Here we are. Touring churches and palazzos and dodging the shocking October crowds here in Florence. I am surprised at how many new discoveries are on display. In the Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, there are 3 frescoes discovered from 2004 to 2011 behind the frames of other paintings. Restoration took several years so they [...]
Random pics from the past couple of months.
It's a Newark Mountie.
Indian Independence Day (15 August 2019)
Toyota vs the Hoboken FD. The FD won. This was a demo, by the way.
For Independence Day we explored some of the history of Gettysburg, Pa. Started with a 3-hour tour of the battlefield itself with Licensed Battlefield Guide, Susan. There is a lot of geography to cover, so she drives your car and explains the history on the move. Extraordinarily informative. And, of course it was the [...]
Hoboken has a questionable claim to being the place where the first modern baseball game was played: Elysian Fields on the banks of the Hudson River, not Cooperstown. The folks at the historical society take it seriously and compete in an anachronistic baseball league. I caught a couple of innings this afternoon. The bad guys [...]
