Weekend 347.1
(1) NOVA: First Air War (2) All change: at the rebuilt Tottenham Court Road Tube station in London, Daniel Buren’s geometric installations are set to make a connection (Wallpaper*) – Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Countries
The Orange Ninja (and other links)
I was at NYCC yesterday with my brother and snapped this photo of the orange ninja. It’s his 15th anniversary. (1) Naruto Manga Sequel Coming in 2015 (1a) Orange Ninja Continue Reading →
Weekend 345.0
(1) A quote from In Unfamiliar England by Thos D. Murphy: “There is not much left of the abbey. Henry VIII., with characteristic thrift, floated the stone down the river Continue Reading →
Weekend 343.0
(1) Tokyo’s abandoned homes (Domain) (2) A quote from The Heart of our Cities by Victor Gruen: “A healthy city heart attracts and holds creative people–painters, sculptors, musicians, poets, actors Continue Reading →
le coup d’oeil de génie
Finished the Michael Korda tome on Ike. I still need to excerpt quotes, but love that his favorite painter was J.M.W. Turner. He “owned” a watercolor of Culzean Castle (by Continue Reading →
Weekend 335.0
“…the fate of two great nations seems to be determined by some god-damned things called LSTs and LCIs.” – Winston Churchill
Weekend 325.0
(1) Look At Life: Living with Cars 1964 (YouTube)
Weekend 318.0 (…a virtual cornucopia of unmonastic beauty)
(1) 22 Habits of Unhappy People (2) Everything Is Owed to Glory (WSJ – Registration Required) “But Wellington was the servant of a democratic government, while all Europe became enslaved Continue Reading →
Weekend 309.0
(1) Sturmey Archer “The Planetary Gearset” (YouTube) (2) Speed Traps For Japan’s Escalators (WSJ – Registration Required) (3) Shakespeare as a Life Coach (WSJ) “The world is grown so bad Continue Reading →
Weekend 308.0 (Allucciolato)
This space is a placeholder for my #BWC2014 and #London trip report. (1) Refining the palette: “Making Colour” at the National Gallery (The Economist) I saw this exhibit twice (7.26 Continue Reading →