While in Rome recently, it was impossible to miss so many extraordinary remnants of the Roman Empire, whose territory once covered most of Europe many centuries ago. Throughout the city, there were many great works scattered both along the streets and within numerous museums, along with many ancient buildings supported by massive columns, countless statues and busts, and elaborate bridges.
In a sense, one is reminded of [...]
Yet another unrepentant follow-up comment just showed up on one of my graffiti-themed posts from last year, this time from local self-proclaimed graffiti “artist”, X-ray. Scroll down to the bottom of that post to read it.
This happened to come up just as an article [click here if that link is not available] on the topic was published in the local Sudbury Star [...]
Prior to a week-long stay in New York City several years ago (pre-9/11), most of my overall impression of the place had been shaped by three famous (infamous?) movies. Each of them portrayed that city as it was in the 1970’s, a decaying, crime-ridden urban wasteland (as described in context here). The noisy, overlong, and boxy cars of the time, the [...]
Please be assured that no, I’m not intending to make this website into a tabloid blog á la Weekly World News, even if the title may appear a little bombastic. As I carefully scrutinize the headlines for news of note, even some oddball releases do warrant an appearance here.
So yes, sometimes it’s surprising, the things that happen in Sudbury. Though [...]
Local fast food restaurant Deluxe Hamburgers is very much a Sudbury-area main-stay. Since the 1960’s, their (only) three locations have served up a variety of delicious locally-made burgers, exquisite french fries (made from potatoes grown in the area), incomparable milkshakes, and a delicious special sauce (for dipping everything) which is tremendously addictive. (A compareable Toronto-area chain would be [...]
I recently spent a week in Rome. While there, I crossed the border into the planet’s smallest country, Vatican City, most of which consists of buildings associated with the church, the largest and most impressive of them being St. Peter’s Basilica (shown here in a photograph of mine). Some verbose descriptions and historical info of this building are at its Wikipedia page, with even more detail about [...]