I sat in my hotel room in the Fairmont San Francisco, staring out at the iconic Transamerica Pyramid. As I started browsing the room tablet for things to do, I came across a tour just for the hotel. There was an entire walking tour dedicated to the history of the very hotel I was sitting in. I knew the hotel… View Post
I am a huge fan of Salvador Dali. When The Dali Musuem opened in St. Petersburg Florida, my family bought a yearly pass and we went multiple times in the first year that it opened. The museum is home to the largest collection of Dali’s artwork outside of Spain, and the building itself is a pretty cool work of architecture… View Post
I planned to stay at the Fairmont Amman on my last few days in Jordan after spending days in the middle of the Jordanian desert. I wanted to relax before heading back to the hustle and bustle of New York and I was happy to find afternoon tea is a daily fixture at the hotel. The Location Fairmont Amman is… View Post
The Basics Title: The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick Author: Mallory O’Meara Year Published: 2019 Overview Milicent Patrick was born Mildred Elisabeth Fulvia Rossi in 1915. She used different names throughout her career, but either way, I didn’t recognize any of them before reading this book. This book tells her story…. View Post
The Basics Title: Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up Author: Tom Phillips Year Published: 2019 Overview This is a book all about how humans fucked up, or for a nicer term, ‘messed up’ in the past. Each chapter tells stories about events, ideas, and forgotten people who have attempted to do something great… but failed…. View Post
