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Guest Blogger Kate Dernocoeur “Patagonia”: my love for the word came long before the outdoor-wear company by that name was founded. Patagonia is not a country, but a region at the tip of South America that includes terrain in both Chile and Argentina. It spans the continent from the...
Recently I took my almost three-year-old granddaughter on a five-day trip to Florida. You wouldn’t think that this would have been such a big deal, but I have gotten lots of comments and questions sounding suspiciously like, “Why would you do such a thing?” On trams at airports, in...
If I didn’t have friends who spend a couple of months each winter in New Symrna Beach, I probably would have never gone there. It’s one of the many beach towns that doesn’t get much publicity, but gets kudos galore from folks who escape the winter cold here. In fact, I think most of...
Whenever I go to Primitive at 130 North Jefferson Street in the Fulton River District of Chicago, I wonder what to call it. A store? A showroom? A meditation site? A museum? A party palace? It’s all of those places and more. For me it’s like taking a trip to an exotic destination. The...
I arrived in Chicago the day AFTER the big snowstorm expecting to see lots of snow and I did. What I didn’t expect and thoroughly enjoyed were the hundred colorful and artistic acrylic HEARTS lined up on both sides of Michigan Avenue. The Hearts, a project sponsored by Northwestern’s Bluhm...
One of the most interesting things I have done recently is to visit the Beacons exhibit at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts in my hometown of Grand Rapids. Yes, the city decreed as “dying” by Newsweek. What an outcry of rage that as engendered. Holy Cow. What a major brouhaha. But...
Every time I tell some one I spent New Year’s watching a “cherry drop” I get blank looks. I mean, like, “What is this all about?” Well, it was actually a lot of fun. With our hosts, we headed from Glen Arbor, Michigan into Traverse City on a foggy, misty kind of...
Your path is illuminated by the light. Yet darkness lets the stars shine bright. ~J.L.W. Brooks Photo taken in Johnson City, Texas, January 2010.
I spotted on Fifth Avenue in New York City early in December. Made me stop and smile. I wish Fleece Navidad to all. For More New York Posts check out: New York: Foodie Holiday New York: Sights, Scenes and Suggestions New York: Two Discoveries The Eataly and Limelight Marketplace New York:...
One of my favorite things to do when I go to New York City is to try to discover places the tourists don’t go. It’s pretty tough to do because I am a tourist, don’t live in the Big Apple and my time there is regretfully limited. Recently though I found a stunning fancy pants […]