Posted: March 9th, 2018 | Filed under: Out Of Town
Northlandz in Flemington, New Jersey in insane/inspired — eight miles of model trains:
The great thing about the museum is that it has this brilliant dark/dystopian touch that undercuts your usual expectations of model trains. It sort of starts out sunny:
But then you notice odd touches, like a delivery truck that has run off the road:
. . . and train disasters:
. . . heaps of junked trains:
. . . nightmare cliff dwellings looking like something Hieronymus Bosch conjured:
. . . and of course a plane crash:
Posted: February 28th, 2018 | Filed under: Out Of Town
Spent eight nights in Puerto Rico, five in Guánica and three in San Juan.
February 15, 2018
Flew into San Juan and drove down to the south part of the island . . .
Settled in at Copamarina Beach Resort & Spa:
February 16, 2018
Shopped in Yauco before going out to dinner:
February 17, 2018
Short trip to Porta Coeli and Finca el Girasol:
February 18, 2018
Sandra Farms coffee farm:
February 20, 2018
Up to San Juan and a visit to El Morro in Old San Juan:
February 21, 2018
El Yunque National Forest and Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve in Fajardo:
Plus dinner at Jose Enrique in Santurce:
February 22, 2018
A big walk around Old San Juan:
Followed by a dip in the rooftop pool at Ciqala Suites:
Posted: June 1st, 2015 | Filed under: Out Of Town
Sparkling Pointe, (back to) Croteaux Vineyards, takeout oysters at Braun Seafood, staying at Jedediah Hawkins Inn:
One Woman Wines & Vineyards, McCall Wines and Macari Vineyards. We also went to Shinn and Bedell.
All the wines were really good — not like we remembered them in 2005 or even 2009. And some of the places we went to were new since then. Fun.
