Bellas Artes Mexico City
I have rarely seen a more elaborate, beautiful building than the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Construction started in 1904, but the revolution and the soft soil caused decades of delay. It was Mexican architect Federico Mariscal who finally completed the building in 1934. The exterior is Neoclassical and Art Nouveau, while the interior is amazing Art Deco. Even […] Read More
Haim
I don’t remember where I heard them first, but I shazamed them. Using the little app in my iPhone I found my way to Haim, somewhere along this trip around the world. I listened to a couple of songs, and then downloaded their album. Three sisters from California with guitars, making solid American pop rock music. […] Read More
Icon
Finally, I ticked it off my list. The ultimate tourist attraction in Sydney: its Opera. It is an iconic building. One of the few that instantly identifies with its city, like probably only the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, or the Golden Gate Bridge do. More so, it’s a modern building, opened in 1973, it only […] Read More
Everything I know…
…I learnt from Madonna! I went to a Midsumma event last night, a one-man show by a fellow Madonna fan, obviously, who wrote and acted in a play about his life, work, lovers, and told the story through a number of quotations taken from Madonna’s extensive song catalogue. It was funny, sad, touching…. The Queen […] Read More