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Top Web Picks: Around the Web Highlights for March 29, 2014

Top Web Picks: Around the Web Highlights for March 29, 2014

What we're clicking on this week (when we're not eating hotel breakfasts).

Tastemade's charming YouTube series explores 56 countries via their drink of choice, from Tibetan butter tea to watermelon agua fresca. – Tess, editorial intern

I really enjoyed this delightful little animation about the evolution of the bicycle. – Becky, editorial assistant

I attended a Flamengo matchin Rio this week at Maracaña, a stadium that seats 78,000. It wasn't as packed as the soccer game in this video, but I pretended it was. – Pavia, founder

I walked through Rio humming bossa nova in my head, like this adorable father-daughter duet performed by João and Bebel Gilberto. – Pavia, founder

Top Web Picks: Around the Web Highlights for March 29, 2014

Getaway: Istanbul. Photo: Courtesy of Sacramento Street

Photos of this Istanbul getaway have me itching to book a trip. – Berit, assistant editor

While visiting the offices of Tiny Atlas Quarterly (one of our 24 Best Travel Blogs and Websites 2014), I took at peek at their very first printed annual. Pre-order your copy! – Jeralyn, editorial director

Hong Kong's M+ museum launched an online exhibition with videos, photos, maps, and essays to remember the city's disappearing neon signs.– Becky, editorial assistant

Marin Montaugut's indie travel guide Bonjour New York will soon be joining my collection. – Berit, assistant editor


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