Archive for the 'Culture' Category

Expert Advice in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

If you grew up in a small town in the 20th Century, your ability to ask an expert for advice on any question was extremely limited. For social advice, you might have been able to write Ann Landers or Dear Abby in the local paper, and hope to receive a reply. You might have tried [...]

Tony Nominations and Broadway Musicals in New York

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Okay, so you’re getting dragged to New York against your will, by say your boyfriend, or girlfriend alternately, though in this fantasy description boyfriend might be more fitting so it’s best to relate to your feminine side at this point, and he desperately wants to take you to one of the city’s finest restaurants followed [...]

Kosciuszko in New York

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

There are always extraordinary things to see and do in New York City, and moments of unimaginable beauty. Some of the most exceptional moments in the city are when a still exterior starts to give way, revealing its exceptional secrets. Everyone has a thousand stories here, amending the idea that we all have one novel [...]

Nine Emperor Gods in Singapore

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Traveling in Singapore always reveals much more than the last time, and with each visit, it seems as though there are obvious things that were somehow overlooked.  It is a place of many layers, and they continue to reveal themselves in new and exciting ways the more you travel here.  Somehow, when you are in [...]

Madrid’s Teatro Real Rekindles Romance

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Kelly and Wayne and been going through a difficult time in their marriage. The had been married for four years and had decided two years ago to sell their little house and buy a bit larger one in which they could begin their family. These were exciting plans for them and they were both responsible [...]

DC’s Museums are the best

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Our visit to Washington DC was amazing. I had no idea the Smithsonian was so many museums and that there were so many other museums in the downtown DC area and nearly all of them are free. I couldn’t believe they were free! We stayed in a luxury hotels DC near the National Mall. Making [...]

The Cell Phone & Touch Pad Blog