Travels With Phil 14 – Florida Southern College and Frank Lloyd Wright
I suggest looking up on the internet how the president of the college contacted Wright in the 1930’s to begin the collaboration. Florida Southern is the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world. The Annie Pfeiffer Chapel was the first, of many, Frank Lloyd Wright buildings at Florida Southern College. It was […]
Travels with Phil 13 – Pasaquan
Eddie Owens Martin, St. EOM, The Wizard of Pasequan, created one of the most incredible primitive art installations in the United States. I am not even going to try to describe it because it would take a book, so look at the two pictures on this page and click on the link because whatever it […]
Travels with Phil Twelve – Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens
This series is NOT just about New York! In North Florida, due inland from Cedar Key, there was a 100-year-old lime rock quarry. In 1991 Dr. Raymond Webber discovered it and over time it went through several iterations under his care until it ended up as one of the most incredible freshwater botanical gardens anywhere […]
Travels With Phil Eleven – The Gainesville, Florida Solar Walk
Found this one by accident on my way to a client in Gainesville. Did a double take and turned around and went back. In the middle of a residential area! Go Figure! Check it out here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gainesville-solar-walk
Travels with Phil 10 – The Frank Gehry Building in Las Vegas
Almost every city, no matter how philistine, has something to commend it. An organization I was associated with decided to have an organization meeting, more than once, at Caesar’s Palace. I would not have gone except, never having been in Nevada, renting a car enabled me to visit Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam and its […]
Travels with Phil Nine – Katz’s Deli in New York City
There are few more iconic destinations in New York City than Katz’s Deli, with its hot pastrami sandwiches on Houston Street. My friend Howard (may his memory be for a blessing) taught me how to order there. You stand in line at the counter where the meat cutters are, WITH a $5 bill in […]
Travels with Phil Eight – Yonah Schimmel’s Knishery – New York City
Being a New York Jew, one of the foods you eat with your mother’s milk is a potato knish. (A client from Chicago named her cute little Labrador mix Knish.) A very thin pastry filled with tasty seasoned mashed potatoes. The BEST knish in the universe is at Yonah Schimmel’s Knishery, conveniently located on Houston […]
Travels with Phil Seven– Sarge’s Deli – New York City
In midtown on Third Avenue not far below 42nd Street is Sarge’s Deli. There are many more famous names in NYC restaurants, but NONE are a more classic NY deli nor BETTER than Sarge’s. They even have whole boiled cow tongues in their deli cases. What more could you ask for? Go there! […]
Travels with Phil Six – The Flatiron Building – NYC
It has been called “one of the world’s most iconic skyscrapers and a quintessential symbol of New York City”. It anchors the south (downtown) end of Madison Square and the north (uptown) end of the Ladies’ Mile Historic District. The neighborhood around it is called the Flatiron District after its signature, iconic building. The building was designated a New York […]
Travels with Phil Five – The Earth Room
Yep, just what it says! In Soho in lower Manhattan is a floor of an office building filled with dirt. There is even an art foundation to maintain this most unusual Urban Sculpture. One of the trippy little things I take people to in New York City. Enjoy! Read more here: Wikipedia