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11 June, 202510 June, 2025

Still Hot: Évora, Part 2

Portugal Traveling

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 On our first day in the environs of Évora we were hitting up ancient stone arrangements that were by and…

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Posted in Portugal, Traveling
John
3 June, 20253 June, 2025

Hooooooooooot: Évora, Part 1

Portugal Traveling

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 You may recall from an earlier set of posts that I got a serious crush on the Alentejo region when…

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Posted in Portugal, Traveling
John
27 May, 202528 May, 2025

Aviones, Trenes, y Automóviles

Spain

The services we render to our family and friends can run in all different kinds of ways: watch their cats. Water their plants. Help move a couch. I’ve done all…

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Posted in Spain
John
14 May, 202513 May, 2025

Discretion Over Valor, Philadelphia Museum of Art Edition

America Art
Monoprint - Harry Bertoia

In the popular zeitgeist the “Rocky Statue” is right at the top of the list of attractions in Philadelphia. Who doesn’t want to get their picture taken with a statue…

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Posted in America, Art
John
5 May, 20253 May, 2025

One Man’s Living Room…

America Family

… is another man’s impressionist-stuffed museum. The man in question is Albert Barnes, a native Philadelphian who made a fortune with a drug you’ve never heard of (unless your baby…

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Posted in America, Family
John
23 April, 20253 May, 2025

Philly When It Sprinkles

United States

So as not to completely bury the lede, Lisa’s father passed away a couple of weeks ago. As a result, we’ve been back in the United States – Philadelphia to…

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Posted in United States
John
7 April, 20257 April, 2025

From the Archives: Racquetball Report #4: TERRY TRIED TO KILL ME!

Family

[We’re a bit busy and out of sorts this week, so we’re pulling out quite an old post from 2007; it’s an old favorite and Lisa’s father, the “Terry” in…

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Posted in Family
John
31 March, 202530 March, 2025

Family Storybook: Bay What Now?

Portuguese Language

This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…

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Posted in Portuguese Language
John
24 March, 202523 March, 2025

Irving Penn: Centennial

Art

Although his images defined fashion for decades, Irving Penn began his artistic life dreaming of being a painter. He graduated from the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art in 1938…

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Posted in Art
Lisa Mc Sherry
17 March, 202523 March, 2025

A Coruña 2

Spain

Our trip to A Coruña could be counted as 3 days, but the first day included the drive up along with everything you read about in last week’s post. The…

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Posted in Spain
Lisa and John

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