If you are in the Los Angeles area and have not already been to our Natural History Museum to check out the temporary exhibition Green Diamonds: Natural Radiance, then you must do so! The exhibition held within the Gem Vault of the Gem and Mineral Hall has some stunning cut green diamonds, as well as … More Diamonds Unlike Any Other
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There is no denying that color can serve to symbolize many things. Orange specifically has a lot of associations in popular culture today. It is color that you can either ‘pull off or not’. It is the color of safety officer vests and the incarcerated alike.…
So, is it just me, but when was the last time you took a NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED sign seriously? I mean, that just means you put it in your pocket on silent, right? Society’s relationship with phones has been drastically changing as our phones slowly replace all of our other material trappings via the … More Phones in Museums
Planning your next trip to a museum? Do you know what weekday your local art museum is closed? Do you know the rules about photography at your local natural history museum? These are questions that most of us cannot answer off hand. Let’s now go over a few basic points to briefly research before your … More Why you should always RESEARCH first
Hello everyone- I have not posted in a while! I was at first busy with wedding preparations, then busy with finding a job after the wedding, and am now currently busy with sed new job. Today I am home with a cold, hunkered down with a cup of tea and trying to dispel my cabin … More Collectors of the Curious: The Millennial Generation and the Thrill of the Hunt
A few weeks ago I stopped in at the Getty Villa up in Malibu with two friends from the UK. It is a beautiful museum, and one that I will always be happy to take out of town guests to. It is more than just a museum, it is an experience. The beautiful tile work, … More ‘Roman Mosaics’ a Getty Villa exhibition
Hello, greetings, and salutations. I hope that everyone is celebrating Valentines with a loved one, a friend, a cuddly pet, or a half decent bottle of wine. Love, is a universal feeling, and a complex action. There are many ways ‘to love’. There are many different kinds of love, like the love of a mother … More Real is Love
Hello, Long time no blog. It has been a while, and I will admit, I am rusty and hesitant as ever! Since I missed the holidays, happy holidays. Since I missed the new year, happy new year. Although, it’s no longer a new year anymore I guess- it is nearly February, and so much time … More It’s no longer a new year [life update]
As Election Day in the United States approaches, out newsfeeds, emails, and TV’s are full of messages telling us who and what to vote for. I am not here to tell you who or what to vote for, I just found this worth mentioning as it seems to be a prevailing state of mind for … More Would you like your skull in Paper or Plastic?
The Hawaiian Island of Kauai is one of the last places you would expect to find a Russian fort, right? In an Anthropology reading course I took during the first year of my undergraduate degree, when I was not stumbling through a Tim Ingold article (the darling of Aberdeen University) I was usually asked to … More Aloha Russia
