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In my mind the Boatel is one of the coolest places to stay in New York. 

In the words of its creators:

The Boatel is an interactive art + sound installation that takes place on the docks of Marina 59, under the planes taking off from JFK airport and five blocks from Rockaway Beach.

23 artists from NYC and abroad are meticulously crafting a world out of the flotsam & jetsam of Jamaica Bay. A cluster of reclaimed/rebuilt docks + junk boats create worlds within worlds, an hour from the city and a thousand miles away from reality.

If you live in New York go! It’s open until the end of November. 

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Girl in Landscape

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of going to Costa Rica with my girlfriend. I didn’t want cheesy smiley peace sign photos. The landscapes were pretty enough but they needed a human element for scale and consistency.

 Now let me bore you with my vacation photos. This feels like the new school version of sitting someone down in front of a projector screen and telling them how awesome I am minus the cool humming sound of the projector and the smell of burning dust on the lamp. 

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Along with being a wonderful place to go home to Venice Florida also claims the title of “Shark’s Tooth Capital of the World.” This derives mainly from the abundance of fossilized sharks teeth that can be found in the tidewaters and washed up on the beach. 

Each year the city celebrates its sobriquet (shameless use of unnecessary word here, just learned it yesterday) by hosting the annual Shark’s Tooth Festival

Along with the typical small town festival fare like chicken on a stick, funnel cake and cheap coldish beer attendees can walk away with giant shark jaws or bags full of sharp little thousand year old teeth. It’s Florida kitsch at it’s best.