Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got the story of Chicago club Mister Kelly's, 14 underwater hotels, 30 best romances, Austen characters as detectives, and more.
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got the story of Chicago club Mister Kelly's, 14 underwater hotels, 30 best romances, Austen characters as detectives, and more. {more}
We wrap up season 5 with a stroll down the midway.
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Argentina! |
We run a caper in Buenos Aires. 26 June 2023 |
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Kenya! |
We slow down to enjoy this beautiful country. 12 June 2023 |
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got 7 places like the Grand Budapest Hotel, the number of bubbles in champagne, a Palestinian poem, a new Brontë play, and more. {more}
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Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got 100 years of A Passage to India, an 80-year-long reading journal, colorful bakery wrappers, Prague defenestration, and more. {more}
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got legendary cookbook editor Judith Jones, a must-read graphic memoir, Detroit's new cultural center, shoes on planes, and more. {more}
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got film-making lingo, 7 mid-west towns with modern architecture, the Dublin Book Festival, a handy bingo card how-to, and more. {more}
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got patriarchy-smashing literary characters, a Ted Lasso book, India's modernist churches, the two types of novelists, and more. {more}
Every March 21 is World Poetry Day, an occasion to celebrate the poets who capture our human experience with joy, sorrow, humor, and the perfect words, one after the other. Read a poem to your favorite person today!
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got breakfasts from around the world, a look at The Remains of the Day, an interview with Tana French, a bookish painting, and more.
Every Friday, we share our favorite book- and travel-related links. This week, we've got a literary guide to the Oscars, vintage signs from Madrid, 12 animal-shaped buildings, a musical Wuthering Heights, and more.
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