Architecture & Design
Ignorant Guide to Bridge Design
Part of the fun of travel is going over bridges to get to where you are going, and then also to appreciate the design of bridges while you are going over them. One of the […]
Articles by paperbacklou
Hotels
Hotel Commune by The Great Wall of China
The Hotel Commune by the Great Wall is one of the amazing hotels in the world. It is on an estate of land an hour and a half outside of Beijing, in the mountains by […]
Where to Eat
Best Deli in NYC — According to Real New Yorkers
What’s the best Deli in NYC? Tough question — NYC has THOUSAND’S of Deli’s. This was the question posed to Knick fans by Knick star Julius Randle‘s wife Kendra in April 2024. She asked that […]
Where to Eat
Best Steak Houses in United States According to John Sterling
Longtime Yankee broadcasting legend John Sterling was known as a “man about town” by those in the broadcast industry that knew him well. When he was not broadcasting Yankee games on the radio for over […]
Hotels
The Highlander in Radford, Virginia — Destination “Boutique” Hotel
On the way back from Dallas driving up I-81 at midnight in southern Virginia in a snow storm that dropped 8 inches of snow (January 2024) — with family in tow in a Ford Expedition […]
Europe
Paris, France for the Ignorant Traveler — 12 Things to Know & Do
People either love Paris or are disappointed in Paris. A lot depends on what you’re expecting, what you experience, and for how long you are there. It is important if you are traveling to Paris, […]
On the Road
Cruisin’ — Top 14 Road Drives in the USA
Not Road Trips — Road Drives. Places to take a cruise in your car in the USA. Scenic routes. Historic routes. Famous main drags like the one in the film American Graffiti, which is actually […]
On the Road
Interstate I-81: Trucker Highway — Lifeblood of America
Interstate I-81 that runs down the US Eastern corridor inland by 100 miles from the coast is chock full of truckers in both directions — 18-wheelers carrying assorted goods to their destination. It is trucker […]
Americas
31 Best Places to Travel to in the US in the Spring
There is nothing like the excitement of Spring — warmer weather, the opening of outdoor cafe’s, the blooming flowers and trees, the return of baseball, the knowledge that this is just the beginning — things […]
Hotels
Woody Allen Recommendation for NYC: A Night at the Pierre Hotel; Drinks at the Carlyle
In the delightful 2020 Woody Allen film “A Rainy Day in New York”, Timothée Chalamet — the main character who essentially plays a young, good-looking Woody Allen — takes his girlfriend — a young Annie-Hall-like […]