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This GIF Art will Charm your Socks Off

What I like most about art in GIF format is that it’s an art form made just for us cyber wanderers of the internet. Those big fancy galleries can’t hang it on their walls and slap on a big fat price tag (at least for now); collectors can’t hide them away in their private estates for…

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,…

The Last Motorcycle Graveyard

This story is both a motorcycle lover’s dream and nightmare. It comes from the depths of the internet, passed around on specialist forums and chat rooms, a tale of an amazing discovery and woeful loss. Our first source is motorcycle enthusiast David Cuff of the website Classic Cycles, who several years ago, came across someone’s flickr account…

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,…

The 1950s Flying Saucer Conventions at an Underground Rock House

Have you ever heard the one about the guy who literally lived under a rock in the Californian desert, where legendary flying saucer conventions were held in the 1950s? It’s one of those weird stories that a friend told me at a dinner party, which I of course Googled as soon as I could leave the…

Diner en Blanc – The Film about the World’s Largest Secret Dinner Party

Tonight in Paris, tens of thousands of people dressed in white, will converge at a secret location, set up miles of tables, food and champagne and dine in high spirits until midnight for the annual Diner en Blanc. It all began more than a quarter of a century ago when a group of ten thrill-seeking…

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