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Many photos of Tiananmen Square overlayed to impressive effect. This is brilliant art–visually arresting while intellectually stimulating. Switzerland-based Corinne Vionnet is our guide to the world’s most famous landmarks, monuments millions have visited before. Her art is created not by acrylic, oil, or watercolor, each piece is made by combining hundreds of tourist photos . . . → Read More: Hundreds of Tourist Photos Woven into One  FILED UNDER: Imagine, Pictures & Videos, View  TAGGED: art, photography, travel  COMMENTS: Comments are closed
According to the NPR blog: a report released by the FAA says that there were 2,836 reported cases in 2010, almost double the 2009 number and the most since the report was first published in 2005. And the airport with the worst number of offenses? LAX. >> Link: Lasers Light Up Aircraft . . . → Read More: Lasers Light Up Aircraft Over 2,800 Times In 2010 This is like magnifying glasses and ants, only a mega casino is the magnifying glass and tourists are the ants. Somewhere in that analogy there’s poetry… Check out how the hot Las Vegas sun gets intensified to fry sunbathers at the pool:
>> Link: BLDGBLOG: Las Vegas Death Ray . . . → Read More: The Hottest Act in Vegas: Vdara Death Ray Needless to say, a lot has happened since my last post. For the rest of my Turkey trip, I didn’t get much computer time. It was nice to not attend to the computer all the time, though I barely had time for a few emails. After a great time in Rome, I head home. More . . . → Read More: Heading back Having traveled to a bunch of different places in my life (and I am thankful for that), I must say that Istanbul is like no other. It is a city that sucks you in. You cannot observe it from a distance. I feel like my photos don’t capture any of what I feel being here. . . . → Read More: The whirlwind that is Istanbul FILED UNDER: Salvo's Thoughts, Uncategorized TAGGED: travel COMMENTS: 2 comments - (Comments are closed)The end of my stay in Hungary was delightful. I soaked in natural mıneral baths, whıch ıs something of a natıonal actıvıty ın the country. (In fact, the cover of the Lonely Planet guıde for Hungary features bath swımmers) A unıque experıence–ımagıne water park meets day spa. Really ınterestıng place. Very relaxıng. Had a nıce . . . → Read More: Istanbul, via Romanıa Grilled last night. It felt good to cook. I am trying to cook in as many countries as possible! Went to the market with Gyula and we bought fresh ingredients. I was on salad duty–made a nice mixed chopped veggie salad, with Hungarian cucumbers and peppers. Made a vinaigrette with oil, vinegar, and some Hungarian . . . → Read More: Budapest So right now I’m in Székesfehérvár in Hungary. I have lots of catching up to do…so I’ll give the brief update. Israel was a blast and a blur. I had more fun, did more stuff, met more cool people, and had such a great time in 10 days. I’ll write more about that later. Right . . . → Read More: Hungary FILED UNDER: Salvo's Thoughts, Uncategorized TAGGED: travel COMMENTS: One comment - (Comments are closed)I am sitting outdoors on a kibbutz outside of Jerusalem. The past few days have been as action-packed as possible. I am typing on an iPhone. (thanks Scott!) This is great. More to come when I’m at a computer. (shout-out to everyone sitting here with me!) |
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