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ITINERARY: Carmel – Monterey

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

Our latest itinerary for a long weekend, 2 nights / 3 days in Carmel – Monterey. D A Y 1: Friday – Beach, Sweets, Dogs, Dolls & Fairytales Our first stop in Carmel is the white sand beach. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in .art, .Carmel, .Monterey, .Monterey_Peninsula, .photo, .Point_Lobos, .restaurant, hike, Hugh Comstock | Tagged beach, Bird Trail, Cannery Row, Carmel, Children's Day in Monterey, China Cove, Dametra Cafe, Dennis the Menace Park, Día del Niño, Dogs, Dolls, Fairytales, Forge in the Forest, Gibson Beach, Hugh Comstock, ITINERARY, Le St. Tropez, Mission to the Deep, Monterey, Monterey Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Point Lobos, Sweets, The Tuck Box, Turtle Bay Taqueria, Weston Beach, Whalers Cove | 2 Comments

BAY AREA: Oakland Museum of California

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

It’s been a while since we visited the Oakland Museum of California and at that time we were so absorbed by the Birth of the Cool exhibit that we didn’t pay too much attention to the cool museum that was … Continue reading →

Posted in .exhibition, .jewellery, .museum, .Oakland, Bauhaus, Kevin Roche | Tagged and Culture at Midcentury, Bauhaus, Bay Area Itineraries: Space-Light-Structure, Birth of the Cool: California Art, design, Jewelry, Margaret De Patta, Oakland, Oakland Museum of California | Leave a comment

CITY: Palm Springs

Posted on December 2, 2011 by admin

ELLE DECOR Goes to Palm Springs | Gallery This mecca of midcentury modernism offers pleasures beyond great architecture, with glamorous hotels, sybaritic spas, and sensational shopping

Posted in .architecture, .design, .Palm_Springs, .shop | Tagged CITY, PALM SPRINGS | Leave a comment

D E S T I N A T I O N : BUCHAREST

Posted on October 9, 2011 by admin

Posted in .architecture, .art, .BUCHAREST, .history, .MNAC, .MNaR, .MNIR | Tagged Bucharest, Bucharest: 2nd Largest Building in the World, Cişmigiu, family trip, Herăstrău, Historic Houses of Romania, HISTORICAL MONUMENTS, HISTORICAL MONUMENTS FROM ROMANIA, Lipscani: Bucharest's Old Town, Little Paris, MNAC, MNaR, Museum of the Romanian Peasant, Muzeul Antipa, Muzeul National de Istorie a Romaniei, National Museum of Art of Romania, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, National Museum of Geology, National Museum “George Enescu”, ROMANIAN MODERNISM, The "Brancovan Palaces" Cultural Center, Village Museum, Virtual Tour | Leave a comment

D E S T I N A T I O N : PALM SPRINGS

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin

Palm Springs is a wonderful destination for families and a special place for the distinctive modern design and architecture of California!

Posted in .accommodation, .architecture, .design, .Palm_Springs, .restaurant | Tagged architecture, design, family travel, Indian Canyons, Joshua Tree National Park, modern, PALM SPRINGS, Tramway\ | Leave a comment

TEL AVIV: The White City

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

This time we stayed in the heart of Tel Aviv, in a Bauhaus building and walked all around the White City almost every day, here are some pics:

Posted in .photo, .Tel_Aviv, Bauhaus | Tagged Tel Aviv, The White City | 1 Comment

PARIS: Day 2 | Cherchez le Dôme

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

Another early morning start brings us at Notre Dame again. This time we find a cute little playground and park to warm up the day. We are among the first visitors of Notre Dame, and it is still too early … Continue reading →

Posted in .archaeology, .architecture, .Atelier_Brancusi, .cathedral, .Conciergerie, .Crypt_under_Parvis_de_Notre-Dame, .Jardin_du_Luxembourg, .Notre_Dame, .Panthéon, .photo, .Pompidou, .Sainte_Chapelle, .video | Tagged Atelier Brancusi, Centre Pompidou, Cherchez le Dôme, Children and Families, Conciergerie, Crypt under the Parvis de Notre-Dame de Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg, Notre Dame, Notre Dame de Paris Children’s Site, Panthéon, Paris, Paris Museum Pass, Sainte Chapelle, The Towers and the Crypt, Théâtre des Marionnettes du Jardin du Luxembourg | 2 Comments

DOMES AROUND THE WORLD

Posted on May 5, 2011 by admin

It all started with a geodome science fair project 🙂 ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, Ohio, USA ASTRODOME, Houston, Texas, USA BIOSPHERE, Montreal, Canada CLIMATRON, St. Louis, Missouri, USA DOME OF THE ROCK, Jerusalem, Israel EDEN PROJECT, Cornwall, UK FLORENCE … Continue reading →

Posted in .Agra, .architecture, .ATLANTA, .BC, .BEIJING, .book, .Brasilia, .CANBERRA, .Carbondale, .Cornwall, .FLORENCE, .Houston, .Istanbul, .Jena, .Jerusalem, .Materials_Park, .Missouri_Botanical_Garden, .Montreal, .Panthéon, .Pantheon, .South_America, .St_Louis, .St_Peter_Basilica, .TORONTO, .UNITED_STATES_CAPITOL, .Vancouver, .VATICAN, .WASHINGTON, 2011.06-07.PAR.TLV.ROME.ITALY, Buckminster Fuller, Filippo Brunelleschi, Oscar Niemeyer | Tagged ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, ASTRODOME, Atlanta, Australia, Beijing, BIOSPHERE, Brasilia, Brazil, Buckminster Fuller, Canada, Canberra, Carbondale, China, CLIMATRON, Cornwall, Disney's Epcot, DOME OF THE ROCK, DOMES AROUND THE WORLD, EDEN PROJECT, Filippo Brunelleschi, Florence, FLORENCE CATHEDRAL, Foucault pendulum, Geauga County, Georgia, GEORGIA DOME, Germany, HAGIA SOPHIA, Hawaiian Village Hotel Kaiser Dome, Houston, Illinois, Istanbul, Italy, Jena, John Terence Kelly, Le Panthéon, Léon Foucault, Materials Park, MIHRIMAH MOSQUE, Missouri, Missouri Botanical Garden, Montreal, Montreal Biosphère, MONTREAL OLYMPIC STADIUM, Mumtaz Mahal, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NATIONAL MUSEUM AND CATHEDRAL, Ohio, Ontario, Oscar Niemeyer, Panthéon, Pippo the Fool, SAINT PETER BASILICA, Shah Jahan, SKY DOME, SPACESHIP EARTH, St. Louis, Synergetics, TAJ MAHAL, TC Howard, Texas, The Egg, The Shine Dome, Toronto, Turkey, UK, UNITED STATES CAPITOL, USA, VANCOUVER SCIENCE WORLD, VATICAN, Vatican City, WAIKIKI GEODOME, ZEISS PLANETARIUM | 7 Comments

Barcelona MX: mmm… xocolata!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

We’ve planned this day for a trip to Figueres, waked up early in the morning and were at Passeig de Gràcia railway station late enough to miss the express train, so decided to sweeten our day at the Gran Via … Continue reading →

Posted in .BARCELONA, .Barceloneta, .chocolate, .Parc_de_la_Ciutadella, .Picasso_Museum, .Port_Vell, .restaurant, .video, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Lluís Domènech i Montaner | Tagged Antoni Tàpies, BARCELONA, Barcelona MX, Barceloneta, Barri Gòtic, caracoles, Castell dels Tres Dragons, chipirones, Chocolate Museum, Homenatge a Picasso, L'Aliança del Poble Nou, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, mejillones, mmm… xocolata!, Parc de la Ciutadella, Passeig de Gràcia railway station, Pastry School, Picasso Museum, Poble Nou | Leave a comment

EIXAMPLE: A Modernista Fairyland

Posted on August 6, 2009 by admin

Our main itinerary in Eixample started by chance near FARMÀCIA NORDBECK and Fundació Vila Casas. An enchanted walk brought us to Passeig de Gràcia, where even a CocaCola window and McDonald’s look … different! Our first destination is La Pedrera. … Continue reading →

Posted in .Casa_Batlló, .Eixample, .itinerary, .La_Pedrera, 2009.05-06.LON.IL.RO.BCN, Antoni Gaudí | Tagged A Modernista Fairyland, BARCELONA, Casa Batlló, FARMÀCIA NORDBECK, Fundació Vila Casas, Gaudi's ABC, La Pedrera, Passeig de Gràcia, Patisseries Mauri | 1 Comment

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