(Posts listed in descending chronological order)
Istanbul – Leiden – Paris – 9-10/2024
2024October 16 Jonathan becomes Chief Economic Advisor to Vietnam for the UN Development ProgramAugust 9 Friends and Family Tour – Northeast – 7/25 – 8/8/20242024November 10 266 Western Ave – a visit 7.12.2018 – 40 years laterJuly 12, 2018 Visit… Continue reading Istanbul – Leiden – Paris – 9-10/2024
Published: February 2, 2021
Friends and Family Tour – Northeast – 7/25 – 8/8/2024
2024November 10 266 Western Ave – a visit 7.12.2018 – 40 years laterJuly 12, 2018 Visit by Jonathan and Andrea Andrea and Jonathan visited the house, and the current owner of the 3rd floor condo gave them a tour. Much to our amazement Mark’s open shelv… Continue reading Friends and Family Tour – Northeast – 7/25 – 8/8/2024
Published: February 2, 2021
Leiden, Rome, Pompei, Leiden – 5/20/19 – 6/7/19
Monday – Tuesday Marley escaped on our arrival. Captured hours later. Cloud cover from East coast of England to within a few hundred feet altitude at Schiphol. Stopped by Berkeley Heights to park the car at Ed’s house. Flight to Amsterdam left a… Continue reading Leiden, Rome, Pompei, Leiden – 5/20/19 – 6/7/19
Published: June 4, 2019
Philadelphia and Washington – 2/29-3/1/2019
A long weekend jaunt to Philadelphia and Washington DC. Friday 3/29/2019 Left Hudson in time to arrive at meet Noah at U. Penn. by 12:30. We toured around this big campus on foot. Stopped in his dorm room on the 22nd floor of a high rise dormitory. Ver… Continue reading Philadelphia and Washington – 2/29-3/1/2019
Published: March 5, 2019
Florida, reschedule departure, Norton Museum, dinner with cousins – 2/2019 –
Monday 2/11/2019 United emailed with request to reschedule Tuesday’s flights to Wednesday. Karen made all of the arrangements including car rental and hotel for Tuesday evening. Went to Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. Newly opened after huge b… Continue reading Florida, reschedule departure, Norton Museum, dinner with cousins – 2/2019 –
Published: February 11, 2019
Road Trip – New Orleans, Gulf Coast, Miami, cousins dinner – 2/2018
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Published: March 4, 2018
Anselm Kiefer – Miami 2/15/2017
The very wide range of media Kiefer has used is impressive, painting, wood block, water color, sculpture, cloth, and so on…..
Published: February 22, 2017
Art Omi Sculpture Walk – 1/15/2017
Sculpture is one of my favorite art forms – here at Art Omi near Hudson.
Published: January 20, 2017
Road Trip – Pittsburgh, Columbus IA, St. Louis, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Niagara Falls – 10/2016
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Published: October 4, 2016
New Tent
Crawling in and out of our camping tent has become more arduous and embarrassing. So, driven by the teepee we expereinced at Dan and Phoi Sapoznick’s glamping wedding earlier we bought a new tent. A walk in.
Published: September 9, 2016
Netherlands, Jonathan and family, 6/1/2016 – 6/15/2016
[INCOMPLETE 3/26/2019] Jonathan, Nan and the kids begin a new life in Leiden in the Netherlands – we visit at the outset.
Published: June 30, 2016
Noah Purifoy at Los Angeles County Museum of Art 12/21/2015
We went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to see what turned out to be a wonderful show by Noah Purifoy.
Published: December 26, 2015
Ugly Buildings
Ugly Buildings I have been observing ugly buildings for years. Some are clearly architect designed, others are the work of real estate developers, some of institutions too lazy to implement a reasonable solution to some problem or caught up in an archi… Continue reading Ugly Buildings
Published: May 2, 2015
Australia – Perth and Uluru – Alice Springs – Melbourne, Sydney – 12/2014 – 1/2015
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Published: February 4, 2015
Torrey & Jane’s House – Richmond, Victoria Australia 12/2014
We visited Torrey and Jane twice during our Australia visit (12/10/14 thru 1/12/15). Here are photos of their house,
Published: January 8, 2015
Xu Bing’s Phoenix at St. John the Divine Cathedral NYC – 6/30/2014
Drawing inspiration from the contemporary realities of his fast-changing country, Chinese artist Xu Bing spent two years creating his newest work, Phoenix. The installation featured two monumental birds fabricated entirely from materials harvested from… Continue reading Xu Bing’s Phoenix at St. John the Divine Cathedral NYC – 6/30/2014
Published: June 30, 2014