New York based public radio WNYC’s Culture Web site has recently created a very interesting project. They wanted to do a map of all locations from AMC’s TV show Mad Men. The map…
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In 1977 New York was not in a great shape. The criminal rate was high and the morale of New Yorkers was low. The New York officials then decided that something had…
Piccadilly Circus in London is a famous road junction and public space of London’s West End. It’s a junction of 5 streets and at the center of the Circus stands the Shaftesbury…
*** Warning: possible spoilers! *** In the 4th season of TV series Mad Men the main character Don Draper finds himself in a new apartment. He’s divorced and no longer lives with…
This summer I visited Rome for the first time. Even though it was hot as hell, it was worth it. The city offers everything: ancient ruins, fabulous buildings, churches, temples, fountains ……
I've spent part of my summer vacation in Lisbon, Portugal. You might remember that I wrote about set-jetting in previous posts Veronika Decides to Die and Set-jetting in Vienna. Set-jetting is basically…
At the end of last December I visited Vienna. It was a beautiful post-Christmas & pre-New Year’s Eve trip that included some set-jetting. The phrase ‘set-jetting’ describes the people visiting places purely…
One of the unexpected stars of the new British TV drama Sherlock is Speedy's, a sandwich bar near Euston station in London. How come? Well, we all know that Holmes' home was…
Summer time is perfect for reading some fiction novels or bestsellers. At the top of bestsellers lists in the US and the UK we can see similar names: Stephenie Meyer and Stieg…
In 1998 Paulo Coelho wrote his 15th novel Veronika Decides to Die. It tells a story of a young, beautiful woman (Veronika) from Ljubljana, Slovenia, who appears to have the perfect life,…