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Spicy Chicken, Ugly Buildings, and Freddie Mercury
Eddie Pensier writes: A recent business trip to Sydney brought some fantastic culinary experiences and some regrettable architectural ones. I made a pilgrimage to the Central Park shopping centre in Chippendale to visit (among other things) Daiso, that marvelously kooky … Continue reading
Architecture du Jour: Wilderstein
Paleo Retiree writes: My wife and I recently visited Wilderstein, a magnificent 19th century mansion on the Hudson River, not far from the lovely small town of Rhinebeck. Wilderstein is sometimes said to be the Hudson River Valley’s best Victorian house. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, The Good Life, Travel
Tagged architecture, Hudson Valley, travel
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9/11 Memorial Visit: Calatrava’s Transportation Hub & the Memorial Pools
Blowhard, Esq. writes: In part one of our 9/11 Memorial Visit, Paleo Retiree did an excellent job analyzing the disaster that is the park. In my tour I’d like to focus on the two main set pieces of the area: Santiago … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Travel
Tagged 9/11 Memorial, opportunity cost, Santiago Calatrava
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(Mostly) Clothed Ladies Of The Week: The Getty Museum
Eddie Pensier writes: Earlier this year I accompanied Blowhard Esq, brother of Blowhard (hereafter referred to as BOB) and occasional commenter Tex for a visit to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Despite being the sort of modernist architecture we normally … Continue reading
Quote Du Jour: Travel Narrows the Mind
Blowhard, Esq. writes: I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least a man must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it from narrowing his mind. Indeed there … Continue reading
Hiking High Tor
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I usually take a couple of weeks off from work during the summer. One of the things I like to do during those too-brief respites is hike. I don’t know why I like it. Probably because … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, History, Travel
Tagged Haverstraw, High Tor, hiking, Hudson River, Maxwell Anderson, New York, Rockland County
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Neon Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Downtown Vegas ca. 1948-1950. Click on the image to enlarge.
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Australians
Eddie Pensier writes: More AGNSW pictures, this one focusing on the museum’s works by Australian artists. (I’m using a loose definition: artists who were either born or died or spent a substantial part of their lives in Australia.) I was … Continue reading
Art Gallery of New South Wales: Europeans
Eddie Pensier writes: Another batch of paintings from my visit to the AGNSW, this one focusing on European and British artists. I’m particularly fond of Strutt’s coolly triumphal David’s First Victory, the barely suppressed sexuality under the surface of Sallé’s … Continue reading
The Culture That Is Japan
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Daiso Japan is a Japanese-based retailer that specializes in cutesy cheap crap — curios, stationary, toys, kitchen supplies, cosmetics, toiletries, seasonal goods, etc. It’s an Asian Dollar Tree, with few exceptions, everything in the store is $1.50. The company … Continue reading
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