November 27, 2005
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Van Gogh, Prague, &Fra Angelico at the Met
The second spectacular exhibit takes you to Prague, capital of the modern Czech Republic and the ancient Kingdom of Bohemia and at one time seat of the Holy Roman Emperor. Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347 - 1437, presents the art from a century long golden age in the city that was built as the Paris of the East. King Charles IV of Bohemia and later Holy Roman Emperor ...
Deeply Split By the Mid-Term Axe
Makes me chuckle to pick up the paper and read a headline “Republicans Are Deeply Split Over How to Apportion New Tax Cuts” in the New York Times. They're not split, they're scared to death of the mid-term election axe....
Vienna! I am still here, peeps. I accidentally lef...
Vienna! I am still here, peeps. I accidentally left my battery charger for my digital camera at home when I went to Vienna last weekend and my camera croaked almost immediately upon arrival. No pictures for you yet because the disposable camera I used has not been developed. Weeeeee! So, in the meantime,...
There’s a Number in My Seat!
The other day I found myself gawking at a tram whose second car was stuffed with big red numbers from floor to roof. Then it dawned on me and I realized that this was a TV commercial brought into life, literally. I was amused and thought that this was pretty clever advertising. Tram 77 is a [...]