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Fathom HQ's Favorite Links This Week: November 21, 2015

Fathom HQ s Favorite Links This Week: November 21, 2015

What we were clicking on and talking about this week at #FathomHQ.

My favorite travel shoe is headed west for the month of December. Stop by Sabah's LA pop-up to try on a pair of their chic Turkish slippers and join in on a family dinner or Sunday dance party. – Berit, editor 

This personal story about why one San Francisco taxi driver decided to work for Lyft tells a lot about the ride share economy and the ongoing battle between taxis and Uber/Lyft. – Pavia, CEO 

I could spend all day reading New York Magazine's interviews with residents from one street in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, about the changes happening in their neighorhood. – Daniel, editorial assistant

My all-time favorite homegoods and stationery store, Muji, just opened its NYC flagship store this weekend. I know where I'm doing my holiday shopping this year. – Becky, assistant editor

Taking a page from the Norwegians and mentally preparing myself for a New York winter with their koselig mindset, a celebration of all things warm and cozy. – Berit

I've always wondered how many people bear my father's family's original surname, Mechnikov, which was changed more than 100 years ago in Tsarist Russia. According to this search and statistics site, there are 983 of us. – Daniel

Loving The Atlantic's series of aerial photos of China, from smoggy cities to beautiful mountain landscapes. – Becky

Book your holiday travel based around the airlines that offer the most leg room. – Berit

THIS WEEK ON FATHOM: Celebrating the Outdoors in America

Fathom HQ s Favorite Links This Week: November 21, 2015

Local bounty at Main Street Farms in Livingston Manor, New York. Photo by Daniel Schwartz.

This week, we celebrate small towns and big views in wide open destinations across America.

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: A weekend of mountain highs.

Big Sky Country, Montana: A deluxe family-friendly ranching vacation.

Charlottesville, Virginia: Breaking the college town bias.

Oxford, Mississippi: Irresistible food and football charms. 

Upatate New York: Country living at two hotels in the Catskill Mountains.

Clatsop County, Oregon: How to have an epic road trip.

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Finding the new in the great old town.

Black Hills, South Dakota: In search of — and finding — the good life.

The Tasty South: The region's best food delivered to your door.

On the trail: A mixtape for fall hikes.


Travel Notes
  • Top Links We Love: October 10, 2015 Weekly Roundup

    What were clicking on and talking about this week at #FathomHQ.This weekend, Im going to pick out a few of my favorite travel Instagrams to print on the super cute new printing service Parabo Press. Im really into their newsprint and shape print options. – Berit, editorStylist, one of my favorite London magazines, has a roundup of the new UK restaurant openings Im adding to my to-do list. – Pavia, founderI know winter isnt a gre

  • Links We Love: Noisy-le-Grand s Stunning Post-WWII Housing Project (Oct 3, 2015)

    What were clicking on and talking about this week at #FathomHQ.Im stunned by this portfolio of Noisy-le-Grand, a housing project frozen in time outside Paris. It was built after World War II and is only inhabited by the elderly. It looks imperial French and extraterrestrial utopian at the same time. – Daniel, editorial assistantThat, by the way, was Daniel Schwartzs first post as our new editorial assistant, a well-earned promotion fr

  • FathomHQ s Favorite Links: September 19, 2015 Weekly Roundup

    What were clicking on and talking about this week at #FathomHQ when were not scrambling for tickets to see the Pope in NYC.The office is split about the overhead food shot. I, for one, love it. Dirk Brömmels overhead boat shots are also delightful, if a little weird. He also has another series of overhead gondola photos. – Becky, editorial assistantLearning about wabi-sabi, the Japanese term for perfectly imperfect. –