Take to the highways

Normally I’m not such a big fan of driving or anything that promotes driving, but this condensed map of the Eisenhower Interstate System is pretty neat. (Thx, RJ.)

Reconsidering the White House

Would the true candidate of change — whoever (s)he is — support a new White House design?

91 Hoods — One Candidate to Rule Them All?

With the Democratic primary contest appearing to narrow down to Sens. Clinton and Obama, perhaps it’s worthwhile to take a gander at the city where Clinton spent her youth and where Obama cut his political teeth.

(via StrangeMaps)

Trajan Horse — a banal saboteur

Kirby Ferugson  takes on the movie font. (Thx, Michele.)

Free Museums

While I have mixed feelings about promoting my bank, I am excited to take advantage of Bank of America’s “Museums on Us” program, which allows me and a guest to go to a handful of museums — free of charge — in the Bay area during the month of May.

Design of the Times

Annie Leibovitz photographs the construction of the dynamic New York Times Building.

If a Note Falls in the Forest Dept.

Gene Weingarten  and  Joshua Bell explore the topic of unappreciated genius in L’Enfant Plaza. (Via ALDaily.)

Sake-rrific

While dining with some friends at Xyclo in Piedmont, I was fortunate enough to be clued in to Nigori sake, an unfiltered variety that I hadn’t had the pleasure of enjoying before. I highly recommend it. (Thx, Eliet.)

Window to the world

Admittedly this new balcony/window from Dutch architecture firm Hofman Dujardin seems kind of dodgy to me, but then again so does legalized prostitution, and they seem to have made that work. It really is brilliant. Now if I can just rid my brain of those images of the Chicago porches collapsing, I should be fine.

Still rock n’ roll?

City of Sound and Sean O’Hagan opine on the soon-to-be lost art of mix tapes.