May 25, 2024
Having a whole week on reserve with no flying time was a bit frustrating. You’re tethered and always at a level of anxiety knowing at any moment you may get a call. But I decided to not sit around and wait when I could be exploring Washington DC’s many tourist Read more…
January 4, 2024
I have been wanting to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibit at Memorial Art Gallery since I moved to Rochester. For one, it wouldn’t be as annoyingly crowded than it’d be New York City, a motivation I use often here. In fact, when we arrived on their evening hours on Thursday, Read more…
August 22, 2023
Having been to the original and much better Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this one was fun but not as immersive and clever as the original. Still, however, there was a lot of interesting discoveries to fill the hours before my flight back to New York.
August 19, 2022
There are certain line-ups that are pleasant. Being on a long line of folks who want to look at art is one of them. Every Friday Museo Nacional del Prado is free between the hours of 6pm and 8pm, when they close. And even spending 2 minutes gazing upon the Read more…
August 12, 2020
Las Vegas is an ideal start/end for escapes to the desert’s surrounding natural beauty. But before I run to the red rocks of Utah, some of Vegas’s offerings, starting with an immediate drive to all-vegan VegeNation. I was shocked to learn that their head chef Donald Lemperle has major New Read more…
June 30, 2020
The tale of the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, later the Central State Hospital, is much like Farm Colony hospitals all across the country. Opening in the mid-1800’s, the sprawling and self sufficient colony covered 160 acres outside of downtown Indianapolis and included male and female wards, a farm worked Read more…
November 29, 2019
I scoured Manhattan for this second report of Angels in the five boroughs. Starting all the way at the bottom and ending all the way at the top. The result a huge selection of big city angels, inside and out, funerary and not, in several mediums. Starting here at the Read more…