Monday, September 25, 2023

KEITH HARING, ARTIST AND ACTIVIST: The Broad Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

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Keith Haring, Art is for Everyone at The Broad Museum in Los Angeles For months I had seen light pole banners along the streets of Los Angel...
Saturday, September 23, 2023

CELEBRATING 500,000 PAGE VIEWS OF THE INTREPID TOURIST

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"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page."--St. Augustine Hurray! This week marks a total of 500,000 all ...
Monday, September 18, 2023

MAGIC IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE - AN EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY, EUGENE, OREGON, Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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Drawing of a 14th Century buttercat, a butter-stealing spirit, at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, O...
Monday, September 11, 2023

VISITING MUSEUMS IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND: Guest Post by Caroline Hatton

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Wax figure at the Saga Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland. My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blog, vis...
Monday, September 4, 2023

HÚS ÁSGRÍMS JÓNSSONAR A PAINTER’S HOME IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND Guest Post by Caroline Hatton at The Intrepid Tourist

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Mt. Esja, seen from Vinaminni by Asgrimur Jonsson, 1910. My friend Caroline Hatton, a children’s writer and frequent contributor to this blo...
Monday, August 28, 2023

HULIHE’E PALACE, Kona, Hawaii, A Peek at Hawaii's Royal Past

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Hulihe'e Palace, Kona, Hawaii, is a heritage site of Hawaii. On Alii Drive in the center of Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii is Hulihe’e...
Monday, August 21, 2023

THE LANGUAGE OF LACE: Armenian Lace Doilies at the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA

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Armenian lace doily made by Marie Pilibossian. At the Fowler Museum, UCLA. Until my recent visit to the Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles...