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Museums

Wassily Kandinsky and Gillian Wearing

June 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

New York City’s Guggenheim Museum is housed in a Frank Lloyd Wright inverted-ziggurat design that is as impressive as the art that it holds. The spiral ramp leading to a skylight has been named as a National Historic Landmark as well as a UNESCO site. While we love the architecture, we also love visiting its […]

Filed Under: Art, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Wassily Kandinsky

The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City

June 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

New York City’s New Museum of Contemporary Art is not a museum that has a collection of art. Instead, it pulls together exhibitions of contemporary art that it hopes will create a dialog between an artist and the public. Faith Ringgold: American People In May 2022, we visited the museum for the first time, primarily […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, Featured-City, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Daniel Lie, Faith Ringgold, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Patricia Dominguez

Exploring Tampa Florida

May 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

Tampa Florida is one of the main cities surrounding the Tampa Bay on Florida’s west coast. St. Petersburg and Clearwater are the other major cities on the Bay. We typically focus on St. Petersburg, with its Dali Museum, Chihuly Glass Center, and dozens of galleries and studios when we are in the area. On this […]

Filed Under: Dining, Featured-City, Florida, Museums, Restaurants, Tampa Tagged With: Casa Santo Stefano, Columbia Restaurant, Henry B. Plant Museum, Sparkman Wharf, Tampa Museum of Art, Ulele Restaurant, Vincente Martinez Ybor, Ybor City

Metropolitan Museum of Art

June 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (“The Met”) is one of the world’s largest art museums. It has two buildings in New York City: its main building is on Fifth Avenue and its Cloister in Fort Tryon Park. The Met has more than two million works of art in its collection that span five thousand years […]

Filed Under: Art, Featured-City, Museums, New York City Tagged With: Alex da Corta, David Hockney, faberge, Hockney, Lexicon of Fashion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, surrealism, The Met

New York Public Library Special Exhibits

May 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

The New York City library has much more than books. For over 125 years, it has collected over 56 million items that reflect the city’s history and, in some cases, the country. It offers free exhibits (no library card required) around topics that focus on the city’s history or, in some cases, the country. We […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, Featured-City, Learning, Museums, New York City Tagged With: George Washington, museums, Stonewall, Thomas Jefferson

Tucson Arizona

April 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

Tucson Arizona is at the base of the Catalina Mountains. As the state’s second largest city, it has something over 500,000 people. It is also the home of the University of Arizona. Old Tucson The city is a giant sprawl. Our primary interest was in and around the old town and El Presidio Historic District. […]

Filed Under: Dining, Featured-City, Hotels, Hotels, Museums, Restaurants, Tucson Tagged With: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, El Presidio San Agustin del Tucson, Flying V Bar and Grill, Jonathan’s Cork, Kingfisher Bar and Grill, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Old Town Artisans, Pima County Courthouse, Presidio Historic District, Saguaro National Park, Sonoran Desert, St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson Museum of Art

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