Mardi Gras, or "Fat Tuesday", is a crazy carnival season taking place across the former French colonial cities around the US – New Orleans being the capital of French culture in the states. The festivities go on for nearly a
Angel Life Pavilion : Flower Expo Taipei
Back in 2011, when I visited the Taipei International Flora Exposition, it was crazy. The lines were absolutely insane, and to see the highly popular Pavilion of Dreams I had to line up from 5am and sleep on site till
Harvard Natural History Museum
Connected to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at the Harvard University is another fine Harvard museum dedicated to natural history. As you can expect from Harvard, it was pretty impressive for a university museum. Being a natural history
Chicago Art Institute
To balance the last two visits to contemporary arts museums (Boston & Taipei), here’s a wonderful arts museum in Chicago. I visited this museum following a very pleasant and informative skyscraper architecture tour that left from across the street from
Museum of Contemporary Art : Taipei
With every visit I made to Taipei, and there were quite a few of those, I somehow never got around to visiting the one Taipei museum I’ve always wanted to see – the Taipei Museum of Contemporary Art. As I
ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art : Boston
Over the years I’ve developed an increasing fondness of contemporary art museums. The more traditional art museums have their appeal too, ofcourse, but with those I usually know what to expect – a few highlights of Picasso, some Chagall, maybe
Lake Michigan walk : Chicago
The first thing I did after arriving in Chicago and putting down my things was to head over to the lake-side and stroll along the lake towards the city. My lovely host family were located at the adorable boys-town East
Beaches near Tallahassee : Saint George Island
Though Tallahassee is not on the water, an hour or two drive away are some of Florida best beaches. On one sunny cold weekend I finally made it to the coast line and visited Saint George Island. Here’s what
Visions of Saint Petersburg, Sarasota & Tampa Bay : Trip Preview
After a cold visit to New York during Christmas and Newyears, we headed down to warm up in Florida. Straight from the airport we headed west towards Tampa Bay and stayed on a beach on Treasure Island near Saint Petersburg.
Visions of New York City : Trip Preview
New York City is everything I remembered it to be and much more. Last time I was in NYC as a tourist, it was 2001 just after 9/11 to visit a friend studying in Julliard, and it was a bit
