Tag: art

• Museum Hack and 5 Reasons DC’s National Gallery of Art is the ‘Best Museum in the Entire Country’

  Assassinations, forgeries, illicit affairs–of both the straight and not-straight variety—Disney’s “Little Mermaid conspiracy theories and shark attacks. If any of these things interest you (and, let’s be honest: ALL of these should absolutely interest you), then you need to go on a Museum Hack “Un-Highlights” tour of the National Gallery of Art the next time you’re in D.C. Museum…

  thepoelog

  July 14, 2017

  opinions (big book of), Working it

  art, DC, Museum Hack, museums, playing tourist, tour guides, tourists, tours

• Pompeii’s Erotica: If It’s in a Museum, It Must Be Art

  So, apparently, Pompeii is old Italian for “penis.” Yeah, I know, right? Nobody saw that coming. But they are everywhere at the ancient Roman town-city near Naples. Pompeii has long been on my travel bucket list. Why yes, I am aware that my travel bucket list is incredibly lame. It also includes visiting 221B Baker…

  thepoelog

  January 27, 2015

  travel, trip report

  art, dirty pictures, Italy, museums, Naples, penises, Pompeii, trip review

• Petunia’s Future as a Flying Feline

  Sometimes, I’m given to bouts of melancholy. The blues, if you will. Pity party, table for one. This is particularly true when I think about life without my sweet Princess Petunia Potpie. I know cats don’t last forever. Particularly overweight, lazy cats like my little Toons. And when I think about it, I get quite…

  thepoelog

  June 5, 2012

  opinions (big book of), Trips Down Memory Lane

  afterlife, art, Petunia, taxidermy, zombies