December 29th, 2015 | Genealogy, General, Holidays, Memory, Travel, United States, visual arts
Dearest all, whoever and wherever you may be: Newscasts from Paris in November would cut to Brussels and all we could think was, “We were just there in April.” We recognized streets, buildings, monuments. We thought about our little apartment on rue Potagère...
April 19th, 2015 | Architecture and Design, Europe, General, Popular Culture, Travel, visual arts
Art Nouveau is not really my thing—too ornate, too feminine, too precious. I admire certain artists and objects and connect to the focus on materials and their unique qualities, but l would not want an Art Nouveau home or Art Nouveau furnishings, or even much in the...
April 11th, 2015 | Cooking, Kitchen and Table, Europe, General, Travel
I do not understand why one wouldn’t want to cook while on vacation. Everything tastes better in Europe. The eggs are eggier, the butter more buttery and the vegetables, breads and meats so much more dense with flavor. There is a shop a few meters off St. Catherine...
April 11th, 2015 | General, Travel
Mastering public transportation in Brussels takes some concentration. First y’gotta get the ticket machines to work. I couldn’t get the darned thing to take our money! Actually, once you get you started it’s not hard, but getting the thing to speak English and...