Castle of Hope in Cape Town
Cape Town is the home of the oldest building from colonial times in South Africa, the Castle of Good Hope. This old fortification was the center of the the city in the mid to late 1600s. It was built between 1666 and 1679 as a maritime replenishing station by a Dutch company. Visitors can see [...]
Minneapolis is MIA
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, affectionately known as the MIA, is a medium-sized art museum and is home to an exceptional gallery of Impressionist paintings and an exquisite Asian collection. You could easily spend a day exploring this museum as you go from Picasso to Kandinsky, from Rodin to Matisse and then run into European [...]
Miami-Dade is all about Culture
If you are staying in one of the downtown boutique Miami hotels , then you’re in luck! The Metro-Dade Cultural Center is within walking distance and is considered a jewel of Miami. This 3-acre, Spanish-style, fortress like complex designed by Phillip Johnson, includes the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the Miami Art Museum of Miami-Dade [...]
San Diego and Shamu at Sunset
Think of San Diego and you think of ‘Sea World’ . A place where adults can play like kids and where kid’s just play. Sea World allows you to get close enough to touch a dolphin’s fin, connect with all the sea’s creatures, stare directly into a shark’s eye up close, safely behind glass and [...]
Where Do Boston Indie Rock Stars Go?
Boston was a different place in 1985. Musically, this was an interesting time to be living here, where groups were starting to form, and some informal relationships between musicians were just starting to take hold. That was certainly the case for Big Dipper , who came into the scene as fragments of previous bands, looking [...]
Great Restaurants in NY
One of the big attractions of the city of New York are the restaurants. The competition is tough and the people of the city know what they do and don’t like so that means there are many places to get amazing food. New York is also a great melting pot of immigrants who have brought [...]
Sklar Becoming in Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay is a perfect dream, a collection of villages where one can find urban attractions as well as the idealized version of life close to the water. Distinctively East coast style characterizes the place and the residents, with many ideas of the good life existing in one location. It’s been the home to many [...]
Hernan Bas: A Dandy in Miami
The paintings of Miami-based artist Hernan Bas have been characterized as a celebration of another time, where Dandyism and Decadence come together in a contemporary mindscape. Yet there is something about the paintings that speaks to a Miami that is very modern, or perhaps post-modern is a better term for them. Mixing forms is the [...]
Harry Potter comes to Orlando Florida
Harry Potter has been one of the most beloved book series in the world. It has been named the number one book series to get kids to read, but it has also become one of the most beloved book series by adults. The movies have inspired even more people to come out of the woodworks [...]