Spring has been a long time coming this year, but a visit to the Dallas Arboretum for 2015’s version of Dallas Blooms can certainly make one know that spring has arrived. Gorgeous tulips line the walkways. The tram driver told me that 500,000 bulbs were planted this year, and they are all new bulbs. Visiting the […]
On the north end of Manhattan is Fort Tryon Park. Fort Tryon Park is home to The Cloisters – a museum that is like no other museum I have ever seen. The Cloisters is a branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and it is devoted to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe. It […]
Certainly one needs to have tea in England, but how was I to choose? There were so many choices. I had seen pictures of tea at the Orangery at Kensington Palace, and I had read reviews that were favorable. Kensington Palace is one of the Royal Residences. It had its beginnings in the late […]
I saw good friend Carolyn (Who greatly encouraged us to take this trip – Thank you very much!) at First Lady Nails today, and she mentioned she was waiting for me to blog about Stratford-on-Avon. Okay. I can do that. Here is how the tour worked. We got into Shottery, in Warwickshire, England in the […]
First, I noticed the landscaping surrounding the meter at a home at the end of my alley. How special for someone to beautify the alley. While I was taking this picture, a friendly young man came out. I told him how much I liked his alley garden, and I would like to blog about […]
Perhaps sharing information about the four homes on the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Home Tour would be too much for one blog. The good news is – I could take pictures inside the homes this year. The bad news is – sometimes I was too shy to take pictures. All in all it […]
1620 River Oaks Boulevard in Houston, Texas must be the home of American royalty. Be still my heart. I know I have lived a sheltered life, but I thought I had been in a couple of very very nice homes. Once I even got to go inside Mount Vernon, Ruth Hunt’s home on White Rock […]
Bayou Bend – I like it. I love it. If I lived in Houston, Texas, I would visit Bayou Bend regularly. Bayou Bend is the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882–1975), the collection is one of the finest […]
This past weekend was the Park Cities Historic and Preservation Society Home Tour. It is always fun to go into the houses of the rich and famous (Although, I did not know any of these people. I guess they are not too famous.) FYI Highland Park was designed by Wilber David Cook who was also […]
