March 17, 2012
by Geoff Shannon
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Mardi Gras 2012: In 50 Parts “New Orleans manufactures moments. It’s a tourist economy with something organic underneath, the best we can be as Americans: It’s a triumph of the melting pot, right down to the rhythms of the street! … Continue reading
October 13, 2011
by Geoff Shannon
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You are staying in the French Quarter? You will want to walk down Bourbon Street on your first evening in town, starting from Canal and heading to the start of the gay bars, just past Tropical Isle. Walk slowly, drink … Continue reading
September 14, 2011
by Geoff Shannon
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Al Remp appears to be a gruff SonofaBitch, in the SNL “Bill Brasky” tradition. Still, he’s a celebrated stogie expert, with a trained ability to know how to smoke them, store them, prep them, buy them and present them. Here, … Continue reading
December 9, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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There is a crush of humanity here. It’s humbling. Faces pour by in sheets, an artist’s pallet of brown, beige, pale flesh, pink. Phrases cut the air, foreign languages; English, Spanish, French, German, Franco-African, Chinese, Japanese, all the tongues. How … Continue reading
December 8, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Scenes from a Saturday Trip to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art The Modern Wing Jackson Pollock
December 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Scenes from a weekend visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans
December 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Because of our Aunt Frankie’s retirement ambitions, the price for a New York City sojourn has been considerably cheap for The Shannon Family in the last decade. Wanting to spend her golden years close to her Upstate New York-resident daughter … Continue reading
December 7, 2009
by Geoff Shannon
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Seeing as Amtrak commuter trains don’t fit my budget and I would rather put a corkscrew in my cranium then drive, a trip to New York City from Baltimore involves a 3 1/2 bus ride up I-95 and the New … Continue reading