the maker

An animation now showing ..

wanderlust

Los Angeles Public Library receives tens of thousands of maps belonging to the late adventurer John Feathers.  Accidentally discovered, this October acquisition makes the library one of the nation's top five map archives.  Mr. Feathers' wide-ranging trove includes "run-of-the-mill" gas station and Chamber of Commerce street maps, as well as "historic gems" from 1592, oddities like a 1918 official paved road guide to the United States, a 1956 Lubbock Texas pictorial map, a 1942 street guide to Los Angeles, and a pre-World War I guide to London and other suburbs, and showing streets, parks, lakes, and rivers.  Photostream here.

retro travel

Retro-travel via the classic American road trip;  savoring backroads in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico ..  "neon signs, mid-century charm, movie history" ..

oh those violinists

e.b. white

A 1969 Paris Review interview with E.B. White on The Art Of The Essay. 

WHITE:  I’m not familiar with books on style. My role in the revival of Strunk’s book was a fluke—just something I took on because I was not doing anything else at the time. It cost me a year out of my life, so little did I know about grammar.

vegetarian cuisine

While we're still patting our bellies .. vegetarian cuisine for the holidays.

foraging

How foraging can add a wild touch to Thanksgiving.

the magician

The Magician.

journey

A photostream on the life of fashion editor Grace Coddington.

commas

For everyone who still wonders about commas.

another sky

Taro Hakase in  Another Sky.

lost arts

Michael Graves on Architecture and the Lost Art of Drawing.

lasagna

Another Schulman masterpiece:  lasagna with roasted kabocha squash and béchamel.



*Photo credit:  Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times

neon signs

Ready to tell all, The Neon Museum opens in Sin City ... includes 150 "glitzy signs."  A photo stream here from the Los Angeles Times.

the haunted house

The Haunted House, a 1908 film by Segundo de Chomón, a Catalan filmmaker and contemporary of Georges Meliés, known for his development of stop motion techniques.

lindenhurst

A swan strangely swims down a flooded street in Lindenhurst, and in the aftermath of Sandy.