Information on trips we have taken to places in Western Europe.
It seems an unlikely pilgrimage. Lapsed Protestant heads to the epicenter of 1.4 billion Catholics to witness the centuries-old tradition of electing a pope. And yet Tuesday, I’m headed to Rome. Truth be told, I’m fascinated by the pomp and… Read More ›
It’s dusk as we enter the old city of Bari, Italy. Built in an era before urban planning, the spaghetti-inspired street design causes the directional arrow on my phone to spin in utter confusion. We turn right, left, backtrack, start… Read More ›
In January of 1955, Edward Steichen—a photographer and then Photography Director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)—opened a photo exhibit entitled The Family of Man. In those years following World War II, the impetus was to portray the universality… Read More ›
I saw my first Vermeer when I was around ten-years-old. It came together over the course of countless months as I watched my grandmother needlepoint a myriad of colors stitch by stitch into a piece that she christened My Little… Read More ›
After four weeks, we’re headed north. On the train from Seville to Madrid, I have 2 1/2 hours to write this post before we arrive for a 48-hour whirlwind stop. It’s been four weeks of blissful sunshine. Four weeks of… Read More ›
The World In Between 