Maps in the Wild
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When I visited my pal Mark in New York, he plied me with his collection of whiskies including this Jefferson’s Ocean which is apparently aged while being sailed around the world. Very smooth and warming.
Marc-Tobias sent me this and asked “I don’t know if this is “mappy” enough. It’s more like a background image. Seen in Hanover” My response was that if you have subtle contour lines and trees (possibly of the Christmas variety) then it certainly gets into our 12 Mappy days of […]
Jennica Pearson said “Happy Holidays! I’m new to the community, but I couldn’t help but want to contribute! Found this Santa tracker map while out and about at a Christmas-themed pop-up bar in Philadelphia” A superb first contribution Jessica, Mappy Holidays to you and all of our contributors.
On our trip to the US we visited the Norman Rockwell Museum (fantastic, uplifting collection). Rockwell produced hundreds of covers for the Saturday Evening Post including several Christmas covers, he was witty and exquisitely talented at observing American life.
Florence shared these “Christmas Windows of Van & Arpels at Bergdorf Goodman store New York” with us. That’s a mappy enticement to spend a lot of dosh for Xmas gifts!
Koen Rutten shared this candy jar. “#mapsInTheWild My new candy jar! Made by Royal Goedewaagen to the design of Sander Alblas. In my case: a second-hand one.”
Ivan Sanchez Ortega spottted this big wall map in Tartu airport. People have placed coloured dots representing the furthest distance they have flown from Tartu. Not sure if the colours have added significance.
