Author: Mike Garrity

After we walked along the land walls in Istanbul, we walked through the Fener neighborhood … … with this dog following us most of the way for some reason. We visited the Chora museum. It’s...

Last weekend we were in Istanbul. It was an amazing experience, and I’ll probably have a couple of posts about it. But I want to start with what we did Sunday morning. We took...

While we were in Barcelona recently, we visited the Sagrada Familia. I was particularly impressed by the sculptures on the Passion facade. They were done by Josep Maria Subirachs, and are wonderfully expressive: But...

Last weekend we went to the Széchenyi baths in the city park. We got there early, before the horde of Instagramming 20 somethings showed up and took over the place. The interior of the...

A beautiful spring evening in Budapest. Walking home past all the bookshops. One of which still has a neon owl sign like they did during Communist times.

Budapest has a lot of art nouveau treasures. Last weekend we set out to learn a bit more about that period. First we visited the György Ráth villa. Rath was the director of one...

If you’ve ever lived in Boston, I’m sure you know about Allston Christmas. That’s the day all the students move and leave their unwanted furniture littering the sidewalks for others to claim. Today I...