Roanoke, VA
David A. Bowers, Mayor of Roanoke met us at the Roanoke Star and Overlook, an historic landmark that provides a fabulous view of the city.
David A. Bowers, Mayor of Roanoke met us at the Roanoke Star and Overlook, an historic landmark that provides a fabulous view of the city.
Modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn bought the Jacob’s Pillow farm in Becket, MA. in 1931. Shawn had long harbored a dream of legitimizing dance in America as an honorable career for men, and in 1933, he recruited eight men for a new dance company. In July 1933, Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers started offering “Tea Lecture…
The Mount, the home of Edith Wharton (1862-1937), is a National Historic Landmark and cultural center that celebrates her intellectual, artistic and humanitarian legacy. In 1902 Edith Wharton designed and built The Mount as a country retreat where she wrote both Ethan Frome and The House of Mirth. Edith Wharton wrote 40 books over 40…
The Berkshires in Southwestern Massachusettes has, for more than 150 years, inspired writers and artists, who took up residence here because land was cheap and the vistas were exquisite According to Carole Owens, author of The “Berkshire Cottages”—a survey of the palatial summer retreats constructed by millionaires in the post-Civil War Gilded Age—the influx of literary…
After my big birthday celebration at the end of June, Heidi Robertson (childhood friend and road trip buddy- LA to Seattle) and I took off for the Berkshires. Heidi lives in California and could not get enough of the lush green foliage. We began our journey with the Thomas Cole House in Catskill, NY. Thomas Cole…
This is the final blog of my LA to Seattle road trip that I took in the Fall of 2015 with childhood friend Heidi Robertson. The trip in more detail can be seen in the Travel and Culture section of http://www.arttimesjournal.com and earlier blogs are in the Travel category
At the beginning of my Road Trip: LA to Seattle (Oct 27-Nov 10, 2015) I spent a delightful afternoon with one of our guest writers at Wolfgang Puck’s new corporate studios watching several classes being filmed for The Wolfgang Puck cooking school. It was very exciting to watch him prepare and watch the filming of…
We’ve reached the end of our time along the Pacific Highway, and we very reluctantly took our last walk along the beach before heading east and crossing the Columbia River. We stayed at the Benjamin Young Inn in Astoria Oregon, a Victorian home built by Benjamin Young in the middle 1800s. His daughter went…
This blog continue Cornelia’s road trip from LA to Seattle: Otter Rock, Tillamook Creamery & Myrtlewood
The continuation of my Road Trip from LA to Seattle with my friend Heidi.