by Jared A. By far the craziest ticket stub that I have seen to date. Dark Lord Day, the one day every year where Three Floyds Brewing Co. releases its much anticipated Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout. The small craft brewery is about 30 minutes outside of Chicago in Munster, Indiana. My friend and I [...]
by Kieth Faith My wife’s family came in for a long weekend stay and I had told them months ago if you want to tour any place special tell me now so I can get tickets. The week before they show up they tell me they would like to see the Statue of Liberty. On-line [...]
by Donald M. I took off sometime to drive around the Southwest and experience American as far away from culture of NYC as I could without leaving the USA. There are a few places you can still go discover another way of life in the America and the Southwest is one of them. As I [...]
By Donald M In 2006 a friend and I were in Phoenix, Arizona for a meeting. We had some time off so we make the journey to Taliesin West the winter office and school for Frank Lloyd Wright in Scottsdale. This day they had had two different tours that visited different sections of the complex. [...]
Anytime you go visit a friend or family member in different city then where you live they will take you so see the city from highest point. So when I went to visit my brother and his now ex-wife in Chicago off we when to the Sears Tower in downtown. It was after dinner and [...]
If you’re ever in Paris and site seeing at Notre Dame take the time and a short walk to the western end of Île de la Cité to Sainte-Chapelle. This Gothic chapel was built and renovated of the centuries; it started as the Royal Chapel in the Royal Palace complex by King Louis IX [...]
The Hudson Valley has many homes and sites of historical importance that are open to the public for tours and Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, NY is one of them. This is one of properties that in the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mansion was designed by the American architect Alexander Jackson Davis in the Gothic [...]
My wife I would try to take a trip to Europe every other year, but until the economy gets better, we have our memories… On this trip we when from Paris, as we both have been to Paris a few times, we moved on to the Loire Valley to visit the Chateaus, which are amazing. [...]
Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France the work of Le Corbusier built in 1955 as a pilgrimage chapel, is more frequented by architectural pilgrims than the planned religious travelers. He used curved shapes and light to sculpt the design of the chapel. The walls are pierced with stain glass windows and the curved roof meets [...]
If you’re on vacation and staying in Venezia (Venice), Italy, take a day trip to Vicenza, the “City of Palladio”. Andrea Palladio a 16th century Italian Renaissance architect is considered the most influential individual in the history of Western architecture. Vicenza became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Look for a day tour so [...]
