When I lived in Boston, I was enthralled by their Fourth of July celebration at the Esplanade. Sadly, I won’t be there to enjoy this year’s 35th anniversary celebration, but I thought in order to get into the holiday spirit, I’d spend some time finding out what some other cities have planned for 2008’s […]

Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Thomas
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Since I’m thinking about New York, I wanted to write about the New Museum of Contemporary Art. The museum now makes its permanent home in lower Manhattan thanks to Tokyo architects Sejima+Nishizawa/SANAA. The building design is creating a bit of buzz and as always, opinions fall on the love it or hate it […]

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Thomas
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Yes, I’m getting way off-track here. But I love ghost stories, murder mysteries, and all things that go bump in the night. Well, as long as they aren’t bumping into ME. And since Chicago is my favorite city, I’m sending Tomo there next, despite the fact that he has no reason to […]

Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Thomas
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Since I covered Haunted California as a possible excursion for Tomo, I got to thinkin’ about his hometown of New York. Wondering, naturally, about its ghosts, goblins, witches, and hauntings. Once I had the idea in my head, I had to know more.
What I found is that NYC is full of terrifying ghost […]

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Thomas
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