Quirky, quixotic and just a tad quaint, Benjamin Mack has been with GALO since 2011. Born in the U.S. and formerly a resident of Germany and Sweden, he now lives in New Zealand. He considers himself a breakfast cereal connoisseur.
Benjamin S. Mack — Author
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Yanji: A Magnolia among the Orchids
The important thing to know about Yanji, located deep among the oft-frozen steppes of northeast China’s Jilin province, is that it is not a Chinese city. It’s a Korean city, in China. That is plainly evident by...
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Legoland Hotel Is Plastic Paradise
When it comes to childhood bucket lists, there’s one place every kid from Anchorage to Abuja dreams of visiting: Legoland.
Over 40 million of the iconic plastic building blocks were assembled to help bring...
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(Dark) Future Perfect
What’s in your wardrobe: pastels, earth tones, or maybe stripes? What about black?
Yes, black — and not just the ubiquitous dress of a certain small size. In 2013, black — that much-maligned...
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Tribeca Reviews: ‘Oxyana’ Dives to the Very Depths of Drug Abuse
Warning: do not read this review close to bedtime. If you do, it may be difficult to sleep soundly. Yet disheartening as it is, it is nowhere near as heartbreaking as the subject matter of Sean Dunne’s feature...
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Author Nadine Christian Is Pitcairn’s First Novelist
Want to get away? Forget the tagline of a rather large American airline from the past decade. It doesn’t fly anywhere close to where you really want to go. It’s not Venice. It’s not Paris. It’s not Sydney...
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Allure and Advocacy
TV Star Lauren Bedford Russell’s Jewelry More Than Just Pretty Little ThingsLauren Bedford Russell is many things: icon, advocate, star of season 3 of The Real L Word, and multiple sclerosis (MS)...
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Perfectly Polish Poznań, Sans Sleep
In some parts of the world, sleeping in public is a felony. It’s true.
Odd as that sounds, I should know: I’ve come dangerously close to being handed a hefty fine or being brought to a police precinct for...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Glittery of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all? Fashion weeks across the globe all vie for that very thing, assembling a bevy of renowned, up-and-coming, and otherwise talented designers in the hopes of... -
In Bustling Berlin, Its Vampires, Revisited
Think New York City is the city that never sleeps? — forgeddaboutit.
Berlin is the Kaiser – the king – of nightlife.
Looking for a jazz bar playing nothing but Sinatra’s biggest hits? Try...
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Artist of the Week 12/12-12/18: Patty Grazini and the Life of the Giantess
Once upon a time, in a remote Russian village, there lived a girl named Elizabeth Lyska. She was an ordinary girl in almost every way, except one: she was extraordinarily tall. Not just of slightly above-average...