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Places to Go for the Best Skyline Photos

Edit Huffington Post 14 Apr 2016
1. Riverfront Walk. Arguably the best way to see Chicago, is to hop onto the Chicago First Lady Cruise. On this cruise you'll get an overview of the city, its history and architecture ... IG ... 2 ... Tiffany glass-domes ... four sided views from high in the sky and if you are up for some good adrenaline rush, take on the adventurous "Ledge"! Conquer your fear of height by stepping out from the edge, looking straight down to the city through the glass....

A Locals' Guide to Eating Out in L.A.

Edit Huffington Post 17 Mar 2016
Los Angeles has over 8,000 restaurants, spread across 503 square miles, offering every cuisine imaginable, and then some ... locals. The restaurants I dined in were as fun and eclectic as the group of friends who showed me around ... Solomon... However... I loved it ... the bar, modeled after a Pacific Railway Red Car, is cluttered with old photos and memorabilia, with the original Tiffany glass windows, tile floor, and old wood bar still in place....

Readers recommend playlist: all songs bright and beautiful

Edit The Guardian 10 Mar 2016
RR regular known as Pairubu below the line set the theme this week and has selected an eclectic soundtrack to your day ... Thanks for all your suggestions ... Facebook ... Becoming maudlin and philosophical you tell yourself the light permeates everything (Paavoharju) – how deep! It certainly permeates and enhances the beauty of your Tiffany Glass lamp, by Orriel Smith, which, in the dying rays of the sun, sparkles like a Katy Perry Firework ... ....

Priceless Tiffany works on exhibit at Lafayette College (PHOTOS)

Edit Lehigh Valley 09 Mar 2016
From now until June, nearly 100 pieces of spectacular Tiffany glass will be on display in an exhibit at Lafayette College. The Tiffany glass lamps and windows are on loan from the famed Neustadt Collection, which holds some of the most priceless and iconic Tiffany glass made ... Tiffany, the stained glass artist and designer who founded the studio and died in 1933 ... Lafayette already is home to two Tiffany-made stained-glass windows....

Ten Ways to Re-Discover the Fountain of Youth

Edit Huffington Post 08 Mar 2016
Exploring Old and New St. Augustine. Join the visitors enjoying the sights of historic St ... The mammoth structure in Spanish Renaissance style, an early project of youthful Carrere and Hastings, was elaborately decorated by Maynard and Tiffany ... More sedate and equally engrossing is the collection of assorted Victorian and Beaux Arts relics, antique music boxes, Tiffany glass, an Egyptian mummy, a model steam engine in the Lightner Museum....

Harn's 25th anniversary celebration continues (University of Florida)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Feb 2016
(Source. University of Florida). Visitors to the Harn Museum of Art who missed 'Conversations. A 25th Anniversary Exhibition,' which closed Jan ... Among the many donations and promised gifts. Eighteen works of Tiffany glass and 12 works of Steuben glass given by Relf and Mona Crissey Ten contemporary Japanese ceramic works promised by Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz Five Oceanic works, three African works and one modern painting promised by C ... 2....

Brian Unger on ‘the big American story’

Edit Atlanta Journal 26 Nov 2015
Have you ever walked, biked or driven by a well-known building for years, only to find yourself wondering about the stories behind it? The commentator, producer and actor Brian Unger knows the feeling. Unger is the host of a show, “Time Traveling With Brian Unger” on the Travel Channel ... Q ... (Travel Channel via The New York Times). A ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... You don’t want to be that guy that punches out the Tiffany glass and it shatters on 42nd Street. Q ... ....

Campus community members invited to UD Night at Yuletide at Winterthur (University of Delaware)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2015
(Source. University of Delaware). 9.36 a.m., Nov. 16, 2015--University of Delaware students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to join in the winter festivities at UD Night @ Yuletide at Winterthur from 4.30-8.30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec ... Admission to UD Night @ Yuletide includes a house tour of Winterthur, entrance to the galleries and special exhibition of Tiffany glass, a lecture on Tiffany glass by guest curator Lindsy R....

Fairchild’s tropical garden column: The prolific, terrific rain lily

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Nov 2015
Gardeners often call a plant a volunteer if it shows up on its own in the garden. More often than not, it’s an unwanted weed. But sometimes it’s a gem ... I believe my volunteer to be Simpson’s zephyr lily (Zephyranthes simpsonii) the linen-white flowers of which, when set against the dark green foliage, is so reminiscent of Tiffany glass lampshades — I’m not sure why; maybe it’s the impossible, delicate beauty of it all ... It was stunning ... ....

For the Record, Oct. 9, 2015 (University of Delaware)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Oct 2015
(Source. University of Delaware) ... Dr ... Her lecture, 'Bookfest at Tiffany's,' surveyed the many ways in which the Tiffany brand and Tiffany objects have inspired writers and filmmakers from the mid-twentieth century onwards. Among the works she discussed were Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), Susan Vreeland's Clara and Mr. Tiffany (2011), and Deanne Gist's Tiffany Girl ... 'Tiffany Glass. Painting with Color and Light' and 'Tiffany....

Top 11 Things to Do In New Hampshire Lakes Region

Edit Huffington Post 09 Sep 2015
Summer is winding down, which means only one thing. Fall Foliage season is close at hand. One of my favorite places to revel in the fiery colors of autumn is central New Hampshire's Lake Region. Lake Winnipesaukee (favored by Mitt Romney) and the relatively tranquil Squam Lake (favored by me) in particular ... 1 ... 2 ... There's a Tiffany glass skylight, decorative wood flooring, rubber tile kitchen floor and even outlets for a central vac system....

Calendar of Events Fall 2015 (National Museum of American History)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Aug 2015
Science Under Glass ... The unique properties of glass - transparency, heat resistance, non-reactivity and malleability -- make it an essential material in the laboratory ... Art Pottery and Glass in America, 1880s-1920s ... Among the manufacturers featured are the Steuben Glass Works, Phoenix Glass Company, Rookwood Pottery, Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company, Biloxi Art Pottery, Paul Revere Pottery and Matt Morgan Art Pottery....

Guarding dinosaur bones and sitting in an empty mansion: what it’s like working for the super rich

Edit The Guardian 23 Aug 2015
From the designer of the interiors of private jets to the former soldier paid handsomely to live in a luxurious mansion, six people talk about the specialised work they do for the very wealthy. Eric Roth, jet interior designer. The New Yorker grew up watching and helping his father do upholstery work on automobiles and small aeroplanes ... Facebook Twitter ... “We’ve also currently got a car from the 1920s and an antique Tiffany glass ... ....
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