Month: October 2009

A Trip to Legacy Books and Barnes and Noble

The Sartorialist Came to Big D

Materials Miksang

Dale Chihuly Exhibition at Dunn and Brown Contemporary

Yesterday was the last day of a Dale Chihuly exhibition at the Dunn and Brown Contemporary gallery near Javier’s Restaurant close to the Knox/Henderson area in Dallas. The Dallas Museum of Art has had a Chihuly work in its atrium for years now. I also love looking at the ceiling installation in the Bellagio in…

Matthew Pearl’s Appearance at Collin College

Last Wednesday night, October 14th, I went to hear Matthew Pearl speak at Collin College’s Book-in-Common presentation in Plano, Texas. The book chosen for 2009 was Pearl’s The Poe Shadow (see previous post). Never having been to this campus located only 5 minutes from my house, I found the auditorium by following the crowd entering…