Category: Travel

All things relating to travel and adventure.

Remember those great Volkswagen ads?

In 1949, William Bernbach, along with colleagues, Ned Doyle and Maxwell Dane, formed Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB), the Manhattan advertising agency that would create the revolutionary Volkswagen ad campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s.

By on August 9, 2016

Gear Travel

Topo Designs Rover Pack Review

Not too big, not too small, not too fancy, not too simple, Topo Design’s Rover Pack is the Goldilocks of rucksacks. Let’s take a closer look at the bag.

By on August 9, 2016

Science Travel

Half of what we know about coffee is wrong

The roasting process is what produces the characteristic flavor of coffee by causing the green coffee beans to change in taste. Let’s dive back into coffee science, shall we?

By on August 9, 2016

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Spotlights Travel

What brings you here? A photo story.

The first woman to cross the American landscape by car was Alice Ramsey with three female passengers in 1909. Ramsey left from Hell’s Gate in Manhattan, New York and traveled 59 days to San Francisco, California.

By on August 9, 2016

Design Travel

Exploring some of the best Airbnb cities

Airbnb is a peer-to-peer accommodation market place that connects hosts and travelers via its website. Airbnb enables transactions between these two entities by charging a service fee.

By on August 8, 2016

Spotlights Travel

Super fancy food at home

Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate seeds. Edible fruits, in particular, have propagated with the movements of humans and animals in a symbiotic relationship as a means for seed dispersal and nutrition.

By on June 21, 2016

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Gear Travel

Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton Documentary

The phonograph disc record was the primary medium used for music reproduction until late in the 20th century, replacing the phonograph cylinder record.

By on April 4, 2016

Design Travel

How to find a decent cup of coffee in virtually any city

The majority of coffee is roasted on a large scale, but small-scale roasting has grown with the trend toward specialty shops. Roasting coffee transforms the chemical and physical properties of green coffee beans into roasted …

By on March 26, 2016

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Gear Travel

We'll show you how to campfire cook

This is our favorite recipe for poblano and onion hash browns. This is a dish you can easily improvise with and add your own flare to make it your own. Everyone we’ve made this for …

By on March 26, 2016

Design Travel

An introspective about street art in 2016

Graffiti are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often in a public place. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and …

By on March 21, 2016