Bitchin' Blog Posts
: Museums
May 03, 2011 | Tuesday | 78 Comments
I’m working on a a project for RWA this year to help everyone navigate their way to interesting places in NYC. But I need your help: what landmarks, museums, places of interest, stores, and different locations are MUST-SEE spots in Manhattan? Tell me tell me, so I can plot them out. Mwaaaahahahah, plotting. Among my list of spots to recommend to visiting romance writers: Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum (one of my absolute favorite places in NYC) Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Sex MoMA Central Park walking paths of awesomeness Woo Shoe (for all your shoe shopping needs) Bloomingdale’s Macy’s Herald…
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October 28, 2010 | Thursday | 20 Comments
It’s time for more Holiday Gift Ideas for all that shopping that, judging from the mall decorations, needs to be done right hopping now! First: a note. Somehow, I must have given the impression that I dislike Christmas in my last Gift Guide entry - which, OOPS. So not the case! To all those who emailed me about Christmas gifts, let me restate: I don’t actually dislike Christmas at all. I don’t celebrate it but I do like much of it, particularly the SMELL. If I walk by a Christmas tree display I will stick my nose in the branches…
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May 04, 2010 | Tuesday | 41 Comments
So it looks like the RWA National Convention won’t be in Nashville. Folks have been informed that their reservations at the Gaylord Opryland have been cancelled, and RWA National is working on potential new locations - so don’t be calling the travel agent or anyone else for that matter. We’ll hear eventually. While I totally understand that it’s impossible to hold a convention in a flood-ravaged city, I had hoped to spend a few bar-drenched dollars in Nashville to help the city recover. I can’t even imagine how many jobs the Gaylord’s closing alone will affect, much less the museums,…
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November 12, 2009 | Thursday | 9 Comments
Coming to New York any time soon? Head on down to the Morgan Library at 225 Madison Avenue for an entire exhibit devoted to Jane Austen, including her letters, illustrated early volumes of her books, and an original manuscript. The exhibition concludes with a documentary film, The Divine Jane, which features interviews with authors and critics about Austen’s impact on fiction—and is available online for viewing, though I’m not sure if it’s US-only. The exhibit will be at the Morgan through 14 March 2010, so you’ve got time to stop by. And if you’re not coming to New York, there’s…
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