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Showing posts with label US Route 6. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US Route 6. Show all posts
Saturday, April 30, 2011

US Route 6; "Creating the Mythology"

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I was sitting at a luncheon table with award-winning author/filmmaker, Steven Beschloss  this afternoon at the ASJA (American Society of Jou...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Route 6 in the New Yorker Magazine; Dave Hanson's Shouts and Murmurs Piece

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From this week's New Yorker Magazine (May 2nd), in the Shouts and Murmurs essay by humorist Dave Hanson  , Route 6 is mentioned in the ...
Monday, April 25, 2011

A Rare Find at the New York City Auto Show; Antique Iowa Highway Patrol

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I suppose a patrol car like this must have cruised US Route 6 circa 1950-something.  (Or - 60-something?).  Even in Manhattan, on a stormy...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

That's the Smell of Annie Oakley, Baby....Indiana Perfumery on US Route 6

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Annie Oakley is not the first name that jumps to mind when thinking about perfume. Channel, perhaps, or Dior....but Oakley?  Sure - she wa...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Pete Seeger's "A Thousand Little Initiatives" on US Route 6

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These are tough economic times for our country, but it's not the first time and it won't be the last.  About 8 years ago, I had the ...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Keeping it Real on US Route 6

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When did authentic turn into "branded."   When did bartenders become "mixologists" and annual crops become "sustain...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Monster Trucks on PA Route 6

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The back page of New York Magazine consists of The Approval Matrix - a grid indicating what editors consider "highbrow, lowbrow, brilli...
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Friday, April 8, 2011

Chain Hotels and Other Fallbacks Along US Route 6

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Not every Route 6 town is graced with extraordinary, fancy, individually-owned hotels, inns or B&B's - though finding those along th...
Monday, April 4, 2011

"The Father of the Modern Skyscraper" on Route 6

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  Architect Louis Sullivan has been called the Father of Modernism, the Father of the American Skyscraper, the "Spiritual Leader of th...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

"Why We Travel" A Paul Theroux Essay in the New York Times; How It Pertains to US Route 6

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Sunday's NY Times Travel Section (which, as a subscriber, I get delivered on Saturday) asks - or posits - "Why We Travel."  W...
Friday, April 1, 2011

Answering the Burning Questions on US Route 6

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Years ago, I wrote this about travel writing for magazines:  The life of a magazine writer is a patchwork of mundane and thrilling, solit...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Route 6 Champion Lives 1,000 Miles From The Grand Army of the Republic Highway

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Yes, it's true.  The man who spearheaded the cause to reawaken interest in what was once America's Longest Highway (and remains the ...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Happy Birthday Harry Houdini! Learn About Him on Route 6

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Harry Houdini is trending on Twitter today.  Why?  It's his 137th birthday - posthumously, naturally.  This son of a Rabbi remains one o...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Buffalo in Brooklyn; Route 6 Bison

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Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, and I'll show you Brooklyn. That's Brooklyn, Connecticut - which isn't quite as urban...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Where Did the Pilgrims Really Land in the New World? US Route 6 Has the Answer

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Historic Route 6 begins and ends at oceans and in flamboyant, artsy, entertainment-rich towns.  Beach resort, Provincetown, MA on the Atlan...
Monday, March 14, 2011

The Little Feat Route 6 Connection

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Last night, I attended a Little Feat concert - a small, intimate affair in Ridgefield, CT featuring two lead guitarists - and while they wer...
Friday, March 11, 2011

PA Route 6: A Fracking Good Time

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Natural Gas drillers are culprits or saviors, depending on who you ask. All I know is that while controversy swirls around the environmental...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

A Flash of Gold - In My Glass: Coors Brewery on Route 6, Golden, CO

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Just west of Denver, Route 6 cuts through Golden, Colorado, home of Coors.  Through I generally favor more obscure craft beers,  I do plan...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Tootsie; The Official Mascot of the California U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association

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Mascots figure prominently in several Route 6 towns.  As I mentioned in a prior post, Mike the Headless Chicken is the town mascot and ill-e...
Saturday, March 5, 2011

Why Has Route 6 Been Largely Ignored? I Blame Jack Kerouak

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Though designated a transcontinental highway in 1937, Route 6 was not completely paved until 1952, just about the time that Jack Kerouac ...