All posts tagged: Link Love

Link Love: Par Avion

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Are you hitting the road for the holidays? Me too. The number of holiday travelers this year will exceed 100 million for the first time, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Here are some links to keep you entertained while up in the air. Read Tips for Surviving a Long Flight – The staff of A Cup of Jo shares ways to make air travel tolerable, from picnics to dopp kits. Listen to Art of the Airport Tower – A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum takes an artistic view of airport control towers. NPR profiles the black and white photography. Read a Visual Flight Diary – Entertaining illustrations document a flight from NYC to Berlin in the New York Times. Listen to Norwegian Christmas Spectacular – Jason Moore of the Zero to Travel podcast and his Norwegian wife share their 12 favorite holiday pastimes from her homeland. Wherever you’re heading, their stories of mulled gløgg, cloudberries, sleigh rides, and visits from the elf-like nisse will have you feeling festive.

Link Love: New York City

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I’m in an Empire State of mind after spending last week in NYC. Whether you’re a visitor or a tried-and-true New Yorker, here are some links I like. Listen to The Bowery Boys – This history podcast covers all manner of NYC stories, from the hidden to the iconic. Explore the evolution of the Yellow Cab (debuted in Chicago!) or a groundbreaking female journalist’s undercover work in an insane asylum. View Before & After – NYC Grid juxtaposes vintage street photography with contemporary shots of the same spaces in New York. Viewing such images side by side tells an interesting story of this ever-changing city. Watch The Lost Tribes of New York City – A pair of urban anthropologists merged stop-motion animation of street objects and interviews they conducted with a spectrum of New York residents and tourists. The result is a compelling folk conversation. View this NYC tip guide – These hilarious tips for surviving NYC are funny because they’re true. The glasses scam is real!

Greetings from Jeppson’s

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I couldn’t resist reposting this celebration of Chicago’s bitter bastard of the spirit world, Malört. Jeppson’s Malört tweeted this postcard identifying the preference of two-fisted drinkers among the icons of Chicago. While lovely new varieties are hitting the market, the “1 in 49’s” await the return of an even more bitter recipe from Jeppson’s.

Slightly Insulting Chicago Neighborhood Posters

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“So you’re a hipster?” This is the most common response I receive when asked what Chicago neighborhood I live in. Referred to as a “city of neighborhoods, the distinct personalities of Chicago’s 200 neighborhoods (in 77 community areas) are integral to the city’s DNA. Between cultural and historical heritage, roots in industry and immigration, and contemporary reclamation the span of Chicago’s community associations is as great as the range of residents. Slightly Insulting Chicago Posters highlights the ‘hood qualities on which we lovingly call our neighbors out. Each poster takes on Chicago stereotypes in stylish satire. More neighborhood posters are in the works, and will soon be available on Etsy, so whether you’re a Roscoe Village stroller-pusher, Lincoln Park frat boy, or Pilsen, you know, Mexican you’ll be able to rep your neighborhood pride in print.

Love Letters to Cleveland

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“Would you ever move back to Cleveland?” I’m asked this fairly often by people wearing a half-smirk, half-scoff. Confusion and distrust appear as I always answer, “Absolutely.” It isn’t always easy to convey the considerable merits of my much-maligned hometown to an outsider; but no matter, we’re not out to convert the masses. Yet, Cleveland native and Iron Chef, Michael Symon’s recently published Love Letter to Cleveland so ardently articulates the feeling so many of us have for the city, I’m moved to share it here.

The Wander Postcard Project: From Everywhere and Nowhere

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“Imagine a postcard from everywhere and nowhere at once.” This is what the Wander Postcard Project asked of its favorite illustrators and the result is a stunning series.     Billed as a “Traveler’s Canon,” the ongoing Wander Postcard Project is a gorgeous way to let your mind meander while exploring from the comfort of your chair. Where will you go next? [via whorange]

Vintage Chicago Street Scenes: Celebrating a City in Motion

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   “Where anything might happen – and usually does,” the narrator of this 1930’s newsreel describes Chicago, “a city of superlatives.” The forces of energy and movement, this sense of anticipation are what attracts so many people to city living. Whether or not you’re a nerd for history, any viewer enjoys seeing their city on the screen. It’s fascinating to compare the world you know to a past, fictionalized, or futuristic version.  This clip allows us to tour places we now take for granted through the lens of the extraordinary superlatives they were at the time. The skyline seems strangely stark behind the Wrigley Building and Water Tower. Rail yards line Michigan Avenue in what has only recently become Millennium Park. The Haymarket Police Statue is on public display in a park sometime between attempted bombing attacks. We dash from the Union Stockyards to the buildings of the 1893 and 1933 World’s Fairs, admire gypsy women at a market on Maxwell Street, and then bask in the State Street’s bright lights. [via Lee Bey] Thomas …