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Westhampton – an art gallery and a blustery day
Shirley and I broke the slow pace of life in the Hamptons yesterday with a visit to the Parrish Art Museum in nearby Water Mill. The museum’s exterior is unprepossessing – it looks like there should be a herd of cattle being milked inside until one looks more closely and sees Clifford Ross’s “Light Waves,”…
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Westhampton Beach – a market and the pool
And now, said John Cleese, for something completely different! A slower pace, a pool and some little kiddies, most welcome after my frenetic two weeks in Europe. Westhampton Beach is a village on Long Island, a narrow spit of land east of the city. It seems to be fuelled by tourism, though today there were…
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Berlin to Westhampton Beach – a travel day
Taxi 5:00 am Berlin time, in time to join a very long line at the British Air counter. I had checked in online and received inaccurate advice. Didn’t need the long line at all, but what else does one have to do at 5:20 am in Tegel Airport? Well, one can spend the time thinking…
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Berlin – a palace and some modern art
For my final day in Berlin I headed a bit farther afield to Potsdam, a half-hour S Bahn ride from my home away from home. Potsdam was the home of the Prussian kings and the German Kaiser until 1918. The Sanssouci Park is the site of King Frederick the Great’s retreat from official duties. The…
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Berlin – from fabulous to sobering
Museum Island is really something! You should see it. I started this morning at the Bode-Museum, another amazingly beautiful building. Here’s what you see when you enter, before you even make it to the ticket counter.
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Berlin – museums, a class and a boat ride
Museum Island in Berlin is home to several museums which survived largely unscathed from World War II. Perhaps the most famous is the Pergamonmuseum which I visited this morning. Fortunately Jutta and I had checked the website a few days ago and took to heart the advice that free-of-charge pre-booked entrance times were a good…
