An Expat Painter in Paris; the Pain and the Passion
Excerpts from the upcoming book

How to get medicine shipped to Europe, make good use of waiting time; doing block-ins
Although I don't recommend going on a trip to Europe and leaving your medicine in California, even a big mistake like that can have its...

This painting brought me to tears
The first time this happened to me I was at the Met in New York. They had an exhibition of Rembrandts, I think there were about twelve of...

In person; there is no substitute
It's not fair to "View of Delft", really, that the curators of the Mauritshuis (just learned that it's pronounced "mawr-its-hyse") hung...

Wheels Up in 18 Hours (the last 5 things)
the last 5 things I need to do before my trip to Europe