… 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…
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…
[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…
There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically the same way each time you share it, and you…
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…
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…
Finally! We committed ourselves to staying put while we’re taking our Portuguese language class, so the only jaunts we’ve taken have been squeezed in during holidays or else came up…
This site, The Ramble, came into existence because we wanted to write about our journey towards a new home in Portugal. Those posts, “Moving to Portugal” make for an enjoyable…
We spent last week sharing thoughts on whether you should go on tours when you’re out and about. Looking back at it, we seem pretty down on the idea which,…
We’ve been between adventures for a little while now, which has given us pause to reflect; what do we love, what do we not love so much? What are we…
