This is Le Château Frontenac - Quebec City's best-known
landmark. Just out of curiosity, why the fuck did they build it in
such a cold place? It's only November and it's
already freezing.
The Associated Press reminds us that
[ The
Berlinische Galerie]
of modern art will reopen for the first time
in its own space on Saturday.
The museum is housed in a former
warehouse. It features hundreds of thousands of artworks including
pieces by George Grosz, Otto Dix and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
P.S. The illustrative collage
shows two pieces by V.Lewandowsky (left) and O.Dix (right).
My sister and I arrived at Hotel Mar de Frente (Los Caños De Meca, Costa de la Luz, Andalucía) almost by accident (or, to put it bluntly, by virtue of not being able to back our stick-shift rental coche out of a driveway). All in all, I must say it was a happy accident.
Having left the stubborn car in the care of a friendly parking lot attendant, we inquired about available rooms at the hotel and briefly surveyed the beach below. The results of both inquiries appeared to be satisfactory.... We checked in...
Read the rest of: "Hotel Mar de Frente (Los Caños de Meca)"» 
This is a wonderful sunset view of Los Austrias - my favorite neighborhood in Madrid. Of course,
my camera gets weird in such light, but you get the point. It is beautiful.
If you look closer, youll notice a plexiglass wall separating the sidewalk from the banisters. It is there
for a good reason. Many people, perhaps thoroughly impressed by such views, have
chosen to plunge to their deaths from this very point of the bridge - and by the way, there's a
street below (Calle Segovia). Imagine how annoying it used to be for the drivers when some
suicidal freak would just make a mess right in front of their car.
Knowing that I am now based in Montreal you,
of course, expect me to send in aesthetically pleasing images
of Notre-Dame Basilica, the statue of Admiral Nelson or, should
worse come to worse, the Palais des Congrès.
And I am just going to be different and difficult, once again...
Read the rest of: "Postcard From Montreal: La Cité"» As we all know, the key to having a great time while traveling
is preparing yourself with just the right amount of information and
leaving everything else to good luck and inspiration.
If you stumbled upon this site while
doing reasearch for your upcoming trip to NYC, you are already in luck.
Beacause not only can you find some useful information here, but you can
learn how not to look or behave like a tourist (even if you are). By
looking and behaving local, you can have much more fun in the city and
avoid most unpleasantries.
Read the rest of: "How to Not Be A Tourist in NYC"»
 I wish I could show you more of the PPG skycraper - one of Pittsburgh's
landmarks, but unfortunately, an over-zealous security guard chased me away - apparently, photographing
internationally known landmarks is becoming somewhat illegal in the
USA
He said I could still photograph friends in front of the building,
as long as not too much of the building was in the picture.
I believe, the technical term here is "retarded".
Read the rest of: "Postcard from Pittsburgh: PPG"» 
I usually shun all things theatrical, but knowing the
reputation of the "Madagascar Institute" as
skilled masters of urban chaos,
I couldn't afford to miss last Saturday's "Broadway Style" show.
Read the rest of: "Madagascar, Broadway Style"»
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