Weekly Web Roundup: Hardest Languages to Learn & Top Picks (5/31/14)
What we're clicking on this week (when we're not remembering why the caged bird sings).
Before you decide which language to pick up next, here's a breakdown of the hardest languages to learn. Eighty eight weeks to achieve proficiency in Japanese. I can do this. – Becky, editorial assistant
Grey Singapore played with form and color to create these really fun, and very clever, multinational typefaces from world flags. – Becky, editorial assistant
Summer home inspiration: Of a Kind designer Bridie Picot has a teenie-tiny (500-square-feet) cabin in the Catskills. It is ridiculously cute and I want one. – Jeralyn, editorial director
Help designer Adrien Colombie conduct an artistic survey of earth’s inhabitants through interviews, photographs, videos, and fingerprints. – Berit, assistant editor
Who can resist a tiny DIY travel album in a box. I'll be knocking out a few of these from my summer travels. – Berit, assistant editor
Throughout the month of June, Fathom will be giving away a bonanza of incredible vacations. First up: A very dreamy trip to Paris (flights, hotel, private driver, year supply of chocolate). Oui! Oui! Click to enter. – Jeralyn, editorial director
THIS WEEK ON FATHOM: The North American Expanse
Sunrise on Lake Louise. Photo by Becky Cheang.
Alberta's Banff shatters former notions of Canada.
Rediscovering a happy childhood at Mohonk Mountain House.
Nowhere Magazine editor Porter Fox fills out his Fathom Questionnaire. And gives us an armchair travel reading list.
A few reasons (old and new) to visit Boston's Kenmore Square.
A slideshow of trippy and impressive sand castle creations and a list of competitions around the U.S.
And a very wholesome road trip through Virginia.
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