Happy Holidays!
Please enjoy these scenes from New York City during the Holidays! Wishing all Peace of Mind and Joyful Times during this holiday season.
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More New York Discoveries
I spent a couple of gloomy, rainy gray days in New York City recently. Not what I have often enjoyed in the Big Apple in December. No “Elf” like scenes of Central Park or Santas brushing snow off their Coke-a-Cola red suits. That combined with a bad case of tendonitis in my foot...
Five Great Things to Do in San Francisco
Last September we went to San Francisco for the wedding of our son to our beautiful daughter-in-law. While we were there we learned about some great things to do from them. I’d like to share their favorite places and some insider tips. 1 Visit the Japantown Mall You step into...
Quilters come to Grand Rapids
Last August a huge quilt show came to Grand Rapids. Apparently making guilts is a big deal because the turn out to attend to see the more than 900 quilts on display was one of the largest in Grand Rapids area. Thousands thronged our streets to enjoy not only the massive show, but also...
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...
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....