It was a cold Saturday morning in Northern Virginia and we cautiously opened an unmarked door leading into the basement of the Carlyle House, a historic house in Old Town, Alexandria. A…
In museum heaven, we come and go as we please, and pull up a little chair and sit in front of one painting. For twenty minutes, for an hour. We…
On an average day in Prague, one visitor was overwhelmed by massive allegories, portraits, and mythical interpretations by Peter Paul Rubens and enjoying the luxury of a nearly empty Baroque…