happy mutants New podcast interviews me on why I quit my day job to become a blogger and 'artrepreneur' Rusty Blazenhoff

Japan Your essential guide to not screwing up in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

flora Crowd gets whiff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's corpse flower Rob Beschizza

los angeles Inside Quentin Tarantino's retro coffee shop, Pam's Coffy Rusty Blazenhoff

oregon I stayed in a 180 sq ft cottagecore tiny house hotel room Rusty Blazenhoff

texas There's a store in Texas where TSA-confiscated items end up Rusty Blazenhoff

Culture Meet "Dash," the old-fashioned Costco shopping cart that somehow survived the purges Andrew Yi

star wars Star Wars-themed burlesque show, "The Empire Strips Back," still going strong Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures Enjoy this video of a tiny, growing hummingbird family Elías Villoro

ev Route 66, America's historic highway, to be rehabbed Rusty Blazenhoff

paris Monumental Yayoi Kusama installations at Louis Vuitton stores in Paris Jennifer Sandlin

graphic novel Pretty sure 'The Alchemist' graphic novel was illustrated for the male gaze Rusty Blazenhoff

california Boomer Dance Party gets older adults out of the house and on the dance floor Rusty Blazenhoff

new orleans This fancy New Orleans public library was once a private mansion Rusty Blazenhoff

new orleans New Orleans property may or may not be haunted Rusty Blazenhoff

cats This New Orleans cat knows exactly how good they have it Rusty Blazenhoff

san francisco Why New Orleans has a cable car from San Francisco in its streetcar barn Rusty Blazenhoff

music videos Discovering the intense, refreshingly unique music of Ren Gareth Branwyn

art Mike Bennett's Snow Day is a cool holiday pop-up in downtown Portland, Oregon Rusty Blazenhoff