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One City, Five Hours: An Illustrated Off-beat Guide to Layovers

Layovers are tricky. Successfully managing your time in an unfamiliar city with just enough (but never enough) hours to kill requires some careful and thoughtful research– especially for travellers who might prefer to balance offbeat discoveries with the obligatory tourist stops. Luckily, I’ve stumbled across artist Oliver Jeffers‘ “One city, Five Hours” project, which landed him a regular spot…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXX)

1. Just a Double Decker bus re-purposed as a backyard Pool House This is the New Orleans home of artist Miranda Lake. The bus is a vintage Routemaster which she bought from a friend and describes as “one big shiny, giant happy pill you can actually get inside of.” And if you liked this, you gotta see the…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXVII)

1. Bookstores of New York The New Yorker asked the cartoonist Bob Eckstein to walk around New York City and draw his favorite bookstores. See the full set of cartoons he sent them. Look for part two of this series in the next few weeks. 2. A Miniature Secret Book Available to buy on Etsy,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXIX)

1. A Chinese Cave Village Uphill from the giant Miao Room, 21 families from the Miao minority live under the roof of a cave. They first came, elders say, because of the reliable spring. The cave now contains a basketball court and a shuttered primary school. An entire village housed in a 600-foot-wide cave [under] roofless bamboo homes.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXVIII)

1. Keith Richards riding a Horse Keith and Patti Hanson, photographed by Ken Regan, print available from the Morrison Gallery. 2. William Vanderbilt’s Abandoned Salt Water Pool On the North Shore of Long Island lies the stately home of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known as the Eagles Nest, built between 1910 and 1936: Today, it…

Fashionable Grandpas of New York

This is why instagram is awesome: an account dedicated entirely to seeking out the fabulous ‘fashion grandpas’ of NYC, started by young Fashion PR exec, Christina Belchere, who says her own style of dressing has even been influenced by the grandpas she snaps. “@FashionGrandpas inspires my personal style, the style advice is real & no joke. Colors like mustard,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXVI)

1. Triplets get a Haircut, 1956 The Dees triplets, Megan, Christina and Katha, photographed in 1956 by Nina Leen for LIFE magazine. And here they are all grown up, modelling in the 1960s… 2. A Multi-Story VW Bus This multi-storey VW minibus comes from Berger Stadel Walsh of Basel, found on Boing Boing 3. Battery, Baghdad,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXV)

1. The Last Brownstone “Construction in NYC, 1959, land being cleared for 20 story building in East 60s- still occupied brownstone is soon to go.” Changing New York photographed by Dmitri Kessel. 2. Flat Manhattan, 1883 The 1883 engraving by Captain Willard Glazier comes from his book “Peculiarities of American Cities“, found on Socks Studio.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LXXIV)

1. If Jeep had made a Hippie Bus… 1958 Jeep FC-150 Passenger Van prototype, one of only three ever built. Found on Curbside Classic. 2. Forgotten Billboard Signs Full series found on Cargo Collective 3. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Seattle, early 1900s Found on Retronaut 4. The Brooks Brothers Needlepoint…

The Moon Ballet: One Giant (graceful) Leap for Mankind

It’s too bad Neil Armstrong didn’t break into dance and literally take a giant (graceful) leap for mankind rather than one small step for man. Luckily for us however, there is the Moon Ballet. I dug up this curious little gem from the LIFE archives, photographed in 1950 by Allan Grant on what any sci-fi film…

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