Our next stop was Santa Fe, but first we drove through the tiny artists colony of Madrid, which one of my subscribers had kindly told me about. In Santa Fe, we stayed at the wonderful Inn of the Turquoise Bear. Continue reading
Art + Architecture
Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon, Lance Burton (day 3)
With another picnic lunch in hand, we set off to Red Rock Canyon, located a mere 17 miles west of Las Vegas. We hiked about 2 miles, had a picnic, and played Scrabble.
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The B+B owner had told us about a really cool bar in Henderson, so we went over there for a drink. Continue reading
My Fireplace
In a burst of slightly bizarre creativity, I put together a fireplace to hang my tiny Christmas stockings. I covered a plywood base with thin scraps of slate (scraped off our slate deck), I painted the cardboard walls black and then sprinkled ash on the wet paint, and the fire of course is cut from construction paper. Cute, eh? (Click on the photo to see the bigger picture)
Sand Fantasy
No, I don’t have a sand fantasy (though I love the beach!) – sand fantasy is the name of the artwork done by sand animation artist Ilana Yahav. Take a look at her site and especially this video. Very cool!
Line Rider
Yet another fun timewaster… draw a slope and try to keep the rider from crashing (or not 🙂 ): Line Rider
Stata Center, Cambridge
October 15, 2006’s Doonesbury inspired me to google the Stata Center in Cambridge – what a cool building!