For those that want to head places away from home
The Georgia Aquarium opened it 2005. It sits in the middle of Atlanta, sharing a block with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights and the World of Coca-Cola. The Centennial Olympic Park is directly south of them. You … Continue reading Georgia Aquarium Night Thread (7/8/26)
The New England Aquarium opened on June 20, 1969. At the center is a cylindrical tank where Myrtle the sea turtle resides. A ramp spirals around the tank, connecting all four floors of exhibits. The ground floor features habitats for … Continue reading New England Aquarium Day Thread (7/8/26)
Welcome to the 30 Day Challenge for July, where we’ll be looking at the STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I originally conceived of the as the Science & Math Challenge so those two categories will get more attention, … Continue reading 30 Day STEM Challenge Day 13: Science Museums
I did a road-trip thread at the beginning of July so now it’s time for an air travel thread. This weekend I find myself taking a trip on an airplane for the first time in 7 or so years. My … Continue reading Airport Food Sunday Food Thread 8/6
Costa Rica is a country in Central America, with a population of about five million and around 19,710 square miles in size. It is a constitutional republic with a long-standing, stable democracy, and a highly educated workforce. It has national … Continue reading The 12/11 Costa Rica Day Thread
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is a somewhat irregular column in which I, your humble LibraryLass, look at restaurant, hotel, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be … Continue reading Let’s Read Old Menus, featuring the Pennsylvania Railroad, circa 1963-1967!
The city I grew up in had been an economic powerhouse in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Paper mills and textile factories, powered by a hydroelectric dam and a big coal powerplant made the city thrive. We got schools, … Continue reading In Holyoke, Mass. Did Kubla Khan A Crap Amusement Park Decree
In the summer of 2012, I helped a close friend (who was also named Sam) move from Pasadena, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of taking a normal route along Interstate 10, Sam, drawn in by the search for a rare … Continue reading Travelogia on the Road: Florida Men
“Well… at least I didn’t throw up.” This thought crossed my mind as I looked out from a twenty-eighth story apartment into the skyline of Makati. Its towering lights reflected dimly on the murky Pasig River below. The city —- … Continue reading El Santo in “The Terror of Balut”
In the summer of 2012, I helped a close friend (who was also named Sam) move from Pasadena, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of taking a normal route along Interstate 10, Sam, drawn in by the search for a rare … Continue reading Travelogia on the Road: The Restaurant at the End of America
In the summer 2012, I helped a close friend (who was also named Sam) move from Pasadena, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of taking a normal route along Interstate 10, Sam, drawn in by the search for a rare German … Continue reading Travelogia on the Road: The Worst Town in America
On my trip through the many islands in the Philippines (Cebu, Bohol, Mindanao, and Luzon), I witnessed two 6+ magnitude earthquakes, saw the tiniest monkeys in the world, and twisted the key to the door in Manila so hard that … Continue reading El Santo Eats a Durian
In the summer 2012, I helped a close friend (who was also named Sam) move from Pasadena, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of taking a normal route along Interstate 10, Sam, drawn in by the search for a rare German … Continue reading Travelogia on the Road: A Sea of Grass
In the summer 2012, I helped a close friend (who was also named Sam) move from Pasadena, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of taking a normal route along Interstate 10, Sam, drawn in by the search for a rare German … Continue reading Travelogia on the Road: Western Wastes
I love travelogues. Not only can travel enable you to see the world, but the act of traveling itself can open your eyes to the world at its best. Done well, a travel documentary can take you on that same … Continue reading Michael Palin in North Korea
I love travelogues. Not only can travel enable you to see the world, but the act of traveling itself can open your eyes to the world at its best. Done well, a travel documentary can take you on that same … Continue reading Stephen Fry in Central America
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
I love travelogues. Not only can travel enable you to see the world, but the act of traveling itself can open your eyes to the world at its best. Done well, a travel documentary can take you on that same … Continue reading Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means
Note: I toyed with the idea of making this a “How We Got Here” post, but there was too much impressionistic and personal material to really separate from the strictly historical paragraphs on the Highland Clearances. Nevertheless, tagging it as … Continue reading Caledonian Flaneurade: Scotland Report, 2019
A couple of years ago, my dad finally pulled the trigger on a lifelong wish to take the family—he, his fifth wife, his four sons (two of us from his first wife and another two from his third), and my … Continue reading The Smoke: London Report, 2019
Hey, all. My scheduled article is delayed again this week– owing to it being Eurovision, White Night, personally having completed a three-week binge of the MCU, and now moving to a much cooler neighborhood. Oh yeah, and An Armada of Cats: … Continue reading Travelogia Takes It Easy
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