For the next edition in my Animal Kingdom Exploration, I am going to be covering the American Museum of Natural History – a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, across the street from Central Park, which we visited once during our first trip to New York City in summer 2007, and […]Read Post ›
In this brand new installment of my musical expeditions, we’ll be looking at some record stores that once ruled Canada, an acrobatic tribute to the King of Pop, instruments held within national archives, and the first Hard Rock Cafe to grace the Great White North, as well as the second worldwide. Also, I should mention […]Read Post ›
In this long awaited follow-up to the “Artworks” spin-off I started last year, we’ll be taking a look at amusement rides based on famous people, a wax museum in Niagara Falls that’s loosely based on another famous waxworks chain, and several landmarks across Tinseltown that include cemented handprints made by celebrities outside one of the […]Read Post ›
“Always be kind to animals / Morning, noon and night. For animals have feelings too, and furthermore they bite!” John Gardner (“Always Be Kind to Animals”) Animal is the term used to describe a multicellur, eukaryotic organism of the biological kingdom Animalia that is able to consume organic material, breathe oxygen, and reproduce sexually. As […]Read Post ›
Hello everybody. Yet again, here is another look at sports venues, some local and others renowned, along with artifacts associated with some of the most prestigious athletes in American history. Now let’s get ready to rumble! Putt Luck: In June 1988, the Canadian Airborne Regimental Battle Group built a mini-putt golf course for the Village […]Read Post ›
A celebrity is a condition of fame and broad public recognition of a person or group as a result of the attention given to them by mass media. An individual may attain said status from having great wealth, their participation in sports or the entertainment industyr, their position in politics, or even nepotistic connections to […]Read Post ›
Hello everybody, its been a long while since I’ve posted stuff on WordPress because of other things I needed to focus on, but I’m back here with a new topic. Memes, as some of you may know, are an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from […]Read Post ›
Welcome back to another exciting page of filming locations and movie memorabilia that I’ve seen throughout my journeys. I’ve been on a really long hiatus since my last blog post and tomorrow is Christmas Day (a Friday one at that), so I might be even more busy while writing, but let’s get right into it […]Read Post ›
Continuing from where we last left off, this post will finish the rest of my California vacation while also covering Chicago, a bit more of New York City, and screen-used artifacts within the Smithsonian Institution. Entertainment Capital of the World This is not the real park bench that Tom Hanks sat down on in Forrest […]Read Post ›
This post will finish off every artwork I’ve seen in Chicago, Illinois along with pieces I’ve seen in other places: The Art Institute of Chicago This is an oil on panel painting by Cornelius Cort (around 1567) depicting the Battle of Zima which took place in 200 BC, marking the end of the Second Pumic […]Read Post ›
Splinky's Art Gallery 