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Category Archives: Just Trippin’

FLYING ENZED

“AIR NZ NAMED AIRLINE OF THE YEAR FOR 2023,” says AirlineRatings.com, as reported by Francesca Street at CNN Travel, May 30, 2023. She writes, “Its economy lie-flat seating concept is making … Continue reading

June 4, 2023 · 4 Comments

RESTORATION—IN MEDIEVAL STYLE

A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF RESTORATION: Jeffrey Schaeffer reports in AP News, May 30, 2023, “If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques … Continue reading

June 3, 2023 · 4 Comments

LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUN-AGUNGAMAUGG

A RECENT SAM SPADE REBROADCAST on SiriusXM “Radio Classics” reminded me of my undergraduate years at Worcester Poly in central Massachusetts. Nearby was the town of Webster, with its lake … Continue reading

April 29, 2023 · Leave a comment

TIMES SQUARE—1923

TIMES SQUARE IS THE GINZA CROSSING of New York City. I say this without pretension because, indeed, I’ve visited Ginza Crossing more often than this Big Apple landmark. On the … Continue reading

April 23, 2023 · Leave a comment

LORE FROM LRB LETTERS

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS devotes a full page each issue to “Letters,” and a goodly number of these are as entertaining and informative as LRB articles. Here are tidbits … Continue reading

April 4, 2023 · Leave a comment

NORWAY—A BEV PARADISE PART 2

YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we learned what Ward, Lock & Co., c. 1930, had to say about Norway. Today, we discuss this Scandinavian country’s love affair with Battery Electric Vehicles.  … Continue reading

March 14, 2023 · 3 Comments

NORWAY—BEV PARADISE PART 1

I’VE NEVER BEEN TO NORWAY, but recognize this Scandinavian country’s accelerated transition to battery electric cars (despite nay sayers such as, you guessed it, Luddite me). Isn’t it about time … Continue reading

March 13, 2023 · 4 Comments

ALEXANDRIA TIDBITS PART 2

YESTERDAY, WE LEFT THE Pharos of Alexandria in ruins, thanks largely to earthquakes abetted by the cost of a crumbling building’s upkeep, even if regarded as one of the Seven … Continue reading

March 9, 2023 · 1 Comment

ALEXANDRIA TIDBITS PART 1

ALEXANDER THE GREAT founded a city on the southeast Mediterranean coast in 331 B.C. In time, Alexandria was the largest city in the world, with a major reclamation project being … Continue reading

March 8, 2023 · Leave a comment

RLS’S GRANDDAD’S LIGHTHOUSES

ROSEMARY HILL ENCOURAGED another bit of my Internet sleuthing with her recent review of Veronica della Dora’s Where Light in Darkness Lies: The Story of the Lighthouse in London Review … Continue reading

March 1, 2023 · Leave a comment