Our whirlwind tour of Peru, just under two weeks, was choreographed by the award-winning Kensington Tours, whose “destination experts” (like ours, Sarah Roberts) are good listeners. Sarah curated to our wants and needs down to the smallest details: yoga mats in hotel rooms and hiking...
Even if you have your financial house in order, if you are a Boomer (or just curious how) you might want to read this story by Elizabeth O'Brien for Money. It tells the tale of 100-year-old retirees who are still living very well thank you,...
This may come as no surprise to Telluride locals, but more and more docs are bypassing the traditional apple a day and prescribing time outdoors to heal what ails their patients – and enhance what is already working. Researchers have found that just two hours...
The following is a brief overview of more to see and do and a few suggestions about places to eat. Botero at the Marlborough Gallery, 40 East 57 Street, through November 24: [caption id="attachment_77454" align="aligncenter" width="349"] Primera Dama[/caption] Born on April 19, 1932 in Medellín, Colombia, Fernando Botero...
A.R. Gurney's "Final Follies" is up at the Cherry Lane Theatre through October 21, 2018. Make it a date by treating yourself to dinner at Fifty at 50 Commerce Street. The place is billed as "New American" food with focus on Latin spices. Squeaky clean,...
"Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922" at The Jewish Museum is up through January 6, 2019. [caption id="attachment_77332" align="aligncenter" width="595"] Chagall's Old Man with Glasses, a gem.[/caption] Once upon a time just after the Russian Revolution that toppled the Czar and his family, three...
Colorado's Gov. Hickenlooper announces 2018 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals. Prestigious honor includes the Telluride Foundation's Paul Major. Ceremony scheduled for Thursday, October 11, 2018. [caption id="attachment_77424" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Telluride Foundation's Paul Major.[/caption] Last month, Governor John Hickenlooper announced the remaining recipients of the 2018 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship...
A ferryman demanding payment is a direct reference to the Greek ferryman of the dead. Charon was known to demand an obolus (coin) to ferry dead souls across the River Styx. Those who did not pay were doomed to remain as ghosts on the plane of the mare. The restless dead are everywhere in Jez Butterworth's...
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The"Delacroix" show at The Met runs through January 6, 2019. Franz Marc and August Macke at the Neue Gallerie is up through January 21, 2019. The epic exhibition of the work of the Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix, (1798–1863), more than 150 paintings, drawings, prints, and manuscripts— is...
