Roadside Wonders

Birchmere Music Hall 3701 Mt. Vernon Avenue Alexandria, Virginia submitted by: “MikeP” wendyvee says: Mike scored another great “wonder” … the legendary Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, Virginia! This great music venue has table seating with food service and seats 500. Though they are known for country, bluegrass, folk, and jazz performances … a wide variety of artists...

Broad Street Market Sign Third and Verbeke Streets Harrisburg, Pennsylvania submitted by: “wendyvee” I stopped at both the Broad Street Market and the Midtown Scholar Bookstore today (and posts about each will follow soon); but this post features the Broad Street Market’s sign (taken from the balcony of the Midtown Scholar). This is my favorite sign in Harrisburg. Not only is the BSM sign...

The Dodge & Cowboy Mural Main and Adam Streets Tucumcari, New Mexico submitted by “EarsFlappn” (Suzanne) suzanne says: I stopped in Tucumcari and took pictures of the murals along Route 66 … some pretty cool stuff. The people in the murals are people the artists know and that live in town.  wendyvee says: The very first “wonder-er”, Suzanne, had quite a lot to do with the genesis...

I was out running errands this afternoon and caught Studio 360′s Design for the Real World segment on Public Radio International. This week, the subject was NEON (yay!). It was a really great piece  …. and I love that we live in an era when I can share it almost instantly! Click the player below to listen to the story; or visit Studio 360′s weekly episode page to download an mp3 of the...