Barcelona is such a beautiful and fascinating city that you may think we're daft to suggest you leave it for a day trip . Well, we are a bit daft, but you should not get this close to the Dali Museum and not see it. It is literally unlike any other museum. Not only because of its contents but because Dali did not allow it to be catalogued or arranged in any logical fashion - … [Read more...]
We are off to collect more beautiful ceilings!
As Blonde and Brunette prepare to embark on our next adventure we hope to bring back memories of food, nature, architecture, horrifyingly inappropriate giggling fits, high falutin' hotels, nervousness navigating customs out of our comfort zones and fabulous ceilings. Ceilings? Blonde is a sleeper who would sweep the gold medals if the Olympics included sleeping as a sport. In … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry (a collection curated by a blonde who barely passed Geometry)
Barcelona – Our recommendations on things to do and things to skip
Going to Barcelona is probably equivalent to a straight man meeting a beautiful young woman who just read the Kama Sutra and wants to try everything she learned - a veritable orgy of delights! But, alas, the man and the woman and you and Barcelona both probably have time constraints so our goal (beyond torturing this metaphor) is to give you a list of suggestions you could … [Read more...]
Good Golly Mr. Dalí!
One of the most entertaining days of B&B's three weeks in Catalonia was the one spent at the Dalí Museum in Figueres, Spain. It's important to remark at this juncture that if you are getting your art history from a blog written by sisters who only remember the outrageous and/or obscene and that they got all of their information from a tour guide with a heavy accent, then … [Read more...]