Brancusi's Studio, 1920, Edward Steichen Edward Steichen was born on March 27, 1879, in Bivange, Luxembourg. Edward Jean Steichen was a ...
Out Of The Archives: San Francisco Weather
Weather as a Thing to Do and Dressing for Success Weather and dressing for your visit to San Francisco are two topics that are intertwined - one ...
On This Day: March 7: Piet Mondrian
Mondrian: Composition, 1913 Mondrian was born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan on March 7, 1872 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. I happen to like his ...
On This Day: March 6: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian Renaissance Artist (Artist Unknown) Michelangelo was as Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni on March 6, ...
Out Of The Archives: Absinthe
Decadent. Mysterious. Bohemian. Dangerous. Romantic. Addictive. Poison. All are words used to describe that green devil of a drink, ...
Out Of The Archives: Savon de Provence
Soap can be purchased anywhere in the world, even le savon from the South of France. Many shops carry it, many grocery stores carry it. But there is ...
Out Of The Archives: Tarascon
A water filled moat surrounded the castle, and as I walked across its bridge, through the large gate and into the courtyard, I was suddenly and ...
Out Of The Archives: Les Alyscamps
Les Alyscamps, by Vincent Van Gogh Walking down the wide, poplar tree-lined path that leads through what is now a sort of jardin, I couldn't help ...
On This Day: February 20: Ansel Adams
Fountain Geyser Pool, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, ca. 1941-1942, by Ansel Adams Ansel Easton Adams was born on February 20, 1902, in the ...
Out Of The Archives: Cafe de Van Gogh
The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night,, by Vincent Van Gogh, c.1888 I am here, both now and in the future, sitting on the terasse ...
Out Of The Archives: Alone in Marseilles
Walking alone down the streets of Marseilles was not like walking alone anywhere else in Provence. Elsewhere in Provence there was a sense of mystery, ...
Out Of The Archives: Calissons
If there is one known gourmet specialty of the town of Aix, it would have to be the Calisson - an almond or diamond shaped confection made from sweet ...
