Boo! Scare you? No? Well, we’ve got a few other tricks and travel treats bubbling away in this week’s Three-fer Friday cauldron. Here, some places and experiences that left us with chills (still multiplying). Happy Halloween! We’re joined by one of our most frightening–and we mean that in a good way–friends. Hilary Davidson, a very [...]
Archive for October, 2009
We Got Chills: Haunting America
Posted in State-by-State, Three-fer Friday, tagged ardmore, Common Burial Ground, Geronimo Springs Museum, ghosts, Greater Southwest History Museum, haunted, Historic Rugby, Huntsville, Island Cemetery, New Mexico, Newbury House Bed and Breakfast, Newport, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, spirits, Tennessee, Texas, Texas Prison Museum, Truth or Consequences on October 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
A Handmade Holiday in Door County
Posted in Do this!, State-by-State, Uncategorized, tagged art, art glass, crafting, Door County, Fish Creek, holiday gifts, pottery, welding, Wisconsin on October 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m an artsy-craftsy kind of person. I like to knit and sew and if you sit me down at a table with crafting supplies, I can usually come up with something. And around this time of year, I tend to spend a lot of time crafting this or that, to give as gifts. Sure wish [...]
A View of Manhattan
Posted in Flashbulb Moments, tagged Early Sunday Morning, Edward Hopper, Manhattan, New York City, photography, Queens, skyline, Whitney Museum on October 26, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Some days a slash of hot pink light on the wall was my cue to grab the camera. Other days it was an oppressive storm cloud that started me shooting. No matter the reason, I’ve spent the last five years convinced that the best shows in New York City aren’t on Broadway. The best shows [...]
We'd Like To Do All Our Holiday Shopping Here
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Halloween season is nearly behind us and the shopping season is just about upon us. Shopping can be odious or delightful, depending on the who (Jenna is an enthusiastic shopper, Sophia would rather not) and where. So for today’s three-fer we present three shops in which we could happily do all our holiday shopping. [...]
Autumn in Wisconsin
Posted in Outdoorsiness, Uncategorized, tagged autumn, Door County, fall leaves, leaf peeping, midwest, Wisconsin on October 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been goofing around in Door County, Wisconsin this week, getting a good dose of autumn everything—colors, weather, pumpkins, apples, autumnal scarecrows-and-sheaves-of-wheat displays. Good golly, it’s everything you want autumn to be–so perfect, it’s hokey. Wonderfully so. Here, take a look:
The Moneys are Kentucky Folk Art Gold
Posted in State-by-State, Super-personality Faces, tagged Berea, carving, East Bernstadt, folk art, Kentucky, Lonnie and Twyla Money, pants bag, sculpture on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
After reading Sophie’s phrase “super-personality faces,” a slideshow of people I’ve met started running in my brain. Lonnie and Twyla Money, a Kentucky folk art duo, popped in to say hello several times. I visited the couple two years ago while touring Berea, a town that could easily take the title of Folk Art Capital [...]
Creatures Comforting: Animals That Charmed Us
Posted in Three-fer Friday, tagged accordions, animals, beaver, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, Boston, dog, DogTown, Edible Boston, food, Genevieve Rajewski, Hana, Hawaii, horse, Hotel Hana Maui, Kanab, Manchester, Maui, National Zoo, science, travel, Utah, Vermont, volunteer, Wicked Tasty Harvest, Zion National Park on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We’re animal people. It’s that simple. So, even when our trips don’t include horseback riding or dog mushing or some other animal-centered activity, we’re on the lookout for four footers (and monkeys, snakes, and a dolphin or two). Here, some critters that dazzled us along the way. Joining us for this Three-fer Friday is writer [...]
The Making of a Flyover American
Posted in Flashbulb Memories, Road Trip Tales, Uncategorized, tagged California, Colorado, letter, Nebraska, New York City, road trip, rocky mountains, Utah on October 14, 2009 | 23 Comments »
Flyover America has moved! Please join us at www.ReadFlyoverAmerica.com In 1977, I took my first cross-country trip with two girlfriends. I was 19 years old and, except for 10 days in London when I was 15, I’d never left the East Coast. Actually, I’d barely been out of New York City. Partway through the drive, [...]
David Lynch's America: Beyond Blue Velvet
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With David Lynch behind the project, it’s reasonable to expect a layer of surreal* would shroud the Interview Project. His Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks visions of life in America are hardly comforting. They may be fun to watch–especially, it should be said, for college students experimenting with various altered states–but, like a maximum security [...]
