Bison, Buckaroos, & Baskets: Art at the Rockwell
The Rockwell Museum is an entirely unexpected place. Housed in the Old City Hall building in Corning, New York, this Smithsonian Affiliate houses “a unique window to view the American […]
Category Archives: The Mid-Atlantic
2 Colleges and a Zoo
I travelled to Washington, DC, last week, which gave me the chance to make a few college visits in Virginia. While I was in the neighborhood, I also wandered over […]
150 Years of Glass
I just made my second visit to the Corning Museum of Glass! This museum is so big that it’s worth focusing your efforts on one area rather than trying to […]
The Tallest Single-Drop Waterfall East of the Rockies
Measuring the height of a waterfall turns out to be a trickier thing than I imagined, largely because it can be hard to tell where one waterfall ends and another […]
Horseheads: A Mayberry Kind of Town
I’ve just been to visit the Village of Horseheads, New York (where the population barely reaches 20,000). This is a tiny place, a blink of an eye with a disturbing […]
Lucifer Falls
One of the most remarkable places in Ithaca, New York, is Robert H. Treman State Park (sometimes called Enfield Glen by locals in the know). My mom and I spent […]
Towers of Glory
If you ever have the chance to go to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on The Mall in Washington, DC, I would highly recommend it. The Smithsonian chooses anywhere from one […]
Blown From the Sand
While we were in the US this summer, Prescott and I visited the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. This museum was founded in 1951 as a 100-year […]
Natural Beauty
I would be remiss if I left the United States behind without recognizing the incredible beauty of the Northeast. We visited multiple wineries on Seneca Lake with Prescott’s family: Here’s […]
What I Miss
People often ask what I miss about living in the US. The easy and most significant answer is that I miss my family and I miss my friends. It’s hard […]
