fridays at Acme
Here’s what I’ll be snacking on this weekend: - Half Pound of Baked Kippered Salmon - Quarter Pound of Pastrami-Style Smoked Salmon - 4 Ounces of Sliced Smoked Nova Salmon - 3 Ounces...
Sea to Shining Sea: A Tapestry of American Music
Home on the Range, Sweet Betsy from Pike, You Are My Sunshine, The Water Is Wide, Shenandoah — chances are at least one of those songs has begun playing its melody in your...
Hookah Bars in New York City
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the subject, the hookah bar is a smoking lounge of sorts with a bit of a twist. Here, patrons of the establishment, also referred to as...
Don’t Let the Flooding Scare You Away from Thailand
To-Do List for Last Week in Bangkok: Tuesday: Zen Cucina ; Hajime Robot Restaurant Wednesday: La Monita ; CentralWorld Movie ; Science Center for Education Thursday: Asia Hotel ; CentralWorld Shrines (morning) Friday:...
Shoes Not Made For Walking, or The Strange and Wonderful Wardrobe of Daphne Guinness
Imagine packing a pair of these shoes like these for your next trip: Daphne Guinness would. This fashion icon, brewery heiress ( yes, that Guinness ), recent New Yorker profile subject has co-curated...
13.1 Miles of Norway in New York, By Way of France
A number of things flashed through my mind in the moments after I crossed the finish line of Grete’s Great Gallop, an annual half-marathon in Central Park named after the iron woman that...
The Souvenir Travel Key Chain
I have never bought one. Although souvenir key chains are cheap and available on spinning racks in airports, markets and tourist-focused stores all over the world, and I’ve had, oh, forty-five gazillion opportunities...
The Best Cities To Celebrate Halloween
We’ve finally reached the month of October, and while over here in Europe the days turn darker and colder - we have one thing to look forward to: Halloween! While many people think...
MyBlockNYC.com brings New York City streets alive
In New York City , there’s a story to be found on every street. And now, thanks to MyBlockNYC.com , an ambitious interactive video mapping website, these stories are coming alive, not only...
Ostelli dalla A alla Z
Ecco una guida in rigoroso ordine alfabetico dei fattori più importanti che un ostello deve avere per garantire un soggiorno piacevole: Armadietti : soprattutto se prenoti una sistemazione in camerata gli armadietti sono...
Il Great American Beer Festival (GABF) di Denver (USA) ovvero, la festa della birra più grande dell’Oktoberfest.
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, Molti di voi staranno programmando la loro visita all’Oktoberfest, la famosa festa della birra di Monaco di Baviera, ma io volevo segnalarvi un’altra festa della birra, molto più grande sia in...
The 5 Best Castles To Visit In Europe
When we asked our Facebook fans last week what the best thing about Europe was , many people mentioned the castles - Europe has an abundance of incredible castles that are so well kept...
Augmented Reality App ‘110 Stories’ puts the Twin Towers back in the picture
Ten years on, it’s still hard to get my head around the events of 9/11. Watching the news from the other side of the world, my initial thought was this has to be...
I figli prediletti di Liverpool: The Beatles (seconda ed ultima parte)
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, continuo oggi la segnalazione di Liverpool raccontata attraverso i suoi figli prediletti: The Beatles, chi si fosse perso l’inizio dell’articolo, basta che clicchi su: I figli prediletti di Liverpool: The Beatles...
Six Definitions of Surreal
Packing to move from New York City to the Hudson Valley, dismantling your life which even with very frequent travel has seems very fixed. Manifestly it is not — not when it is...
Lufthansa eletta compagnia aerea leader in Europa ai World Travel Awards 2011
Con un gruppo di oltre 5.000 selezionate agenzie di viaggio, destinazioni e organizzazioni, Lufthansa è stata ancora una volta eletta compagnia aerea leader in Europa da un panel di oltre 213.000 professionisti del...
I figli prediletti di Liverpool: The Beatles
Salve inguaribili viaggiatori, la meta che volevo oggi segnalarvi è Liverpool raccontata attraverso i suoi figli prediletti: The Beatles. “When l'm 64”, cantava un giovanissimo Paul McCartney nel 1967. Si poneva il problema della...
Lunch and Trouble in Great Barrington
Great Barrington, Massachusetts is one of those New England towns that appeal to people from places like Boston or New York — in other words people like me. You can park the car...
Top 5 Restaurants in LA
Serious gourmets can argue for hours whether the quality and variety of food available is better in Los Angeles or New York .