A Few Gems Around Geneva
Museums aside, there are plenty of things to see and do around Geneva. The Jet d’Eau Water Fountain Of course you MUST take a stroll around the lake and see […]
Author Archives: Browsing the Atlas
Recognizing the Red Cross
It was 3:00am. My phone rang. I could barely make sense of the sound as it roused me from a deep sleep. I groggily answered. “Julie? There’s an apartment fire […]
From Shambles to Street Art: Detroit’s Heidelberg Project
What is the Heidelberg Project? I cannot describe the Heidelberg Project’s background any better than it is described on its website, so will share that history here: In 1986, artist […]
Disneyland Detroit
I’m going to guess right now that you’ve never heard of Disneyland Detroit. You’re not alone; not even most of my Detroit friends have heard of this. To be fair, […]
Entering 2019 With an Optimistic Aura
Aura Photography has been described as “fascinating but inexplicable.” I can attest to that. After four hours of driving up I-75 into Detroit, Michigan, my daughter and I headed straight […]
Don’t Discount Detroit’s Pizza
I loved the experience of driving around Detroit. I rarely just drive around randomly exploring only half-thought-out ideas of what we might do there; what we’d go see. I didn’t […]
The Big, Bright Light Show
It was cold outside. We could see our breath with every shiver and shake as we walked along the sidewalks of downtown Rochester, Michigan, but we didn’t care. The glimmery […]
The Legendary Lights of Clifton Mills
I’d never heard of Clifton Mills before I saw a press release for it. I saw that it was near Yellow Springs, Ohio, a cute little artsy town that Tri-Staters […]
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
It’s wonderful to venture out and see all the light displays of the Christmas season. But at Heritage Village Museum in Cincinnati, they decorate a little differently: the historical houses […]
Leaving London for a Day: Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath
One of the most popular day excursions from London that I found includes visits to three iconic spots, two of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites: Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, and […]
