Tagged With: museums
Baltimore City Life Museums
From what I can tell, the Baltimore City Life Museums are gone forever. Although the Carroll Mansion and the Phoenix Shot Tower are still open under the auspices of the Carroll Museums, the other buildings on Museum Row and elsewhere in the city are just gone.The 1840 House, pictured above, was my first “job” when … Continue reading
Long Beach Attractions
Today was :A:’s first day of training. It was pretty easy to drop her off at the right building in the morning, but as I pulled away I realized she’d taken the directions with her! That’s what I get for letting her navigate! (Just kidding.) I managed to find my way back to the hotel, … Continue reading
A Glorious Day
Yesterday, Saturday, was such a wonderful day. It started out when I overslept by an hour, but I hit the road and drove into the city to meet eyes_of_cyrene at her hotel. I got there at about 11:30, valet-parked the car, and spent the next 16 hours with one of my best friends, who I … Continue reading
Showmanship
Wednesday was a day of showmanship. I did very little in the morning, just stayed close to the hotel because I knew :A:’s conference would be letting out around noon. I did make it back down to the Flamingo to take pictures in the habitat, at least. In the afternoon, we took the shuttle to … Continue reading
Grenada Journal
We took a taxi into St. George’s and had ourselves dropped off near the Grenada National Museum. Continue reading
Travel Journal
Travel and Ankara We rode to Ankara the next morning, and had lunch just outside the city. We were only scheduled to see Anit Kabir (Atatürk’s mausoleum), but our guide decided to move the museum visit up one day so we could get an early start to Istanbul. We got the first rain of the … Continue reading
Travel Journal
Cappadocia Day One Now that we’ve come inland a bit, it’s easier to get away with wearing only one shirt. In the larger coastal cities, if we wore just a turtleneck or t-shirt all the men stared at us. I’m pretty sure this doesn’t happen to the older women in our group. We’ve found ourselves … Continue reading