After a jam-packed week in Tokyo, I recently flew north to Sapporo to begin a journey exploring Japan from Tip to Toe. And what a voyage of discovery. I found picture-book castles and sacred temples, lush forests, simmering volcanoes, bubbling hot springs, ancient trade and pilgrimage routes and, of course, breathtaking gardens. I fell in love … [Read more...]
Botswana’s Devastating Elephant Slaughter
The shocking elephant slaughter in Botswana made headlines around the world this week. Over 90 large elephants were found dead, killed for their ivory tusks. Elephants Without Borders, a conservation non-profit conducting an aerial elephant census survey, reported the massacre. Some describe it as one of Africa's worst mass poaching … [Read more...]
Is Salesforce Transit Center- A Western Grand Central?
San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center, opens to the public on August 11. Last week I had a sneak preview. Dubbed the Grand Central of the West, the architecture is stunning, the scope immense, and the art awesome. There is a 5.4 acre rooftop garden, 100,000 square feet of retail and signature restaurant … [Read more...]
Tutankhamun Meets Genghis Kahn
Where can you spend a day with both Tutankhamun and Genghis Kahn then end up walking through Air Force One? In LA this summer, and that's what I did last Monday. Tutankhamun, The Boy King A visit with Tutankhamun followed by lunch at my favorite Otium, near The Broad, was my original plan. Then I was pursuaded I … [Read more...]
Highlights from Met’s Heavenly Bodies Blockbuster Exhibit
Highlights from Heavenly Bodies Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is a stunning visual blockbuster. It is controversial, hotly debated and the largest, 60,000 square feet, most ambitious show ever staged by the Met's Costume Institute. It occupies two sites, the Met on Fifth Avenue … [Read more...]
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