Art Date: Frida Kahlo Art Exhibit

This past weekend while visiting family in New Jersey, Eric and I had the opportunity to visit the Frida Kahlo exihibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  I admit that I’m not a big fan of Kahlo’s work.  It seems flat and folky on one hand and just bizarre on the other hand.  But because she [...]

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London: Day Four-The Finale

We made plans to visit London several months ago.  And the primary reason for visiting was to see the First Emperor exhibit at the British Museum.  I reasoned that it was less expensive to visit London than having to get new visas for China, travel 25 hours, plus more time traveling from Beijing to the original [...]

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London: Day Three

Sunday was a beautiful day; sunny with puffy clouds and blue sky.  We opted to sleep in this day as this was the weekend when England started their summer time schedule.  Weren’t we lucky to experience “springing ahead” twice in one month on two different continents?
The time difference between England and Massachusetts was now five [...]

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London: Day Two

Saturday was still a bit windy but at least the rain had stopped.  We decided to venture over to the West End in the morning and purchase tickets for a show that evening.  In the West End you’ll find several discount ticket sellers along with a couple of casinos, clubs, theatres (movie and stage), Chinatown, [...]

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London: Day One

In 2004 we visited England and Scotland.  It was our first 10 day vacation.  We visited London and Oxford in England and then took a train from Oxford to Edinburgh where we toured the city and took both a day trip and overnight trip to the lower Highlands.
On this visit we focused solely on London and [...]

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London Calling

London Calling
Yeah, I was there too
An’ you know what they said
Well some of it was true!
London Calling
At the top of the dial
After all this, won’t you give me a smile? 
-The Clash
We leave for London on Thursday.  We will be visiting the British Museum to take in the First Emperor: China’s Terra Cotta Army Exhibit. The Terra Cotta [...]

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Art Date: Santa Fe

We’re spending this week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, soaking up the sun, the outstanding art, and the excellent food. I probably won’t post much until we return home. Suffice to say that the art is very inspiring, the food is wonderful, the people are friendly, and the surroundings are stunning.
One of the [...]

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Art Date-Peabody Essex Museum

Beauty should be shared for it enhances our joys.  To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime. 
Today was an art date to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA.  The PEM is a wonderful museum that has one of the best Asian art collections in the area.  Today’s visit, however, was not for Asian [...]

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Art Date-Russian Icon Museum

Another way to get the creative juices flowing is to schedule an art date for yourself or with a friend.  An art date can be as simple as meeting for lunch (or treating yourself) or attending workshops together.
Today I went with a friend and fellow artist to a gem of a little museum in Clinton.  Verjik [...]

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