Traveling close to Home
This little guy decided to travel in my neighborhood, making an overnight stop in our backyard.
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Calder Jewelry Exhibit at Grand Rapids Art Museum
If you live anywhere near Grand Rapids, MI, I suggest you hot foot it down to the Grand Rapids Art Museum to see the Calder Jewelry exhibit that will be on display for a few more weeks. You don’t have to be a fashionista to marvel at this exhibit. For the most part, the jewelry […]
Amway Grand Plaza in Grand Rapids, MI
Yesterday I had an opportunity to do a behind-the-scenes tour of the more than 100 year old hotel in the center of Grand Rapids, MI. It was interesting to see the kitchens, laundry and back of the house workings of this Grand Rapids institution. More than 800 people work in this hotel with...
ArtPrize Revisited
Before I let ArtPrize lay dormant until September 2010 when Grand Rapids buzzes and twitters about hundreds, maybe thousands of works of art installed around the city, I’d like to re visit ArtPrize 2009 to take a look at one of my favorite artists and her submission. Ok, right up front, with...
Up North–Suttons Bay and Old Mission
I’m really a sucker for “cute.” Cute stores. Cute houses. Cute chicken coops. I don’t want “cute” stuff in my house necessarily, but I get a kick out of seeing how people can take an ordinary building or item and make it cute with a bit of creativity and...
PumpkinPrize????
While I was at the gym getting ready for spin class, I saw an interview on one of the morning’s talk show on the TV in the locker room. The folks being interviewed were proudly showing off the pumpkin they grew— world’s largest —something like 1700 pounds. It was big. Naturally...