Category Archives: Travel

Ads Everywhere 6

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: That’s an ad on the plastic credit-card style room key we’re using at a Tucson hotel. In addition to being a little insulting, the visuals make the key hard to read where its main function goes: I … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Media, Shopping, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged ads, Advertising, travel | 4 Comments

Travel Linkages

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: An article from The Atlantic on How Airline Ticket Prices Fell 50% in 30 Years (and Why Nobody Noticed). And one on the shake-up in intercity bus travel. And one on how Airbnb is changing the market for … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged air travel, airbnb, Geno's, intercity bus, Yo Bus | 12 Comments

Passing Thoughts on the High Line

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Today I met frequent UR commenter Tex for a walk along the High Line, the elevated-railroad-track-turned-public-park that runs for a mile through the southwest end of Manhattan. Discussions of the virtues of the park itself are probably … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Travel | 12 Comments

L.A. Burrito Blogging Part 2: La Azteca Tortilleria

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: When a Mexican restaurant is located in East L.A., on Cesar Chavez Blvd., across the street from a Catholic Church, and next door to a botanica burning enough incense to summon Quetzalcoatl himself, chances are you’re gonna … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Photography, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged burritos, La Azteca Tortilleria, Los Angeles, mexican food | 7 Comments

Photo Du Jour

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: July 1939, Gordonton, North Carolina. Photo by Dorothea Lange. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Photography, The Good Life, Travel | Tagged Americana, Dorothea Lange, North Carolina | 7 Comments

Arizona Trails

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Here’s a sampling of my Sunday drives in the great, and greatly maligned, state of Arizona. Note the “End The Fed” and Bitcoin bumperstickers. I often take my guitar with me, stopping midway to serenade the … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Travel | 3 Comments

Cocktails Du Jour

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: A French Martini (vodka, Chambord, and pineapple juice) and a Hemingway (rum, grapefruit juice, and lime) at Miller’s Bar, Wabash Street, Chicago