Museums: New, edgy, tech savvy
The arts thrive on change – even when it comes to museums and archives where preserving the rare, the beautiful and meaningful is a mission and way of life. New […]
Category Archives: Europe
Museums: Summer 2018
Museums are among the most beloved and trusted places worldwide, and frequently on everyone’s travel itinerary. And they are everywhere – cities, islands, deserts, the ocean’s edge. Museums are booming. […]
Philadelphia Greens Itself: Vibrant Public Space
Parks are blooming all over Philadelphia, but one, in particular, has travelers, tourists, and residents rejoicing: The Rail Park –one of the next generation of greenways popping up around the […]
French Bakeries: Heading for Extinction?
Imaginez! Some 1200 boulangeries close down every year in France — leaving small towns, city neighborhoods and millions of tourists without their daily baguettes. Even so, 12 million people daily […]
Goldman Environmental Prize Winners 2018
“…for sustained and significant efforts to protect and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk.” The Goldman Environmental Prize — 29 years, 188 recipients, 87 countries — lauds […]
World’s “Happiest” Countries
The world’s happiest countries are bright and sunny, tropical and temperate. Right ? Wrong! Finland tops the list of the “happiest” in the 2018 World Happiness Report, which ranks 156 […]
Museum Showcase 2018
The world’s true wealth resides in museums, parks and sites – from art treasures to rare animal species to ancient bones. We preserve the rare and the quotidian to better […]
Cities: Updates on New Orleans, Jakarta, Venice, Mexico City & more
Fake Paris Real Paris—and more When you’re in China, Europe is closer than you think.We know the Chinese love Paris – check out the high couture boutiques in the famed […]
Book World Part I 2012-2017
In the world of books, there are years that yield harvests of brilliant writing ( as well as photography and illustration) shaped into works that inform, touch and inspire us. […]
Cities: Hamburg, Venice, Rotterdam, Reykjavik & More
Cities with water are sizzling! Tourism, commerce and 24/7 lifestyle flourish in beautiful, watery settings. Some places are experiencing both sides of the coin–runaway success and inadequate resources to handle […]
