Paris, Tokyo
And wake up in Tokyo.
Have a dream in New Orleans,
Fall in love in Chicago,
Mayne.
Then we can land in the motherland,
Camelback across the desert sand.
Take a train, to Rome, or home,
Brazil, forreal."
- Lupe Fiasco
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Iceland: Behind the Scenes Tour of a Skyr Factory
Erin Zimmer, seriouseats.comVIEW SLIDESHOW: Iceland: Behind the Scenes Tour of a Skyr Factory
Note: SE national managing editor Erin recently traveled through Iceland thanks to the Inspired by Iceland campaign. She came back inspired to tell you all abou…
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National Geographic Magazine: Iceland’s Resilient Beauty | Over the centuries, humans (and sheep) have taken a toll on the volcano- and glacier-shaped...
By Robert Kunzig
Photograph by Orsolya and Erlend Haarberg
It was five days before Christmas, and in the hut on the north flank of Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano that grounded airplanes all over Europe in 2010, Sigurður Reynir Gíslason was dishing up fish soup and pickled herring. Lunch felt…(Source: National Geographic)
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Toby Ng - The World of 100
Have you ever asked yourself, what would the World look like as a small community of 100 people? Probably not. However, it is something to think about, as the reality would be startling - as much as you’d think so, the village would only have 7 computers, and only 1 person in the World Village would be educated at University level.
These facts are something that designer Toby Ng has thought about very carefully, and turned the results of his findings into a series of twenty infographics depicting ‘The World of 100’. Although aesthetically beautiful, with sharp lines and bold, vibrant colours, these infographics are often horrifying.
The posters look as though they have come straight out of a children’s book; is this to mirror the naivety of those that are most likely to be looking at them on their computers?
“Look, this is the World we are living in.”
- Toby Ng
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Newsweek: High School & Trayvon
All of this focus on Trayvon Martin’s character after his getting suspended in high school—for an empty bag of weed, no less—is disconcerting. Anyone can get suspended for the silliest of offenses. Your tumblr was threatened with an in-school suspension in middle school for throwing a pencil…
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Hey, NYC!
Need an after-work break with some superb company and delicious drinks? Yeah, we figured. Come out on Monday April 2nd to Rum House (228 W. 47th St.) — signature cocktails are only $5 AND proceeds will support The Adventure Project (double bonus).
Hope to see you there!
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Today is Nat King Cole’s birthday. Here he is singing ”Quizás, Quizás, Quizás”, written by the Cuban Osvaldo Farres, from 1958’s Cole Español.
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STOCKHOLM, THE VENICE OF THE NORTH
fotopedia.comStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Founded circa 1250, Stockholm has long been one of Sweden’s cultural, media, political, and economic centres…
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8 Cool New Tools for Finding the Perfect Hotel
Sean O’Neill, budgettravel.com(Erin McLaughlin/other/Illustration by Erin McLaughlin)
If you book hotels online, it’s time to face facts: Your favorite travel website probably isn’t cutting it. In the past decade, some of the best-known travel sites have lost their…
