We were having a geographical conversation over dinner with friends and Toby drew this map from the remains of pimentos padron and olive pips. Can you work out where the map is illustrating?
Monthly archives: September 2025
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We were drinking this wine on a family holiday in Ibiza when my son spotted the celestial map on the label.
I love those paper maps that you get from hotel receptions when you all for directions. This one comes from the stylish retro Hotel Mongibello in Ibiza. Perfect for planning a day’s exploring.
Another one from Anna Barca’s visit to Broken Hill. Imagine a gaol with stained glass windows and a global projection (bonus points for correctly identifying the projection). For more info see https://brokenhillhistoricalsociety.com/our-museums/silverton-gaol-museum/
Marc-Tobias said “Otterbox currently has a special edition with maps of New York, London, Paris, Tokyo https://www.otterbox.co.uk/en-gb/search?q=passport&search-button=&lang=en_GB Might not be ‘in the wild’ enough.” I think that is wild enough but if anyone has a pic of their own case with a map, do send it to us.
Walter Schwartz spotted this beautiful mural (or is it graffiti?). He said “Here’s a large scale map of part of the Glen Park – Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. It is hidden away at a dead end under a pedestrian overpass. I discovered this while hiking the “Crosstown Trail“ […]
It seems wherever Reinder travels he finds a Map in the Wild. This one is from a pub in Dublin showing the locations of some of the most famous Irish whiskey (correct spelling for Irish as opposed to Scottish whisky). My favourite, Redbreast, isn’t on there.
Ken was at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the ICC conference, appropriately they had this rotating globe in the entrance.
Reinder shared this art piece by Lu Xinjian entitled City DNA/Deventer. “This painting in the Eicas museum in the Dutch town of Deventer, turns out to be inspired by the street pattern – by Lu Xinjian. Quite amazing … “ The detail is almost hypnotic
