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Celebrating Inuit Art Along Lake Superior

Posted onMarch 14, 2010June 5, 2019Leave a comment

We are actually up here not to enjoy early spring on the North Shore, but to take in Inuit art and culture at Sivertson’s Gallery in Grand Marais where they are holding their annual Inuit Read More …

CategoriesLake Superior (North Shore), Minnesota, USATagsmuseums

The Cross River at Highway 61 in Minnesota

Posted onMarch 13, 2010April 11, 2024Leave a comment

It’s still winter where the Cross River meets Minnesota Highway 61. Next post: Celebrating Inuit Art Along Lake Superior Exploring Minnesota’s North Shore

CategoriesLake Superior (North Shore), Minnesota, USATagsLake Superior

Photographing the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

Posted onMarch 1, 2010December 16, 2020Leave a comment

Today’s assignment for Chris’ photo class takes me to the sculpture garden at the Walker Art Center. It is a stunningly beautiful winter day, warm and sunny – exactly the kind of day that makes Read More …

CategoriesMinneapolis / Saint Paul Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota, USATagsmuseums

blue pools and palm trees behind the hotel

The Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix

Posted onSeptember 24, 2009May 20, 20261 Comment

A look around the Desert Ridge Resort Priceline gave me a gift this time. For a fabulous rate we have ended up at the stunningly beautiful JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort. It is beautiful and totally Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USA

At the 2009 Minnesota State Fair

Posted onSeptember 5, 2009April 11, 20241 Comment

I wasn’t sure we’d get to the State Fair this year, having just returned from vacation, but a happy and productive Friday morning at work seemed like a good prelude to an afternoon at the Read More …

CategoriesMinneapolis / Saint Paul Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota, USA

City scenes in Boston

Posted onSeptember 1, 2009April 11, 2024Leave a comment

Walking around the city   Eastern Massachusetts road trip

CategoriesMassachusetts, USATagsNational Register of Historic Places

Around Historic Concord, Massachusetts

Posted onAugust 31, 2009April 11, 2024Leave a comment

Concord has gorgeous homes. Previous post: In Search of the Shot Heard Around the World Next post: Boston from our Window

CategoriesMassachusetts, USATagsNational Register of Historic Places

In Search of the Shot Heard Around the World

Posted onAugust 31, 2009May 25, 2019Leave a comment

Minute Man National Park attempts to evoke the world as it was on April 19, 1775, when the Revolutionary War began. It’s a tough thing to do, seeing as how the landscape here has changed Read More …

CategoriesMassachusetts, USA

Boston’s Best Baseball Bar

Posted onAugust 31, 2009October 28, 2019Leave a comment

We don’t have tickets for today’s Red Sox/Blue Jays game, but it seems like such a good day for baseball that we head into Boston and over to Fenway Park anyway. The Bleacher Bar is Read More …

CategoriesMassachusetts, USA

By the sea on Cape Ann, Massachusetts

Posted onAugust 29, 2009April 12, 2024Leave a comment

It is a gorgeous day today, so we are off to Cape Ann to explore the coast.Our first real stop, appropriately enough, is in Lanesville, where we end up at Lane’s Cove. We continue on Read More …

CategoriesMassachusetts, USA

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