Waterford may be Ireland’s oldest city, but the first time I had heard of it was because of I saw its signature crystalware on a registry…
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Obligatory iconic photos coming up, but first, a short story about the history of this famed wonder of the world. The Taj is THE monument…
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If you haven’t seen the movie In Bruges, you’re missing out on a darkly entertaining comedy that gives you a pretty authentic feel of what it’s…
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John Lennon became a symbol of pacifism and a hero of sorts for young Czechs in the 1980s. After his assassination, an image of him…
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When I was a much smaller child I once went to the Museum of Miniatures in Los Angeles. MoM for short. I was soooo excited…
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Another brilliant free museum dedicated to modern art! It’s lovely because it’s more concerned about representing ideas than the actual thing you see. Here are…
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Bristol is a community-centric city if I’ve ever seen one. It’s got its own currency, the Bristol Pound, that’s used everywhere in the area from the local markets…
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The Rockefellers are the richest family in the world. EVER. J.D. Rockefeller, oil tycoon, became the world’s very first billionaire in 1916. Today with inflation, this amounts…
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San Juan Island is like a giant park. It’s a two hour drive from Seattle(/Kent) to the Anacortes ferry and then another hour to the…
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In a good way, of course. Glass in Seattle means more than simply visiting Chihuly Gardens & Glass—it’s perhaps to the Pacific NW what pottery…
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