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Visiting with the Pilgrims circa 1627

Posted onNovember 27, 2014October 17, 20182 Comments

Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts provides a chance to catch up with the settlers who came across on the Mayflower and later ships to establish a community here. We stopped to chat with a few of Read More …

CategoriesMassachusetts, USA

Bravo at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Posted onNovember 14, 2014March 25, 20202 Comments

Like many major museums, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts offers several dining options – the best (and most expensive) of which is Bravo, the museum’s fine-dining restaurant where a menu of interesting, elegant, and delicious Read More …

CategoriesMassachusetts, USATagsmuseums

Looking at Antiques in Townsend, Massachusetts

Posted onNovember 2, 2014October 28, 2019Leave a comment

New England is famous for the fall leaf show, but there are other options when rain interrupts a leaf-peeping tour . . . like shopping for (or at least gawking at) antiques, collectables, and decorative Read More …

CategoriesMassachusetts, USA

A Bit of Benin at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

Posted onOctober 30, 2014December 10, 2020Leave a comment

Intricately detailed bronzes from Benin allow visitors at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to peek into a very different time and place. Housed together in the intimate Benin Kingdom Gallery, these 15th and Read More …

CategoriesAfrica & Middle East, Massachusetts, USATagsart, museums

Photo Thursday: Best Seats in the Marina, Provincetown

Posted onSeptember 13, 2012November 11, 20195 Comments

There are lots of good spots to sit and enjoy a view of the water in Provincetown, Massachusetts, but this floating “dock” (it’s part of a boat) looked like the best seats in the harbor! Read More …

CategoriesCape Cod, Massachusetts, USATagsbikes and biking

Photo Thursday: Wood End Lighthouse in Provincetown

Posted onAugust 30, 2012December 15, 202012 Comments

I’ve been traveling this week, spending time with friends around Cape Cod and in the Boston area in Massachusetts. While you wait for the full story to be posted, here is a hint of what Read More …

CategoriesCape Cod, Massachusetts, USATagsarchitecture, beaches

Summer in Provincetown

Posted onAugust 26, 2012March 19, 2020Leave a comment

Provincetown is at the very end of the Cape. It is an out-of-the-way place that has long attracted a mix of artists, loners, and outsiders of various sorts. That history gives it a racy, artsy Read More …

CategoriesCape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

In the Province Lands Dunes on Cape Cod

Posted onAugust 26, 2012December 27, 2020Leave a comment

Most of the sandy spit on which Provincetown is located is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore This area, known as the Province Lands, is characterized (today) by long sandy beaches and large, sparsely Read More …

CategoriesCape Cod, Massachusetts, USATagsbeaches, US National Parks

The ferry from Plymouth to P-town

Posted onAugust 26, 2012December 15, 2020Leave a comment

It appears that today will be yet another perfect summer day and on such a day, what can be better than time spent on the water at the shore? So here we are, at the Read More …

CategoriesCape Cod, Massachusetts, USATagsbeaches, sailing and cruising

Lunch in Hyannis on Cape Cod

Posted onAugust 25, 2012December 15, 2020Leave a comment

We take a break at the Black Cat Tavern, which offers valet parking and a view of the harbor along with a tasty lunch! Everything’s better with a view of the water. After lunch we Read More …

CategoriesCape Cod, Massachusetts, USATagsart

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I'll be leading a virtual tour of Egypt's highlights via Zoom, complete with travel planning tips, through the Minneapolis Public Schools on Tuesday, February 23 at 6 pm. (It costs $19.) No need to be a Minneapolis resident to register at https://adult.mpls.k12.mn.us

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