Norman Rockwell at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale
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When I was a young girl, my mother had framed reproductions of Norman Rockwell paintings all throughout the house. She had the old issues of the Saturday Evening Post, just the ones in which he had painted the covers, covered in plastic. We could only look through them if our hands were clean. He has been named one of the most popular illustrators and American artists of the Twentieth Century and his work will be on display in an exhibit at the Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale for just a few more weeks, closing on February 7th.
There are many fun things to do in Fort Lauderdale, most of the activities taking place on and around the beaches. However, this is one show that you may want to brush the sand from your feet and head indoors to see before it is gone. The show is titled, “American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell”, as Rockwell himself seemed to chronicle the lives, the hopes and the inspirations of an entire country. As all great illustrators, Rockwell was a tremendous story teller in a medium which uses images and not language or printed text.
During the seventy years Rockwell painted, he found the nuances and small details of people of everyday and ordinary life, making them personal yet widely noticed, in that everyone picking up the Saturday Evening Post could see a bit of themselves in his work. During Rockwell’s lifetime, the United States was going through many transformations, and one of those was the movement from a time that was a simple time, to the more modern and complex society. Rockwell captured the innocent times, the psyche of a nation and the internal feelings of the people. Many of his paintings have become cultural icons, as recognizable as the Coca Cola trademark.
The show includes an in depth commentary on his life and his work, and is set up chronologically. Many artists and illustrators will be traveling to Fort Lauderdale in the next couple of weeks. One of my friends told me he found a great rate on a wonderful hotel at http://www.luxuryhotelsfortlauderdale.com and he now plans to stay for an entire week to attend the show and study the works of this American master of the human spirit, Norman Rockwell.
The Dream of Moving to San Francisco
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Phyllis finally made the decision, she had been struggling with for over four years. Well, in actuality, she had made the decision four years ago, she just hadn’t made any additional decisions to follow up with it. She finished college and her dream prior to that had been to move to San Francisco to begin her career. For her graduation present her parents paid for a weeklong trip the Bay city, which included extremely nice accommodations at one of San Francisco’s finest hotels. They paid for the trip not only for Phyllis but also her best friend Sarah, which they thought would not only make it more exciting and fun for their daughter but also a bit safer, as she had never before been to the city.
Phyllis had such and amazing time on that trip that she decided to make her dream a reality and move there. However, that same summer her great aunt became sick and Phyllis decided to wait until after she was recovered to make her move. In the meantime she got a job in the local public library that she really liked and also thought it would be great for her resume, as she wanted to pursue a career in library sciences. She also enjoyed the job a great deal so she decided to go ahead and make a one year commitment to it, which seemed like a good idea all the way around.
The following year her younger sister was getting ready to get married and Phyllis was going to be her maid of honor so for obvious reasons it was not a great time to move. Then it seemed like one thing after another prevented, or at least postponed her intentions. And here it was four years later and she was finally sitting in the front room of her very first apartment in San Francisco. Her friend Sarah was with her and helped with the move and the two of them had just finished a walk up and down Market Street to check out the local markets, deli’s and restaurants. They decided they wanted pizza and were getting ready to have their first meal with Phyllis as a San Francisco resident. They showered and headed out again for some great food at Pizzeria Delfina. It would become one of Phyllis’ favorite places.
Tips for the Garden in Williamsburg
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Any family trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, would not be complete if you didn’t stop in at Busch Gardens. While there’s plenty to do outside of the European-themed park, such as plantation and ghost tours and Colonial Williamsburg; however, when people book their hotels in Williamsburg, they often have Busch Gardens as the primary destination in mind, the same way that on the West Coast people come to Anaheim strictly for Disneyland and California Adventure or Knotts Berry Farm. The locals in California have devised numerous schemes for handling these famous, popular parks — from where to park, what to pay for admission, and in what order to see the attractions. Similarly, people have also come up with the best insider tips on navigating Busch Gardens. Here’s a few of those suggestions:
Arrive early. In some ways, this is counterintuitive, because you may encounter long lines at the park entrance, but it’ll be worth it once you’re inside the park. To avoid two lines, purchase tickets in advance. If you must buy at the park, just know that you will be in a pretty long line.
Once inside the park, the crowd seems to head for Italy first. Instead, head in the opposite direction and find your way to Ireland, or even head for the roller coaster, the Loch Ness Monster. In Ireland, you can see the show, Emerald Beat, a kind of Lord of the Dance, Riverdance, sort of experience. If your family likes that type of dancing, you’ll love this. There’s just one word of caution here, and that’s line up early, about a half hour or so. The doors open at that time, too, so you may be able to go right in. If you have time beforehand, or immediately afterwards, do Corkscrew Hill, a 4-D simulation ride about Ireland. There sometimes is a wait, but the ride is air-conditioned; so if you’ve gone when it’s hot, that’s definitely a place to get away from the heat. Afterwards, your best bet is France, where there’s some pretty good restaurants. I’d recommend the Smokehouse, which has chicken and BBQ ribs. The only drawback there is that you have to eat outside.
Tickets at these theme parks can be pretty pricey. If you’re able to come back more than once a year, say three or four times, then the year’s pass, even thought it’s over a hundred dollars, seems like a better deal; anyone with kids in the California area always seems to have a few of these kinds of passes for Disneyland and that works out pretty well.
Touring Weird Chicago
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If you’ve never been to Chicago, you might get most of your impressions of the Windy City from one of three sources: old gangster movies from the 30s, the Matthew Broderick movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, or the original sitcom, The Bob Newhart Show. In retrospect, it’s not much to base an impression of a [...]
Parks of Grand Rapids
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After you have spent the day traveling and then gotten a good nights rest at one of the luxurious hotels located in Grand Rapids Michigan you may be ready to get out for a walk. There are many places to visit in the city that will be quite interesting and entertaining. There is always the [...]
Wintering in Arizona
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If you are looking to stay in luxurious surroundings, you’ll find it scattered throughout the Valley of the Sun, from Scottsdale to Phoenix to Mesa to Tempe, hotels which beg you to stay in them, even if you’re local to Arizona. As a former resident of these desert cities, I can attest to the fact [...]
Explaining the United Kingdom’s Bribery Bill
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The Ministry of Justice in United Kingdom published a draft of a bill on March 25, 2009. This is the Bribery Bill. The purpose was to consolidate and to update the legislation surrounding anti-corruption policies in the United Kingdom. This created more defined terminology regarding what actually constitutes an act of bribery as well as [...]
New Orleans’ Pan Perfume
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I made a promise to never set foot in New Orleans again. Maybe it wasn’t so much a promise as a court order, but a few years had passed, and there’s always a new generation of young people who make the streets of this town what it is. And things do change pretty rapidly, so [...]
Wild Ways
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There is some interesting history to Kansas. There aren’t any mountains of splendor or oceans of wonder but Kansas has some peaceful rolling hills that allow one to see for miles. Like the rest of the early continent of America the Native Americans were here first. Then as with many areas of the west, the [...]
Listening to Patient Complaints
Patient complaint management is an important process within any healthcare institution. The benefits of a successful patient complaint management system can include increased profits and patient loyalty. Complaints should be viewed as an opportunity rather than with negativity. In the drive to retain patients a process should be implemented so that the healthcare organization can [...]