The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
There was plenty to keep us occupied as we passed through Kansas. Here are some of the sites we visited in the northeastern part of the state. Maybe driving across eastern Kansas isn’t the most …
I had misjudged my opportunity to go see the Tiffany windows at the First Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kansas, so wound up seeing them on a mad dash. However, they were absolutely stunning, so I’m …
We went to the Wichita Art Museum (in Wichita, Kansas, naturally) primarily because of an Annie Leibovitz exhibit. It was an excuse to stretch our legs on our drive from Oklahoma City, OK, to Topeka, …
Centennial Land Run Monument The Centennial Land Run Monument in Oklahoma City is totally epic! It commemorates the Land Run of 1889 “when 50,000 people rushed into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma Territory to stake …
We went to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art because we generally go to art museums, but I also knew there was a long-term Chihuly exhibit, and of course I didn’t want to miss that. …
We both really enjoyed the large exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on Edith Head (1897-1981), who was an acclaimed costume designer at Paramount and Universal Studios in Hollywood for many decades. Edith …
We went to Roswell, New Mexico preparing to be amused, and we were. It is all aliens, all the time. Want a burrito? There’s an alien eating a burrito out front. Want a car wash? …
When we were in Philadelphia last year, we were unable to visit the famed Pennsylvania Academy of Art because it was closed for renovations. I unexpectedly found out what the Academy’s collection was up to …
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in the historic Barelas community of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is dedicated to Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. I stopped in to check out the three galleries in their Art Museum. …
I was fortunate enough to be in New Mexico when the Allan Houser Studio and Sculpture Garden, south of Santa Fe, was welcoming visitors to an open house and sculpture garden tour, so I spent …
