Happy Halloween
How Halloween has changed from my childhood——we were thrilled with a home made costume and a paper bag for treats of my childhood………a hand carved pumpkin with a toothy...
Americas
Sharing some sights of Chicago
What a treat: A gorgeous sunny warm fall day to meander around Chicago with Iphone in hand. Here’s a few of the sights I captured. Just to enjoy. I never tire of the plantings along Michigan Avenue. They are changed every season and always different. This streetcape packs a visual...
Highlights of Napa Valley Tasting Tour
I had been to Napa Valley before, but in early September I “really” went to Napa. Wow. What an amazing place. I had no idea. My earlier trips were related to business or visits with friends. This time we went to “taste” wine and that we did. From morning to night. What I […]
Venetian Festival in Saugatuck tops my list of fun things to do
This scene makes me think of the title of Whoopi Goldberg’s book, “Is it just me or is it nuts, out there?” Not sure she was referring to folks wearing day glo wigs and aiming high powered squirt guns at each other, but it could. It’s Festival time in...
Heads Up! Fashionistas! Don’t miss Gaultier exhibit.
If you are headed to San Francisco his summer, don’t miss the stunning Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the very cool de Young Art Museum in the middle of the Presideo in this often foggy city. More than 140 ensembles spanning almost 40 years of the “enfante terrible of French fashion” are...
West Village: Birthplace of Cool
I’ve never really spent much time in the area of Manhattan called the West Village. In fact the area between mid-town and Soho has always been a bit of a mystery. Streets are a bewildering labyrinth of winding lanes and confusing intersections. It is truly an area one can get “lost” in....
On the Water in New York City
I emailed a photo of our sailing trip in the Hudson River off Manhattan to a good friend. She wrote back, “Now that’s a first.” Hmmmm. Yep. It was for me. But it is something I’ve always dreamed of. I love sailing and I love New York. Wouldn’t it be fun to combine the two? […]
Art Explodes in New York City
While many cities in the world are bigger, older, grander and more populated than New York City, none really showcase art quite the way that the Big Apple does. I’m never disappointed when I travel there. I always see an exhibit, a show, some street art or something to ponder, enjoy and...
9/11 Memorial: Search for Meaning
Sitting down to write about my recent visit to the 9/11 Memorial I am really at a loss for what to say. So much has been written about this ten-years-in-the- making Memorial on the site of the World Trade Center. Some people love it. Others think it is mundane. Others talk about all the...
New York Discoveries
When I dropped my dog, Izzy, off at my daughter’s for care while we were in NYC, I asked my four year old grand daughter (yes, the one I wrote about in Traveling with a two-year-old), “Would you take good care of Izzy while Nana and Papa are in NYC?” Instead of answering, she turned […]