Tag: TRAVEL
In an effort to curb the amount of vandalism that visitors (and its citizens) have inflicted on the more ancient and popular sections of the Great Wall of China, officials have created a designated zone where people can etch and scrawl their names. “As many tourists like to carve words on buildings, we will develop […]
We’ve all been there. You’re flying over the Atlantic in your private jet, wishing you could experience the breathtaking views of the ocean below you, but all you’ve got are those dinky, porthole-style windows to look out of. Where’s the fun in that? Fortunately, a new jet called the S-512 — billed by its creators […]
Vice President Joe Biden had some choice words for LaGuardia Airport during a speech in Philadelphia yesterday. “If I blindfolded someone and took them at 2:00 in the morning into the airport in Hong Kong and said ‘where do you think you are,’ they’d say, ‘this must be America, it’s a modern airport,” he said. […]
Wingman started as a joke. Gabe Whaley, creator of the forthcoming app, was getting off of a flight when he had a revelation: what if something like Tinder existed on airplanes? If you were bored in the middle of a long sojourn, you could pull out your phone, see if any fellow passengers spark your […]
In a week of record low temperatures and subsequent airline delays across the country, no flights were more fucked up than those coming out of LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark. A study conducted by the Global Gateway Alliance found that almost 60% of all in- and outbound flights at the three airports were delayed during the […]
New York photographer Nate “Igor” Smith of Driven By Boredom has just ended his road trip, most of which he spent traveling along Route 66 with friends, friends who enjoy posing nude next to roadside attractions. Inspired by Americana photographs of John Margolies, Nate spent 31-days on the road and shot 67 rolls of film. One got got lost. So he […]
Finally, we may be entering an era in which we never have to pull ourselves from our iPhones, not even for a minute. The New York Times is reporting that the Federal Aviation Administration is set to give up on perhaps its silliest rule: no phones during takeoff and landing. It makes perfect sense to drop it–the […]
As an artist whose latest project involved destruction, Doug Aitken has calmed down a bit and announced an upcoming public art project, sort of. The artist plans to embark upon a journey by train travelling from New York to San Francisco, making ten stops along the way. The project “Station to Station: a Nomadic Happening” is a road […]
