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May 25, 2013 | in Europe, Travel

High on Amsterdam, Part Twee: Dutch Treasures

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**Where are my manners?  I never related Part Two of our extra-long layover in the beautiful city of Amsterdam!  Hopefully absence has made the heart grow fonder.** Day #11,221: When I mentioned we were stopping in Amsterdam for a 2-day layover, two different people independently told us to take our picture with the “Amsterdam” sign.  […]

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May 16, 2013 | in Travel

Street Art Around the World

avenue duluth est montreal canada

New York City’s electrifying street art may just make up for its incessant noise, pollution, and subway-shoving.  (Not street performance art, mind you… the interpretive dancer who takes up residence on a nearby street corner tends to be a tad progressive for my taste.  I’m judgey about my art.) But really good, actual street art […]

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February 24, 2013 | in North America, Travel

Learning to Love Art

louis comfort tiffany metropolitan museum nyc

I wish I liked art museums.  Art-Loving Me would sip martinis and engage in witty banter about Jackson Pollock.  Art-Loving Me would skip into the MOMA in ballet flats with a sketchbook under my arm (“for inspiration, darling!”).  Marc Jacobs would likely make Art-Loving Me his muse. But- like pickles and Mad Men and pilates- […]

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