If you knew you would only have a few hours in our nation’s capital, how would you spend them? I knew immediately what I wanted to do when I had that opportunity recently. I lived in the D.C. area in the late 80s and I visited Washington D.C. several times during those years. The National … More My few hours in Washington D.C.
We are planning to take a two week trip to Spain during spring break next year. EEK! It’s NEXT year already!! Wow, how the time it does fly. And I thought I’d create a blog post just for it. It’s good to have a rough agenda of at least where you’ll be and to have … More so…….I’m going back to Spain
I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to my aunt’s 95th birthday party to be held in her condo complex in Chicago, where I sort of came from. Both of my parents and both of my siblings were all born in Chicago. I happen to be the only one in my family who was … More Chicago – my home town
Whenever we visit my mother in Florida, my sister and I try to take a walk every day. I have a small collection of photos that I’ve taken along the way that I’d like to share. Here are some from our most recent visit: The water was so still that morning!! Here are some other … More walks with my sister
It was a perfect winter day to visit the Weisman Art Museum. I have wanted to visit this museum for quite some time and today my husband and I finally went and it was more than I expected. My only regret is that it was much too cold to get photos of the outside of … More Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Prompted by Cathy at nomad, interrupted and her fabulous post about our nation’s capitol (do check it out, she takes awesome photos!) I decided to put this post together of my daughter’s first visit to Washington D.C. I see now that I don’t have that many photos but the day was still very fun and a bit … More Miss M goes to Washington
On our recent trip to Duluth I saw billboards for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts along the highway. The one that grabbed my attention said Picasso. And I love Picasso! And so here is an instance where marketing actually worked. That billboard gave me the desire to visit this fine museum again. I believe the last … More A day at the art museum
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