Tag: playing tourist

• 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

• Time Travel to Another Naples: The Bourbon Tunnel

  In Italy, December 8 is a national holiday. Something about a feast and some reception and being really, really clean, like immaculate. I don’t know all the details, but there was a parade with red banners and gold fringe. And a lot of offices and government buildings were closed, and everybody was out and about,…

  thepoelog

  January 29, 2015

  travel, trip report

  Holidays, Italy, museums, Naples, playing tourist, royal demands, Stately homes, tour guides, tours, Tunnels

• Stalking Stateliness: A Visit to The Royal Palace in Naples

  Hey, you know what I love? I mother f*#$k-ing stately home. I cannot get enough of some grandiose living spaces, y’all. Something with tons of tapestries and baroque stone carved curlicues and some of those stucco putti kids and anterooms to rooms that serve no discernible purpose. Show me a medal room. Show me a…

  thepoelog

  January 21, 2015

  travel, trip report

  kim and kanye, Murat the baller, museums, Naples, playing tourist, Royal Palace, Stately homes, tourism

• Three Temples We Saw in Bali (And One That Got Away)

  

  Bali is called the Land of A Thousand Temples. No, really, it is. I didn’t just make that up. The folks over at The Culture Trip even suggest that the number is really closer to 5,000. This guy says 20,000. Who knows? But in any case, that’s pretty crazy for a tiny island of only…

  thepoelog

  October 28, 2014

  travel

  animals I wouldn’t mess with, Bali, monkeys, playing tourist, Temples, Temples in Bali