Category Museums
Sunday in Berlin, in three parts
Part 1 Grit decided to go for a run, so I had exactly 90 minutes after breakfast to stroll leisurely from my hotel to the Gendarmenmarkt . . . . . . past the Humboldt University law school . . . . . . across a plaza bordered by some neoclassical buildings the color, and […]
Last morning in York
I didn’t have high expectations for today. Reason being that I remember last year’s bank holiday being kind of a bummer with most shops being closed and the town feeling completely dead. Turns out that may have been because I was in Dover and not somewhere (anywhere) else. I basically expected York (and London when […]
Felicitations les bleus!
What to do on the day France competes for the World Cup championship and the match doesn’t start until 5pm? Start with a perfect brunch with friends at the hippest new concept restaurant. It’s called B.O.U.L.O.M. (stands for “boulangerie ou l’on mange”) and, we’ll, here’s how it works: You get there early to wait in […]
Egypt in New York
Having just traveled through Egypt (and visited the Egyptian wing of the British Museum), I couldn’t not make a pilgrimage to the Met Museum’s famous Egyptian collection. In particular, I wanted to see the Temple of Dendur. I remembered feeling awed by it when I visited years ago, and I wanted to see it again […]
Tokyo (last day) – Tokyo National Museum
Our last day in Tokyo was rainy and gray. We packed our bags, but our flight wasn’t until 7:00 pm. What to do until then? Well, first thing: breakfast at Denny’s. You might wonder why we would choose for our last meal in the food Mecca that is Tokyo an American chain that we would […]
Vanessa in DC
Vanessa flew in from Chicago last night and is staying with me for a weekend in DC. I think she had planned the trip in hopes of seeing the famous cherry blossoms but, alas, the weather has been cold enough that almost none of the trees are in bloom. At least the sun finally came […]
Weekend in Seattle
The other day I flew out to Seattle for some meetings at Amazon and managed to tack on a day after the meetings to explore the town. I hadn’t been to Seattle since I was in high school, and I’d forgotten what a cool place it is. The first day, when I was in meetings, […]
Birthday weekend, part 2 – Exploring Brooklyn
Like I said, by the time we finally turned out the lights on Friday night, it was well past 3:00am. For some reason this prompted Amanda to ask if we needed to set an alarm and wouldn’t it be nice to just sleep in for a while? Fortunately, I saw through this trick question (it was actually […]
Planes, paintings and long-lost relatives
Here’s a question from the “which Romantic hero(ine) are you” department: Have you ever moved across the country to where you think you are completely without kindred, only to discover that, in fact, you’ve got cousins in the neighborhood — and that you’ve already met them? I have. Turns out that plot point in Jane […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 