Happy Valentine’s Day 2025
Love is everywhere! In celebration of St. Valentine’s Day, here is a selection of some of the love themes we’ve experienced in our travels over the last couple of years. The cover photo is Norwegian …
Category: Music
The Morris Museum Murtogh D. Guinness Collection
The Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey was founded as a children’s museum in 1913. Over the decades it grew its children’s collection and expanded into other areas, such as art and natural sciences. But …
Dashing Around Connecticut
Here are a few items of interest from some adventures around the state as I zipped in and out over two different visits (clearly one trip last summer and a second trip this winter!). Bartlett …
Aurora (the Norwegian Singer, Not the Lights)
Aurora Aksnes (born 1996), known professionally as simply Aurora, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began writing songs, playing the piano, and learning to dance as a young girl, and had signed …
Holiday Cheer in Philly
We spent a couple days in Philly, and I was struck by all the festively decorated window boxes and doors. I wonder if it’s a thing to hire professionals to come decorate for you? It …
Detroit. Full Stop.
Doug has worked for a company that is headquartered in Troy, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) for many years, during which time he has made countless trips to the area. He also made some great …
American Banjo Museum
I visited the American Banjo Museum on my own while Doug was working. I don’t know anything about banjos (still don’t), but it was just a few blocks’ walk from something else I was doing, …
Scenes from Lubbock, Texas
Prairie Dog Town Gotta stop and see Prairie Dog Town while visiting Lubbock – especially since it might not be there for long. It was established in the 1930s by K.N. Clapp, who was alarmed …
Santa Fe Opera
I’ve long been aware of the Santa Fe Opera and its reputation as a unique venue since my theater days in New York City in the 1980s and ’90s, when a number of colleagues directed …