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ALL OF THE GREAT AMERICAN WEST BLOG POSTS
All 26 Southwest USA Twofisted Touristing Posts Collected in One Spot OK, I can’t actually promise the full Great American West, that would basically be all of this: The area Ed and I toured August 2019, and from which the … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged American West, Antelope Canyon, Arizona, Bryce Canyon, Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Colorado River, Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Grand Staicase-Escalante, Hoover Dam, Horseshoe Bend, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Meteor Crater, Monument Valley, Navajo, Nevada, North Rim, Petrified Forest, Rainbow Bridge, Red Rock, Sedona, South Rim, Utah, Valley of Fire, Walnut Canyon, Zion
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48 FINAL DAYS OF OUTDOOR MEMORY ESCAPES
All Things Come to an End, if not this Pandemic (yet) I’ve continued posting the awkwardly named Daily Outdoor Memory Escapes far longer than I thought I would. Arguably the pandemic is worse in the whole of the USA than … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 9/11 memorial, Antelope Canyon, brooklyn, cactus garden, Cherry blossoms, Death Valley, dragon, Escape, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Iguacu, Lake Powell, Las Vegas, Little Colorado River Gorge, Memory, National Park, New York City, Outdoor, Paris, Pride, Sedona, Spreewald, Statue of Liberty, Vermont, Versailles, winter, Zion
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The TELL-TALE VEGAS / NYC / MOSCOW TRIFECTA that was – and then wasn’t
Thanks for Nothing, COVID 19 I was supposed to watch “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” in a Moscow movie theater today, in fact precisely while I’m typing this, “sheltering in place” this Saturday morning New York time, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Brandon Ruckdashel, Casablanca, coronavirus, Covid 19, Cyrillic alphabet, Days of the Dead, first grade, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Las Vegas, Moscow, musicabre, New York, NewFilmmakers NY, Opera, pandemic, Reels of the Dead, school closing, sheltering in place, The Tell-Tale Heart
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LAS VEGAS STRIP TEASE
Ah, Las Vegas… They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. And that may be true, or it may just be a somewhat devilish advertising slogan. But these photos of Vegas, or more specifically, the famed Vegas Strip … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged aria, Bellagio, Berlin Wall, Bliss Dance, Caesar's Palace, casinos, Chihuly, circle of hell, Circus Circus, Cirque du Soleil, Coca cola, Conservatory Garden, Cosmopolitan, Donny & Marie, Excalibur, Fountain, Fremont, gambling, Golden Nugget, Hooters, Ka, Las Vegas, Luxor, Main Street Station, Marco Cochrane, MGM Grand, New York New York, o, Paris, photography, Shrine Of Four-Faced Brahma, Strip, The Mirage, Venetian, Volcano, wedding chapel, Zumanity
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RED ROCK CANYON
A Scenic Drive West of Las Vegas Ed and I flew into Las Vegas last weekend. It’ll be our base for a week (more on that later) as we plan a tour of the Great American West, or as … Continue reading
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