Month: August 2017

Amish do not use electricity, and thus they have a ceiling fan that runs on compressed air

In the Amish bookstore (consisting about halfway of biblical and near-biblical literature) an attitude adjuster hangs

Stopped by the supermarket to pick up some road trip snacks. There’s a special parking area for carts, and three little horses are already waiting for their owners.

Today we spent the whole day in an Amish village. These people live by the traditions of the 19th century: no cars, no electricity, traveling in horse-drawn carriages, and growing their own crops. Such a genuine village. Wildly interesting. Discovered an intriguing comparison of an Amish school with an American public school. Big question, whether their school is worse in all aspects.

Funny, it turns out we are spending our vacation in the most dangerous small town in the USA

http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/dangerous-small-cities/

At the bus stop.

With Liza to Philadelphia, we took our huge chessboard (we got used to playing every day). Naturally, we didn’t lug it around the city from the car, but we couldn’t do without chess today 🙂

Encountered an interesting brand in Philadelphia. “I hate Steven Singer”. That’s what the billboards on the roads say. Steven Singer is a well-known American jeweler specializing in diamond jewelry. Actually, the slogan from the acronym is the name of his online jewelry store. Hatred served as the foundation for the brand. Steven decided to advertise his products by explaining to everyone why they could hate him. It’s said that the brand originated from a series of stories by Steven on local radio about why one should hate his jewelry store, mainly revolving around quirky relationship dilemmas between couples. An interesting example of anti-ideas in branding.

I’ve long dreamed of coming here. This is a library in Baltimore. Closed on Saturdays and Sundays, so I took some time off especially for this. On my way to Philadelphia

Peabody Institute. Just taken