Reading and Roaming
DINNER IN BAYEUX Last night we had a real dinner in a modern restaurant in an old building in Bayeux. Only the second restaurant dinner this trip. La Quarante Neuf was recommended by our trip organizers. And our B&B hostess said we’d made a good choice. Our reservation was for 7:00 pm, the minute they opened, and we were …
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ART AND EATING IN BRUNSWICK For years, we’ve driven Route 1 on the outskirts of Brunswick past strip malls, fast food restaurants, and auto repair shops. We had never ventured any farther into downtown Brunswick. This week we did and discovered that Maine Street (it’s really named that) is quite charming with several blocks of shops, a …
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Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents (Metropolitan Museum of Art) We made two visits to the Met Museum this month. The first was to see the very large and comprehensive exhibit of Winslow Homer’s work. A New Englander by birth, Homer (1836-1910) lived in Boston and then in 1859 moved to New York. Although associated rightfully with his portrayals of the sea, his …
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ART OF ALL KINDS The Whitney Biennial 2022 (Whitney Museum of American Art) Roughly every two years since 1932, the Whitney has presented a survey of contemporary American art. This year’s exhibit occupies two floors of the museum and includes more women than some years and, overall, a very diverse set of artists. Viewing the exhibit, one might …
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