Escape the heat

Here is your mid-weekly dose of escapism, a little thing we like to call the Hump Day Hiatus. We all need a refreshing break every now and then, but who has time to go to New Zealand or the Italian or Swiss Alps? You do, as a matter of fact. That is, if you have seven or eight minutes to …

Take a trip!

Today is Hump Day! You’ve made it halfway through the week – more than halfway, in fact. This calls for a celebration, a mini-vacation. And we have just the thing for you: a group of overgrown kids with too much time on their hands who have never stopped playing with Legos. Siskell and Ebert gave this film two thumbs up! …

Walk in Shanghai

As you might have already surmised (today being the middle of the week), the title walk is this week’s Hump Day Hiatus. I can assure you, it’s a walk like no other.

Need a hiatus?

You’ve made it to the halfway point of 2015’s Week #17. I think you’ve earned a break, and this is the place to come for it every Wednesday. It’s a little thing called the Hump Day Hiatus. This week we’re visiting the beautiful people of Thailand. Sit back and relax and enjoy the sights and sounds in full-screen splendor. Sawadee …

Here’s your ticket

Seat 22, Trans-Siberian Railway, Moscow to Beijing. Enjoy the ride. Seat 22 — Trans-Siberian Odyssey from Stanislas Giroux on Vimeo.

THE hump day hiatus

This is the ultimate Wednesday – aka Hump Day – of the year, at least in this hemisphere. If you can’t be in Augusta, at least there’s this, a poor substitute indeed. And this splendid bonus:

This Beautiful Planet

The Hump Day Hiatus has taken its travelers far afield week after week, just in time for the mid-week blahs. Well, here is another spectacular corner of this amazing planet, and it’s not even a place you’ve probably ever heard of before. There are just that many breath-taking places, that’s all. This time the location happens to be Norway. It’s …

Your Mid-Week Break

AKA, the world-famous Hump Day Hiatus. But first, a question: when you need a vacation (even if it’s only five minutes long), do you prefer to escape civilization or run straight for it? Well, either way, we’ve got you covered. Today’s first offering is the vast and lonely and stark beauty of the night skies in the Dakota Territory. Or …