THE COOLEST BUILDINGS—MY FAVS PART 1
IN THIS HOTTEST of Northern Hemisphere summers, by “coolest” I mean intellectually satisfying in the sense of “hep.” Three websites provided tidbit gleaning, shared here in Parts 1 and 2 … Continue reading
THE OLDEST OPERATING AIRPORTS IN THE U.S.
IT’S FUN AND STRAIGHTFORWARD: Identify the earliest U.S. airports that are still in operation. Being the A.I. luddite that I am, I did my own scraping of the Internet and … Continue reading
WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES?
SO WHO’S GOT THE MOST DOUGH? In one simple answer, it depends. Wealthiest in Gross Domestic Product? In GDP/capita? In any other measure defined by something or other? This calls … Continue reading
SCENIC ROUTES IN THE U.S.
THE JUNE 2024 SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE CELEBRATES “THE WHEEL DEAL: This space-age sensation kicked the American road trip into high gear.” Its topic by Steven Melendez is a familiar one to … Continue reading
GREAT (AND NEAT-O) LAKES
THE INTERESTING FACTS website offered a tidbit that the Great Lakes hold more that 20 percent of the world’s fresh water, six quadrillion gallons of it: “That’s so much water,” … Continue reading
THERE’S A WORD FOR IT—THOUGH NOT IN ENGLISH
MARIKA PRICE SPITULSKI SHARES “16 Heartwarming Words and Phrases That Don’t Have an English Equivalent,” in Nice News, April 27, 2024. Here’s a selection of them, some new to me … Continue reading
EV POLE-TO-POLE!
A TECHNOLOGY REPORT IN SAE International Automotive Engineering, April 2024, caught my eye: Cami Buchholz’ “All-Electric Nissan Ariya Handles Ultra-cold Temps on Pole to Pole Trek.” What’s this? What about … Continue reading
SNACKIN’ ‘ROUND THE GLOBE
DAUGHTER SUZ RECEIVED A NEAT-O GIFT from a friend: a subscription to Universal Yums, a company that can provide a box of snacks from a particular foreign country each month. … Continue reading
PEKING TO PARIS—1907
THE CHALLENGE WAS SET by the Paris newspaper Le Matin on January 31, 1907: “What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, … Continue reading
CARFREE (CAREFREE?) LOCALES PART 2
BARCELONA’S SUPERBLOCK CONCEPT was Part 1’s topic yesterday. We continue today with more locales developing the idea of carfree (and maybe more carefree?) urban areas. Ginza Strolling. As noted by … Continue reading
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