At long last meeting Mel and visiting Tom in his new home in Seaview – West Seattle. The trip started with the two-hour drive (120 miles) from Sedona to Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport. Fortunately, Southwest offers direct flights to Seattle and, gate to gate, the flight duration for the roughly 1,100 miles is a little […]
Travels
Kassel, a city in northern Hesse, Germany
documenta is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955. Kassel happens to be my hometown – so I might not be totally unbiased writing about this event. documenta is Germany’s biggest art fair and documenta 14 […]
Shooting Graceland
It’s a good thing that the ticket office a.k.a. Graceland Plaza and Graceland are separated by the wide Elvis Presley Boulevard. Visitors are shuttled from the ticket office to the front of the house, but will not find a single moment of solitude, while at Graceland, a place much smaller than I had imagined. Inside Graceland, it’s […]
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Manhattan)
I had arrived in New York City late on Saturday night. A taxi dropped me off at one of the huge and expensive hotels (49 floors and 1,892 rooms) in spitting distance to Times Square. I was attending a technology conference and the first session was scheduled for Sunday afternoon, leaving me with just enough time to […]