Category: shopping
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Maison Assouline, London
Another post on bookstores. Assouline is a publisher of books that serve as luxury lifestyle accessories. They are based in New York but the flagship store is in London, opened in 2014. We were in London during Christmas 2018. The store is situated between two other book-lovers destinations – Hatchards and Waterstones – mainstream bookstores.…
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Amazon Books, Walnut Creek
We have posted on this blog many pictures of bookstores, and lamented the fact that brick-and-mortar bookstores are becoming rare and possibly extinct in certain cities. In the US, this trend is driven largely by the advent of e-books sold online. Amazon started their global online business with this retail concept. By chance, we came…
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Morabit Marbre Fossils, Erfoud
Our first detour after we left our Merzouga desert camp on our cross-country drive was a fossil factory or rock shop – Morabit Marbre Fossils, at Erfoud – the fossil capital of Morocco. What kind of music goes with fossils ? Try this : During the Devonian period, the Paleozoic Era, from about 450 million…
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Songyan cultural and creative park 松山文創園區, Taipei
We spent a few hours before sundown in the Songyan cultural and creative park 松山文創園區 in Taipei. A and F joined us. Starting our walk from the brand new Eslite Hotel right next to the Park, there was such a contrast of the new and old. Loved the hotel lobby which is designed to resemble…
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Hilarity in names #10
This is no. 10 in a series of posts that is about funny business names or signs that we captured on film. From time to time during our travels, we come across English name or signage that makes us smile. Check out Hilarity in names #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, and #9. Like Shoes in…
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Hilarity in names #9
We have not posted on this theme for quite a while. Well, here is no. 9 in a series of posts that is about funny business names or signs that we saw. From time to time during our travels, we came across English names that makes us laugh. This post will focus on English language…