Edinburgh. It’s always Edinburgh. Every time we end up there, we think it again – this is our favorite place in the entire world. The cobbled closes. The castle above the city. So much about this place is like stepping out of time. Yet, nothing of this city’s fabled past lies dead and buried. Its …
You could describe Valencia’s Plaça de l’Ajuntament as a lot of things. You could say it’s the heart of Valencia, and that would be pretty close to true. It does lie almost exactly in the historic center (which I guess would make it more the stomach than the heart, but still…) and it’s also home …
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European markets are some of the best things. Seriously. The quality of product and variety of product and sometimes the strangeness of product you can find in them is simply unsurpassed. Sure, they’re just big farmer’s markets/fish markets/meat markets. But they’re like big farmer’s/fish/meat markets everyday set in (typically) very cool buildings. Mercat Central de …
Is Valencia, Spain the best city we’ve been to for street art? It very well might be. Only Brussels may top it. Maybe. It’s very, very close. But, best or not, I CAN tell you unequivocally Valencia has some damn good street art. AND. SO. FREAKING. MUCH. OF. IT. How much of the city is …
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If you like Dale Chihuly’s work – and we do, we’ve seen it all over the country – you’ll probably be stoked to know Chihuly has a permanent presence in Las Vegas. (Well, permanent for now. You know how things go.) His work appears at the Bellagio, and it’s free. Chihuly created the ceiling display …
Casey, Illinois is the tourist destination that I never knew I needed in my life. As a result, this may truly be the most unintentional of all the guides here on Enter the Lens. And it’s all a result of the combination of our unwillingness to fly economy more than 3 hours and a surprise …
The Strip may not be one of our favorite places in Vegas, but we won’t deny the casinos do décor very well. Not just in the kind of everyday grandeur that fills resorts like the Venetian, Caesars Palace, and the Wynn, but in seasonal décor, the small (and sometimes not so small) arrays that bring …
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It might seem weird to include a library on a list of a city’s must-see attractions (especially in a city like Vegas), but the Las Vegas-Clark County Library system has really done their most. If you’re a reader, local art seeker, or just someone with an extra hour on your hands on the west side …
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You might think Las Vegas, being desert-bound as it is, is not an ideal place for a botanical garden. And you would be right. As someone who has attempted to grow outdoor plants here (and who simply has to survive the summers), I can state with some authority that Vegas’s heat and low humidity are …
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Staying on The Strip is one of those things we never really intend to do as locals, but we recently ended up there anyway. You see, we’d booked the 20,000 Leagues dinner at Lost Spirits and assumed that we’d be far too intoxicated to make the 25-minute drive home afterwards. (That was a correct assumption!) …
