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DENVER CENTRAL MARKET, RiNo, IZZIO AND CURIO

Talk about cool, hip, or whatever the new word is to describe happening. Just spent time at The Denver Central Market and was blown away by the high spirits—both outdoors (street art) and indoors (food and booze). As to the outdoors: Although Denver dresses-up multiple buildings in the city with vivid art, the lion’s share […]

Luna Luna Forgotten Fantasy Los Angeles

Once in a blue moon, an art exhibit offers such magic as Luna Luna Forgotten Fantasy in Los Angeles. The exhibit showcases a collection of artist-made carnival fun that first operated in Germany in 1987. Lost, rediscovered, restored, the exhibit will enchant the entire family.

¶ Posted 26 February 2024 † Susan Manlin Katzman § CALIFORNIA § GERMANY § LOS ANGELES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: André Heller, Arik Brauer, Daniel Spoerri, Forgotten Fantasy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Los Angeles, Luna Luna, Salvador Dalí

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT: ODD, OFFBEAT AND WEIRDLY WONDERFUL

Visit the Salton Sea, Bombay Beach, Salvation Mountain, Slab City, East Jesus and Galleta Meadows Estate in the Southern California Desert area to find weirdly wonderful art and other unique attractions.

¶ Posted 04 February 2020 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK § BARS § CALIFORNIA § MUSEUMS § SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERTS § STATE PARKS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Arwen Byrd, Bombay Beach, California Deserts, East Jesus, Galleta Meadows Estates, Ken Scharf, Randy Polumbo, Salton Sea, Salvation Mountain, Sean Dale Taylor, Ski Inn, Slab City, Southern California, Stefan Ashkenazy

PENCK HOTEL DRESDEN GERMANY

Although it might not be to everyone’s taste, the Penck Hotel Dresden is wildly innovative and strangely attractive as well as welcoming and agreeable. The hotel serves as a museum to artist A.R. Penck.

¶ Posted 05 November 2019 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § ARCHITECTURE § DRESDEN § GERMANY § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: A.R. Penck, Art hotel, Germany, Penck Hotel Dresden

21c Museum Hotels and Granola Recipe

The 21c Museum Hotels offer guests style, comfort and a museum packed with fun, interesting, thought-provoking art.

¶ Posted 07 August 2019 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BARS § BREAKFAST § BRUNCH § CINCINNATI § MUSEUMS § OHIO § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: 21c Museum Hotels, AccorHotels, Art, Cincinnati, David Kelsey, granola, Metropole, museums

HOTEL LUTETIA ADDS SPARKLE TO THE CITY OF LIGHTS

Spoiled as it sounds, I would try to plan a trip to Paris every year on my birthday, so that I would look forward to aging. Now that I have ripened with multiple years of Paris pleasure I still crave the city. It just gets better and better. The same could apply to Hotel Lutetia, […]

¶ Posted 13 October 2018 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BEVERAGES § COCKTAILS § DRINKS § ENTREES § FRANCE § PARIS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § SPAS § TRAVEL § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Bar Josephine, Cocktail Rive Gauche, France, Hotel Lutetia, L'Orangerie, Paris, Rive Gauche, Saint Germain

BRUGES ART AND ARCHITECTURE TRIENNIAL 2018

Bruges Triennial 2018 contemporary art and architecture exhibition brings a new layer of excitement to Belgium and the already magical city. For the rest of summer—until mid-September—visitors to Bruges can enjoy not only the city’s constant pleasures (enchanting canals, medieval buildings, chocolate, beer and terrific restaurants), but also an exciting array of contemporary art and […]

¶ Posted 17 May 2018 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ARCHITECTURE § BELGIUM § BRUGGE § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: architecture, Art, Belgium, Bruges, Flanders, Flemish Region, Jason Kimoski, Jose Selgas, Lesley Chang, Lucia Cano, OBBA, Sangjoon Kwak, Segascano Pavilion, Sojung Lee, StudioKCA, The Bruges Whale, The Floating Island, Triennial Brugge 2018

THE SANTA MARIA, A LUXURY COLLECTION HOTEL & GOLF RESORT IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA

It’s brand new and utterly wonderful. The Santa Maria Hotel & Golf Resort opened in February, 2018, and is already Panama City’s first-choice stay for golfers, business persons and luxury travelers. Located in the exclusive Santa Maria Panama community—eight miles from Panama City and seven miles from the Tocumen International Airport—the resort perfectly suits contemporary […]

¶ Posted 16 March 2018 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ACCOMMODATIONS § BARS § BEVERAGES § BREAKFAST § COCKTAILS § GOLF § PANAMA § PANAMA CITY § RECIPES § RESORTS § RESTAURANTS § SPAS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Anny Arroyave, Carlos Chombolin Alba, cocktail, Embera, Gatun Lake, Geisha coffee, Luxury Collection, Mestizo Restaurant, Panama, Panama City, PANAMA VIEJO, REPROSA, The Santa Maria Hotel & Golf Resort

GIFTS THAT GIVE

Making a list? Checking it thrice? Want to give something that triple-dips nice? Then read on for special stores that can make shopping a breeze, provide enough choice to please a Santa load of recipients and help ease the lives of families around the world. For gift-giving at its win win win best, click in, fill […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2017 † Susan Manlin Katzman § GIFT GIVING § HOLIDAYS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: chess, gifts, holiday gifts, pasta, scarves, St Jude Giftshop, Ten Thousand Villages, trays, UNICEF Market

Watts Towers of Simon Rodia

Call it what you will, folk art, naive art, outsider art, or simply a magnificent achievement of a poor immigrant, Simon Rodia’s Watts Towers stake a forever claim in the history of art and serve as a stunning tribute to man’s powers of dedication and persistence. A treasure trove and must-see stop for anyone headed to Los Angeles.