This wasn’t a day that I would call ‘same’ol, same’ol’. The temperature was cool and that felt good after the heat wave that passed through NYC a week ago. The morning started out with a light rain, and with the…
Visiting La Sargrada Familia Basilica is a fascinating experience. And that’s an understatement. I knew it was an architectural project started in 1882, but I had no idea how amazing it was until I visited the place. Antoni Guadi, first began…
I saw Casa Batllo for the first time while riding on a bus heading for Park Guell on the far side of Barcelona. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Right then and there I vowed not to leave Barcelona until I’d…
I don’t mind sharing my birthday!! May 24th. It’s fun to find out who was also born on that day or what special event happened. Take for instance, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, Patti Labelle, Queen Victoria, and even my dear…
I’ve been a storm watcher since I was a little girl and the other day NYC had a real drencher. I knew it was going to be something to take notice of when the sky turned a sickly grey-green and…
We’re now in Madrid and so far from everything that we’ve seen and done, I’ll have enough material to blog for a long time. The experiences just keep coming, with something delightfully unexpected happening nearly every time we turn a…
Well, the day is finally here. We are leaving for Spain later this afternoon. We have 8 hours before we’re scheduled to take off, I’m restless and the weather has me a bit concerned. At present a major rain storm…
I just read on-line this morning that NYC is the most expensive city to live in on the USA Continent. There is no question about it, things are expensive in this town but somehow folks get by. Last count there were…
Last night the east coast, from New Jersey all the way up and into Canada, got a winter blast of snow. NYC only got about 5 inches of the white stuff, but farther north they got quite a bit more…
Those who live in the NYC area already know this, but it is windy, windy today!! I bought a small live Christmas tree this year, deciding to keep the major holiday decorations out on the terrace, and now that little…