The Phillips Collection. This place is full of good memories flowing into the now.
Romey on the stairs.
A Visit to the Phillips with Romey
October 15, 2026
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The Fenix in Rotterdam: World Class Art in an Astounding Space
August 4, 2026
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The tornado alone is worth a visit. Stunning views. Gorgeous conception.
And then there is the art.
A Berliner visits the wall.
SF: The David Ireland House
June 4, 2026
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SF’s Minnesota Street Gallery
June 4, 2026
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Well worth a visit. Independent art.
Now You’re Talking: Moca Amsterdam Rocks
March 3, 2026
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Disappointed with the rijksmuseum? Well the Moca is for you. Now if we can just keep this secret.
All our faves and a few newbies to boot.
Andy shimmers
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But that robot overwhelms it all
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You Can Just Skip the Rijksmuseum
March 3, 2026
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OK. It’s mandatory if you go to Amsterdam. But this has to be the worst organized major museum in the world. The architect was an idiot. Want to get from 3 to 3? Well, first you go down to 0 then cross through the throngs of confused lost tourists and go back to 3. Got that?
Look, if you have to ask how to get to EVERY SINGLE LOCATION maybe something is off. Anyway there is lots to see, if you can find any of it.
Vaguely disappointing as always. Maybe if we just liked tourists more…
The National Portrait Gallery
February 14, 2026
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There is a hidden gem of a musuem in DC that is often overlooked by tourists and locals alike—the national portrait gallery. We recently paid a visit with Cyn and Eli. Eli was in town for a robot shindig of sorts.
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The inner courtyard is amazing (and smells like a jungle).
p.s. grandma moses was a hack
Metro to the Hirschhorn
November 22, 2025
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We’ll start with the good. Getting from a Tyson’s BIML business lunch into DC by metro is so easy very easy. Public transportation is good.
We spent a couple of solo hours at the Hirschorn seeing mostly things seen and discovering Adam Pendleton.
Lauri’s room was empty. I really hoped she would sneak in and make some changes while I was there.
What?
And then on to Adam.
This film is worth waiting around for.
Since you can’t find the film on the net (boo), here is some boring as shit meta content.
We also watched a bit of Downtown 81 before heading north to Robyn Hitchcock.
We’ll end with the bad. The Congressholes in this building need to do their fucking jobs.
Mattress Factory
November 12, 2025
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We visited the Mattress Factory for the first time on our zillionth trip to Pittsburgh. This time we had our dear friend Betty along for the ride.
The upstairs rooms have some excellent stuff…they also have this.
But you can skip right over it and get to this.
Betty is still in Billy mode
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Yayoi (without the wait)
These illusions were incredible. They have something to say about human perception.
Our surveillance monitor
