I am pretty sure it looks different to each of us, that is if you believe in Heaven. I would imagine that what Heaven looks like is dictated by your own personal belief system. For some perhaps it looks like big fluffy clouds with bright blue skies and for others maybe it looks a bit […]

A Frank View, Part 2
Shortly after the arrest of the people in hiding, everything was removed from the Secret Annex. When the hiding place became a museum years later, Otto Frank wanted the rooms to always remain unfurnished. In order to show how the Secret Annex looked during the hiding period, small scale models have been made and are […]

A Frank View, Part 1
If you have been reading my blog for a while you know that I have recently enjoyed a trip to Amsterdam. If your new to this blog, you have some catching up to do, please look back at the archives, because you have missed much. Don’t worry, you can catch up, we will wait for […]

Part 1 ~ Icon’s of a City….Amsterdam
icon |ˈīˌkän| noun a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches. • a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something: this iron-jawed icon of American manhood. • Computing a symbol or graphic representation on a video display terminal of a program, option, or window, esp. one of several forselection. • Linguistics a sign whose form directly reflects the thing it signifies, for example, the word snarl pronounced in a snarling way. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in […]

Rijksmuseum – What the heck is that?
I have been looking forward to Amsterdam for quite some time, I only hope that my expectations are not too high. One of the main reasons I have been so excited about this city is it’s history, culture and art. Today, I want to share with you some of Amsterdam’s Art History. Of all the […]

The Rise and Fall of an Artist
I readily admit that I did not fully appreciate or know the role Amsterdam has played in our Worlds History. Amsterdam was home to Anne Frank and her family and friends, she was in fact living in a hidden room in a house in the middle of one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Amsterdam. Many […]

The Life & Times of Van Gogh
As you all know by now, I do love to go to Museums. One that I was really looking forward to was the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Few artists are as well known as Van Gogh. Most people can see a Van Gogh from a distance and know that it is a Van […]

Hermitage of Amsterdam
The Hermitage Museum which is on the Amstel River (Yes, Amstel beer drinkers, there really is an Amstel River) is the dutch branch of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is an outstanding Museum, the lobby is very modern, which is cool when juxtaposed with the actual art in the museum. Splendor and Glory […]

Amsterdam…..My View
Hot Damn, it’s Amsterdam Do you dream of places around the World that you hope to one day visit? Are those dreams made up of romantic ideas of far off, exotic places and people? Mine are. I dream of places around the world like, Prague, Dubrovnik, Greece, Australia etc. And for every dream I have, […]