Wrenaissance Art

Like almost everybody else in Houston this July, I rushed to see Lois the Corpse Flower bloom at the Museum of Natural Science. Or rather, to watch her in bud, as she didn’t actually bloom until 3 weeks after the initial announcement. The crowds were not too bad if you went at 7 am, as [...]

Not all is bucolic bliss here in Leblon. While the toucans and hawks were locked in existential battle on the back side of my building yesterday morning, the good burgers of Leblon engaged in civic battle in front at noon. The green space under the banner is the entrance to an old house behind two [...]

I was awakened this morning by a rusty, high-pitched squawking. It was a bird species I hadn’t heard from our apartment before, and there was obviously a whole flock of whatever they were. I got my coffee, and walked out on the balcony to scan the trees on the northwesterly side of the building. I [...]