I was in Minneapolis over the holidays, and stopped in at one of my favorite places: Hunt & Gather, at 50th and Xerxes in the southwest corner of the city. It’s an antiques store that is crammed full to the ceiling with interesting and unusual items, with all displays expertly curated and installed to draw … Read more
I was leaving the Magazzino Italian Art Museum in Cold Spring, NY yesterday, when I noticed this funny bumper sticker on a car in the parking lot: “My other car is a John Chamberlain” requires a little art history knowledge in order to get the joke. If you’re not familiar with John Chamberlain or his … Read more
I went to Easton, PA last spring for the Easton Arts Tour, and while this sculpture of the former heavyweight champ was not part of the tour, I did happen upon it while checking out a band and food tent set-up in Scott Park. Scott Park is located in Easton where the Lehigh River merges … Read more
It was getting down to the wire, only a few days before the 2024 Armory Show launched at the Javits Center in NYC, and I had a potential scheduling conflict. But everything worked out, and I was able to get a ticket and attend this massive art fair for the 13th time in the past … Read more
I saw these painted bug sculptures, or folk art pieces, in the courtyard setting of a shop called “The Rainbow Man” in Santa Fe, and really like them. I made the mistake of not checking for the artist’s name when I was there, and looked under the Folk Art features on their website, but am … Read more
I was driving up to Rhode Island for the Newport Jazz Festival, and got off the highway to get some lunch near Clinton, Connecticut. But before I got a bite to eat, I found my attention pulled into the parking lot of the Key to the Past Antique Center. There were a lot of interesting … Read more
While making the drive through the Florida Keys (starting in Miami, with Key West as the end destination), day 2 of the trip found us getting hit with very hard rain, to the point where it was sometimes hard to see the road in front of us! As we were going through Islamorada, we saw … Read more
I’m using a public restroom in Mystic, CT, and see the face of a bearded man under the Sloan flush button. I know, this sounds creepy, but it’s really just a case of pareidolia creeping in again. Do you see the face in the image above? Perhaps not, so I’ll help to illustrate it. Here’s … Read more
I was on a day trip exploring various parts of western New Jersey when I rolled into Frenchtown, NJ. I parked the car and started to wander, when a store sign caught my attention: “Casa Bizarro.” Who can ignore a name like that? I went in to see what inhabited this location that inspired a … Read more
I was visiting Princeton, NJ and walking around campus when I noticed this bas-relief sculpture of a young man reading a book. He’s got a preppy look, with his collared shirt tucked under a sweater, khaki pants and penny loafers. This clean-cut young man is deep in thought as he reads a book. But who … Read more