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Around the Web: Curated Highlights from June 28, 2014

Around the Web: Curated Highlights from June 28, 2014

What we're clicking on this week (when we're not burning up from soccer fever).

At the Table features gorgeous portraits and sweet Q&As from chefs and artisans in Berlin. (I don't recall the food scene being this good when I lived in the city. But of course I am nostalgic anyway!) – Jeralyn, editorial director

11 untranslatable words from other cultures, including a term for the feeling of anticipation that leads you to keep looking outside to see if anyone is coming. – Berit, assistant editor

Journalist Esther Honig put out a global call to action: Take this unaltered photo of me and Photoshop it to meet your country's standard of beauty. – Pavia, founder

No thanks to British Airways, this poor man wound up in Grenada in the Carribbean instead of his intended destination, Granada, Spain. Talk about a travel fiasco. – Becky, editorial assistant

My pal Mark Ladner, kind and talented chef at Del Posto in NYC, is fundraising on Kickstarter for Pasta Flyer. It's a food truck and small restaurant where traditional Italian macaroni culture meets Japanese ramen efficiency. Gluten-free pasta, many shapes and sauces, served in three minutes – Pavia, founder

Tip This Much calculates how much you should tip based on which country you're in, splits the bill depending on how big your party is, and essentially negates everything you learned in second-grade math. – Becky, editorial assistant

Bounce Below, the world's largest underground trampoline in Wales is definitely going on my to-do list. – Becky, editorial assistant

Say hello to Cotel. This is what the crowdsourced hotel of future looks like. – Pavia, founder


THIS WEEK ON FATHOM: Nature in All Its Glory

Around the Web: Curated Highlights from June 28, 2014

The first official Mission 31 habitat dive. Photo: Kip Evans.

We Instagrammed from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Emily Harteau taught us how to road trip with toddlers.

Cyrena Lee told us where to camp near NYC and gave us a list of camping essentials.

Nina Kokotas Hahn pondered the great circle of life in the Okavango Delta.

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Travel Notes
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    What were clicking on this week, when were not freaking out about how fast the summer is going.Not too long ago, writers would lug their typewriters around on summer retreats to European villas and African safari tents. A new lightweight version that still has the old-school charms (pings, white-out brushes) can be found in the new Typing Writer iPad app from the folks at The Rumpus and McSweeneys. – Jeralyn, editorial directorH.

  • Around the Web: Top Picks for May 17, 2014

    What were clicking on this week (when were not tipping our hat to one of our editorial heroes, Jill Abramson).Found In Translation is an ongoing illustration series by graphic designer Anjana Ilyer about foreign words with no direct English equivalent. – Becky, editorial assistantWhat will the airline website of the future look like? Creative agency Fantasy Interactive proposes their ideal. – Pavia, founderIm totally guilty of s

  • Around the Web: Top Picks for March 9, 2014

    What were clicking on this week (when were not setting our clocks forward).The new EatYourWorld mobile site serves up hundreds of dining and drinking tips based on your GPS (from Detroit to Dakar). Its good food advice at your fingertips. – Jeralyn, editorial directorLove this trippy kaleidoscopic video tour of the Angkor Wat in Cambodia. – Berit, assistant editorIf youre not one of the five million people who have watched