Category: museums

  • Neue Pinakothek, Munich

    On my last day in Munich, I had only 3 hours to do some sightseeing.  Several art museums are clustered in an area (Kunstareal; go check out its cool web site)  just north of the center of Munich which I can reach easily.  I would not have enough time to enter and view the art

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  • Public Toilets in Lausanne

    After my last post on interesting beverages, I thought that it might be fun to blog about what might be required afterwards. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WL2ZnE1vAU&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] The last time I was at Le Flon (a Covent Garden-like or Union Square-like place) in Lausanne, I did not see that transparent toilet.  Knowing me, if I went in I would

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  • Olafur Eliasson’s Sense of Space: NYC Waterfalls

    I am too busy at work and at the new home to report on recent happenings.  So it is time to offload some posts that have been sitting around, let’s visit NYC, my fav place on this planet. The New York City Waterfalls was unexpectedly a controversial public art project.  It was dismantled early because

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  • I ♥ NY: Moveable Type @ New York Times Building

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfIFndB1jo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] I used the Port Authority Bus Terminal for my commute and witnessed the construction of the new New York Times building.  The building has several restaurants and NYC’s first Muji store (outside of Moma).  I pass it by every day but one day, I decided to walk through the building lobby  which runs from the

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