(Original article from Liberty Travel, where Megan wrote a four-part series about London neighborhoods) West London is the main area where tourists flock to during their vacation. While there are many fascinating attractions in these neighborhoods, it’s definitely worth your time to explore some areas nearby that are just as culturally rich, but less crowded. [...]
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Neighborhood Guide to South London
(Previous entry from Liberty Travel, where Megan wrote a 4-part series on her favorite London neighborhoods) When people think of London the first things that pop into their minds are major tourist attractions like Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster. They probably aren’t thinking about the less obvious places around London that are well worth checking [...]
Neighborhood Guide to East London
(Previous entry from Liberty Travel, where Megan wrote a 4-part series on her favorite London neighborhoods) The East End of London continues to intrigue me. While abroad in London one of the courses I enrolled in was British Broadcasting. It seemed a dream come true when our Welsh professor, who happened to have an impressive [...]
Neighborhood Guide to Santiago
After spending about two weeks in Santiago, I quickly got a feel for the different neighborhoods that make this South American city so fascinating. Although I didn’t know too much about Santiago before arriving in Chile, I was very pleased to learn that the city is actually quite ideal for a bohemian. The first thing [...]
Neighborhood Guide to North London
(original article from Liberty Travel, where Megan covered London in a 4-part London series.) It’s been nearly four years since I first stepped foot in London, yet the city still feels like an old friend. Upon landing at Heathrow Airport after a sleepless red-eye from DC, I couldn’t wait to hop on the Tube and [...]
Travel Photographer Stephen Govel
One of the frustrations of traveling is trying to explain your experience when you return home. It can seem like a hopeless task. Which is why Iʼm envious of our current artist of the week, photographer Stephen Govel. All he has to do is show you a slideshow from his recent trip, and youʼll get [...]
Brooklyn Artist Kathryn Klopp
Our featured artist this week resides in Brooklyn, New York and focuses on urban art, reflective of the area. Kathryn Klopp specializes in portraits, drawings and paintings using a variety of mediums and artistic techniques. Travel has been a constant influence on the young artist, having studied and lived in Cuba for a time. How/when [...]
Dominican Republic Artist Marlene Jorge
Marlene Jorge is our featured artist this week and a personal favorite of mine. I was introduced to Marlene about a year ago through a mutual friend who knows the painter from their days growing up in the Dominican Republic. After attending a small gallery reception for the now New Yorker, I fell in love [...]
Landscape Artist Toni Silber-Delerive
Our Artist of the Week is Toni Silber-Delerive who has been doing art virtually all of her life. Born in Philadelphia, she received her B.F.A. in Painting from the Philadelphia College of Art and studied at the School of Visual Arts. A Manhattan-based artist and graphic designer, Toni’s work is featured in private and corporate [...]
Street Art in the East Village
A few weeks ago my videographer and I decided to take a little stroll through the East Village and profile a few streets with some pretty amazing street art. It’s safe to say that almost anywhere you wander in New York City, graffiti is not far behind. The outer boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens are [...]
Swedish Artist Martina Molin
After featuring Annika Connor a few weeks ago and learning about how travel has served as an inspiration in many of her paintings I decided to feature a different artist every week. Annika is to thank for our artist this week, Martina Molin, who also hails from Stockholm, Sweden. The two were recently reunited in [...]
Annika Connor: Artist and Manhattanite
It’s hard to find just the right word to describe Annika Connor. The young and vivacious Manhattanite also happens to be a renowned painter who has lived and traveled all over the globe. Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia Connor can easily spend up to sixteen hours a day painting, adding to her extensive collection of pieces [...]
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