Thanksgiving Day always reminds me of the old Bill Cosby TV show – all the Thanksgiving episodes where the family sat around the big table and one-by-one, shared aloud the things for which they were grateful. For a few years that became our tradition as well, and I always liked it. Of course, I live … Read more
This afternoon I learned that the restaurant recently featured on the Today Show as having a $25,000 dessert (the world’s most expensive) was forced to close due to a pest infestation. Serendipity 3 on the Upper East Side failed its second consecutive health inspection in a month after health officials found a live mouse, mouse … Read more
You may have noticed a few “less-than-subtle” changes to my blog over the past couple of months, so I thought I’d explain what that’s all about. When I returned from my round-the-world trip, I discovered the software that drives my blog (WordPress) had a new version available, so I downloaded and installed it. That’s when … Read more
This sculpture, titled “Pamplona 2006,” is also part of the collection being displayed along Sarasota’s Bayfront during the city’s annual Season of Sculpture. Sculptor DeWitt Godfrey uses unexpected materials – here, steel cylinders – that blur the readings of his works, “slipping freely between sculptures and industrial artifact.” While adults may have difficulty interpreting the … Read more
I walked along the Bayfront in downtown Sarasota last night to see all the artwork included in Sarasota’s Season of Sculpture. Some are pretty weird. Some are terrific. Here’s one of the terrific ones, which I just happened to catch as the quarter moon rose above it:
