Month: October 2016
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Restaurante Arzak, Donostia-San Sebastián
Gastronomy is a major reason to visit the northern coast of Spain. At Donostia-San Sebastián, we tried the restaurant Arzak. Arzak received and held onto three Michelin stars since 1989 and is ranked no. 21 on San Pellegrino’s world 50 best restaurants (in September 2016). Juan Mari Arzak earned the stars and is now joined by…
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Park of Arts, Muzeon, Moscow
The Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (Третьяковская галерея на Крымском Валу) – a branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery – closed at 6pm. I was among the last to leave. See earlier posts, for example, here, here, and here for the 20th century collection. The gallery is situated in the Park of Arts – Muzeon (МУЗЕОН) – so this…
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Random photos #266 – 275
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #266 – signs –…
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Random photos #256 – 265
These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city). random photo #256 – exit –…
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21st century Pop Art @ Villars-sur-Ollons
At a business meeting where we stayed for several days, the hotel put up these painting in its lobby area. The artist is Léon represented by Samhart gallery and the hotel is Chalet Royalp Hôtel at Villars-sur-Ollons. Hope they sell well, this is fun. We could use some Pop Art to lighten up – 21st…
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Libelle mit H&B, Buchantiquariat, Basel
Continuing with our posts on the bookstores we come across …, Libelle mit H&B is a high end, second hand bookstore (antique bookseller) in Basel, Switzerland. Click here to see their site. It has a perfect location – a block from the city’s main thoroughfare – and situated at just the bottom of the cobbled-stoned street that leads…