One of the ways we’ve discovered to arrive to a city feeling more in tune with it, is to listen to podcasts from local community radio. It’s a great way to get a feel for a city, know some of the current issues and even get hints on local places to eat and shop. One […]
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Video Edition: Udvar-Hazy Center
The Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center is located near Dulles Airport, just outside Washington D.C. Just like its more famous cousin located downtown along the Washington D.C. Mall, the Udvar-Hazy center houses an incredible collection of aviation artifacts, including an SR-71 Blackbird, the Space Shuttle Enterprise (the one used for in-atmosphere flight […]
August Fame & Glory
We seem to have gotten quite a bit of media mention this month so far – and quite honestly, we’re completely humbled by it. Some of it was pieces we knew were coming and others quite unexpected! Here’s a round up thus far for this month: Nomadic Standard Time on Makezine.com – The blog site […]
What if Peter Pan had a blowtorch? City Museum!
We’re often asked what our favorite things are in our travels. The City Museum in downtown St. Louis, Missouri is without a doubt, on tops of that list. And who would have thought that in the center of the midwest stands one of the most amazing creations around? The City Museum is no ordinary museum, […]
Video Edition: Fairmont Water Works
A meshing of civil engineering and ecosystem art, the Fairmont Water Works interactive center gives a peak back in time to when water distribution throughout Philadelphia allowed the city to survive and thrive. Located at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, spending some time at the interactive center is well worth your time […]
Current Office View
Using a combination of the WordPress widget QuickFlickr, a Flickr account and a free iPhone app called ‘Flickr Sendr’ – we have added a new feature to our blog – our current office view! So now we will update our office view regularly (which may be where we’re currently parked, visiting or shots from the […]
Video Edition: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
As you wander throughout downtown Philadelphia, particularly around South Street, you’ll notice a lot of buildings decorated with broken mosiac murales. These are the artwork of Isaiah Zagar, and you can tour his huge installation at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens at 1020 South Street. We first stumbled upon this place by sheer serendipity, and were instantly […]
Inside the Traveler’s Mind – on Travellious
For the past couple of months we’ve enjoyed corressponding with Kelley over at the fabulous Travellious website. And for the past two weeks we’ve been very excitedly following her own 2 week road trip from Seattle to the Travel Blog Exchange conference in Chicago. We even marveled at the Wondermap that they created to track […]
Technomadia Featured on Makezine.com
Yesterday we left our awesome free lakefront campsite near Junction City, Kansas and spent the day driving through rural Kansas and eastern Colorado. But before we left, my Living on NST – Nomadic Standard Time post that I wrote over the weekend was scheduled to post, and I got a tweet out about it. It […]
Living on NST – Nomadic Standard Time
Asking us about our upcoming travel plans is akin to asking for a weather forecast. We may have a fairly accurate idea of what the next few hours may hold, and that there is a chance of some snow in the winter. But the details in between are hard to pin down, particularly more than […]
