Florida Friday
On our last full day in Venice, I got up at a reasonable hour and sat on the porch drinking my tea before going out. Great way to start the day. As I got ready to go to the beach to run, I found this kernel of corn in my big fanny pack. It made me smile, because this is the last nugget of the outlaw corn that I kept pilfering from the fields around the university. When the corn ripened last year, I started breaking off some of the cobs and throwing it on the ground for the deer. Actually, I've done this for many years. But then I decided to take a few cobs home for the many deer around our...
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at the Whitney
After taking so many photos at the Met i was determined to not go so crazy at the Whitney. It's a cool museum, and not so big, plus one entire floor was closed so we didn't have to worry about it....
Friday the 13th!
Of december, that is. our last day in NYC. we took the subway to the South Street Seaport TKTS booth and decided to see the show "Slava's Snowshow," even though we didn't know anything about it. a...
wrapping up at the met
after looking at the "Making Marvels" exhibit at the Met we headed off to find some lunch. on the way i had to take a few quick photos of these faberge beauties. This is an "Imperial...
Post-Met fun
After our day at the Met on Thurs. Dec. 12th, Mom and I went to the south end of Central Park. i'd hoped to see the Christmas decorations in different hotel lobbies and stores. I had a list of...
final objects from the “Making Marvels” exhibit at the Met
i hope somebody reading this is interested in these objects because I thought they were truly wonderful. This is the piece on the picture of the exhibit; it's a Celestial Globe with clockwork from...
More shiny things at the met
first, they kept referring to the word "kunstkammer" in many of the objects in the collection and i didn't read anywhere what that meant. i found it on the website. Each of the remarkable pieces in...
More at the Met
After looking at the Impressionists at the Met on Thursday, Dec. 12th, mom and i wandered around a little and then walked by an exhibit and decided to go inside. It's called "Making Marvels: Science...
Impressionists at The Met
My favorite thing to do at the Met is stare at the Impressionist paintings. I feel i never have time to properly take the time to look at them, but i'm always happy for the opportunity. I know i've...
happy new year!
i'm taking a break from writing about NYC to wish you all a lovely new year. i have a cold, so we're spending the night sitting around. we did have some new year's eve day excitement though - we...