One of the most fascinating museums in the United States stands at the corner of Delancey and Orchard Street on the Lower East Side of New York City. Stepping into the Tenement Museum is time...
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Learning to Love Museums
Want to make someone hate you? Find a person who doesn’t know much about art and force them to spend hours as you drag them to every painting in every gallery in a museum...
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Winter Give-Away
Thank you for a great first year! On January 1, 2016, I completed my first full year blogging! As a thank you to all of my blog subscribers, I’m doing a Winter Give-Away drawing...
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Whooping Crane Morning
In early December, I drove to Rockport, Texas. Mission: to visit Whooping Cranes in their winter home. I met Captain Kevin Sims the next morning, just before sunrise, and we headed out on Aransas Bay...
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Crossing the Atlantic on a Tall Ship
And so it begins . . . I am on Star Flyer as she heads out into the Atlantic making for Barbados and winter in the Caribbean. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on...
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Onboard the B-17 Flying Fortress
Beautiful: The slow drone of four radial piston engines on a crystal clear November morning as I stepped back in time with this great warbird. This morning, I drove out to a small airport...
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Good Music on a Hot Afternoon
Hot Damn. I need a drink. I took three teenage girls to the Austin City Limits Festival. The original plan involved having another mom with me, but it didn’t go down that way. So...
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Redford’s Sundance
At the Crossroads of Art and Nature My stay at the Sundance Resort in late September was full of crisp fall air and leaves turning golden yellow, orange, and red. What a gorgeous time...
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Rome: Beating the Crowds
Ciao Roma! My sister and I spent a week in Rome before heading to Civitavecchia to board the Royal Clipper — always a wonderful pre-cruise or post-cruise extension to a vacation. You’ll find my article...
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Land of Tall Trees and Fat Fish: My Cottage on Puget Sound
Ten days on the water. The mountain. The ferries. And the fish. Oh, god. The fish. I came to look at the water, write, cook, and spend time with friends. I visited Alaska in...
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