Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in New York on Sep 4th, 2010
This morning we took the subway to Brooklyn and visited the Brooklyn Museum. This was our first visit to the museum, and we were favorably impressed. Exhibitions featured Andy Warhol, Kiki Smith, and the winner from the television series Work of Art. The Warhol exhibition featured works from the last decade of his life–a very […]
Posted in New York on Sep 3rd, 2010
Tonight we headed to the TKTS booth to see what tickets we could pick up at a good rate. We arrived in Times Square around 6:30, checked the board (lots of options), and went with the Tony winning La Cage Aux Folles, starring Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge. The seats from TKTS were decent and […]
Posted in New York on Sep 3rd, 2010
At the recommendation of our hood friend, Dick, we had lunch this afternoon at Daniel Boulud’s gastro pub in NoHo. It’s known for its sausages. Very good! It also has an impressive beer and wine list. Dessert was also great — a blueberry and lemon cornbread w/ carmel corn ice cream. Excellent! See for yourself…
Posted in New York on Sep 3rd, 2010
We’re at the airport to fly to New York for the weekend. The irony: we’re leaving our home in Florida (a semi-tropical locale in the midst of hurricane season) to go to New York just in time for the arrival of Hurricane Earl. How’s that for timing?
Posted in Business Travel on Jul 16th, 2010
Well, I’m finally on my way back to Tampa to remain there for more than 10 hours, unlike my earlier ‘visit’ home this week. This has been a really long week… between travels in/from Europe on Mon-Wed and work/meetings Thur-Fri. When I sit back and reflect on it, it’s actually fairly amazing that one can […]