Todd’s favorites
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San Francisco's Polk Street: A local's guide to glitz and grit
Story by Christopher Busch, 24 July 2008
San Francisco's Polk Street is one of the few remaining commercial strips near downtown that continue to cater almost exclusively to neighborhood locals, and a stroll from end to end is one of the best ways to experience the dichotomy of class within this economically diverse city.
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Travelers Meet Their Waterloo in Sweden
Story by rich and ruth carlson (aka Axel Olson), 23 July 2008
Mama Mia! Not since Greta Garbo disappeared from the movie screen, with the famous epitaph, “I vant to be alone,” has Sweden captured so much of the American zeitgeist.
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Britne Spears' Vietnamese Tombstone
Photo by Megan Kearney, 1 July 2008
The gravestone encarvers in Hanoi predicted trouble for Britney back in 2004.
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'I have the beer, where are you?'
Photo by Dustin Diaz, 23 July 2008
Dolores Park, despite having signs for "no smoking, drinking, or barbecuing" attracts locals to break all the rules and relax in the sun while lying on the steep slanted hills
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Un Pasado Que Aún Vive
Photo by Jennifer Stalvey, 6 July 2008
In this 2004 mural by Joel Bergner, a Salvadoran village is still haunted by memories of the 1980s civil war.
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Relaxing Deserts
Photo Essay by Bruno Woltzenlogel Paleo, 17 July 2008
The emptiness of deserts eventually drifts the mind to a meditative emptiness of thoughts.
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Little. Yellow. Different. Better: Seeing San Francisco via GoCar.
Photo Essay by Jordan Kobert, 21 July 2008
Anyone who lives in San Francisco has seen them. Tourists with that confused look on their face.
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Precious Time
List by Kate Blood, 20 July 2008
Ten San Francisco Restaurants Offering a Little Something Extra
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The Feltmaker
Photo by Jane Keeler, 6 July 2008
Felt was traditionally made by hand, during what was a rather long and arduous process. The family has sped things up a little with this modern invention, which enables them to machine-produce felt from raw wool.
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Tour Eiffel
Photo by Joan Leong, 10 July 2008
Underneath the gargantuan structure. The queues going up were too long, so I decided to skip it.
