Tag: post office

Postcard Memories

Remember your travels with postcards. Photo credit: L. Tripoli

Keep in Touch and Remember Your Trips with Postcards I picked up my postcard-sending habit from a friend who taught me the importance of staying in touch with lots of people in your life, those from the past as well…

Grand Central Secrets

The letter box in New York City's Grand Central Station is hidden in plain sight. Photo credit: M. Ciavardini

What to Look for in the Manhattan Train Station To visit New York City’s Grand Central Station with the eyes of a tourist, rather than the blinders of a daily commuter, look for what is memorable. Of course, we’ve all…

Postmarked Hyannis

The Hyannis, Mass. Post Office is just a short walk on Main Street away from the John F. Kennedy Museum. Photo credit: M. Ciavardini

Post Office Tourism in the Land of Kennedy Remember the days when post offices had unique designs? When they weren’t generically and homogeneously crafted buildings designed, if only aspirationally, for some sort of efficiency? Remember when going to the post…

Have a Quirk and a Smile

A counter at Burger King in Moscow with the name of the restaurant written in cyrillic. Photo credit: M. Ciavardini.

The Bashful Adventurer experiences the joy of visiting everyday places, those frequented by residents but not always by tourists.