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Does art have the power to heal, to inspire, to provoke, to challenge, to offer hope? Apparently some people in Grand Rapids think so. Last week a good friend asked if I wanted to go downtown to see the murals that are being created after a violent night in this Western Michigan City. The...
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest Blogger, It was early spring when our journey began in November, 2019, with a flight from Santiago, Chile, to RAF Mount Pleasant, the military base (and international airport) for the Falkland Islands. Upon landing, we drove for an hour to the capital city and port...
by Judy Bereza, Guest Blogger As an “aspirational” Fashionista, I always head to the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute whenever I am in New York. On a recent trip (Feb. 2020) with my daughter and granddaughter, we made a beeline to check out the current exhibit, “In Pursuit of Fashion:...
Finding Beauty Recently, during the middle of the world wide pandemic, I headed out with Izzy, my 14 year old Yorki-poo. If she could talk I’m sure she’d say she is delighted with the shelter-at-home orders. We’re always home and she gets lots of walks. My favorite place and...
Design Destination: Home An Easter Meditation by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger In ‘isolation’, what nurtures us, what sustains us, where do we find meaning? As I ‘shelter in place’ in my home, I find myself pondering these questions. It never occurred to me that, at this point in my life, I...
By Peggy DePersia, guest blogger From key lime flavored ‘everything’, including dog treats, to magical sunsets, the Florida Keys has it all; from the silly to the sublime. Though I have offered my experience of the “Keys” via Design Destinations in the past, I wanted to revisit what...
by Linda Laughter, guest blogger Trips are fun to plan, and the time spent in a vacation spot is always memorable. This year our travel to one of our favorite locations, Galveston, Texas was cut short. I was looking forward to writing a blog about this great trip. Upon arriving we visited a...
By Paul Lungu, Guest Blogger, When thinking of Colombia, there are many things that pop into mind. The colourful city of Cartagena, vast & lush coffee fields, the incredible Amazonian forest or the sandy shores with swaying palm trees of the Caribbean Sea. But some of Colombia’s...
By Kate Dernocoeur, Guest Blogger My travel buddy and I headed to Chile in November, and were initially on our own for a few days. I’d long-since known that Valparaiso was a great place to see street art. Lots of cities have vibrant street art communities, but this one: Wow! Valparaiso is built...
High on my list of things to do on a recent trip to New York City was to check out the newly opened Hudson Yards, the largest and most expensive real estate development in the United States. Called “Manhattan’s New Playground” by Travel and Leisure, this $25 billion dollar development has...