Until March 30th, the Photographers’ Gallery is showing the work of 3 Americans: David Lynch “I love industry. Pipes. I love fluid and smoke. I love man-made things. I like to see people hard at work, and I like to see sludge and…
Every place we travel has its landmarks, and for nearly every city on a significant river, at least some of those landmarks turn out to be bridges.
My last offering for the day from Londonist’s newsletter is a very useful list called “10 of London’s Most Authentic Restaurants”. There’s something for everyone here, anyone that is who, like me, is a fan of ethnic food. There are Asian,…
More from Londonist, and these I love. Called Alternative London Tube Maps, the first maps Ghost Stations, the disused and abandoned stations. The other, maybe a bit more useful as we can actually visit these, Coffee Shops,…
As some may be learning, I love old photos and how things appear at the same locations now. Here are a few from Londonist, London of course. Some old and some fairly recent, some things utterly changed and some, remarkably, pretty much the…
Londonist again. For you who enjoy gleaning a sense of what came before in places you visit, have a look at Londonist’s Anglo Saxon map of London. In their words, “a map showing the London area in Anglo Saxon times (roughly speaking, 500-1066AD). It’s pieced together from many resources, showing our guess at the roads, rivers, forests and marshland that characterised the region. The main purpose was to highlight the many villages, hamlets and farmsteads whose names are still part of modern…
Those were the top 3 international cities with U.S. tourists last year, according to the Hotel Price Index. Mexico City, Tokyo and Dubai showed the biggest increases. MORE
Today’s newsletter arrived from Londonist with this excellent list for gallery-goers: http://tinyurl.com/lvwgby4 The site is a good one for finding more off-beat things to do in London, for all you offbeat characters (and wannabes). Also…
Enough to live in it? Developers have bought a disused London tube station and plan to convert it, and the building above, to luxury apartments.
This is a hold-up! This fellow (and a companion on the other side of the door) carry the weight at building entrance on Stromgaten, near Bergen, Norway rail station. Historically, statues have served a variety of serious purposes: to honor the…
Until March 30th, the Photographers’ Gallery is showing the work of 3 Americans: David Lynch “I love industry. Pipes. I love fluid and smoke. I love man-made things. I like to see people hard at work, and I like to see sludge and…
Every place we travel has its landmarks, and for nearly every city on a significant river, at least some of those landmarks turn out to be bridges.
My last offering for the day from Londonist’s newsletter is a very useful list called “10 of London’s Most Authentic Restaurants”. There’s something for everyone here, anyone that is who, like me, is a fan of ethnic food. There are Asian,…
More from Londonist, and these I love. Called Alternative London Tube Maps, the first maps Ghost Stations, the disused and abandoned stations. The other, maybe a bit more useful as we can actually visit these, Coffee Shops,…
As some may be learning, I love old photos and how things appear at the same locations now. Here are a few from Londonist, London of course. Some old and some fairly recent, some things utterly changed and some, remarkably, pretty much the…
Londonist again. For you who enjoy gleaning a sense of what came before in places you visit, have a look at Londonist’s Anglo Saxon map of London. In their words, “a map showing the London area in Anglo Saxon times (roughly speaking, 500-1066AD). It’s pieced together from many resources, showing our guess at the roads, rivers, forests and marshland that characterised the region. The main purpose was to highlight the many villages, hamlets and farmsteads whose names are still part of modern…
Those were the top 3 international cities with U.S. tourists last year, according to the Hotel Price Index. Mexico City, Tokyo and Dubai showed the biggest increases. MORE
Today’s newsletter arrived from Londonist with this excellent list for gallery-goers: http://tinyurl.com/lvwgby4 The site is a good one for finding more off-beat things to do in London, for all you offbeat characters (and wannabes). Also…
Enough to live in it? Developers have bought a disused London tube station and plan to convert it, and the building above, to luxury apartments.
This is a hold-up! This fellow (and a companion on the other side of the door) carry the weight at building entrance on Stromgaten, near Bergen, Norway rail station. Historically, statues have served a variety of serious purposes: to honor the…
