by Nancy Herkness | Oct 11, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Exploring outside Santa Fe is fabulous too. We headed north to Taos where, much to our disappointment, the Taos Pueblo was closed for undisclosed reasons. However, I was delighted to discover that the fifth highest vehicular bridge in the U.S. is nearby. You all...
by Nancy Herkness | Oct 1, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Handsome Husband and I kept hearing about how fabulous Santa Fe is so we decided our “empty nest” trip (the one we take to cheer ourselves up after the children disappear off to college in the fall) should be to New Mexico. It was a little scary at first...
by Nancy Herkness | Sep 6, 2012 | Adventures, Books, travel, Uncategorized, writing
Why is it great to be a writer? There are so many reasons—no commute, no pantyhose—but one major one is the cool stuff I get to do in the name of research. This time it involved food which is always a good thing, in my opinion. The hero of Book 3 in my Sanctuary...
by Nancy Herkness | Aug 1, 2012 | Adventures, college, travel, Uncategorized, writing
The gardens outside the Monet’s Garden exhibit are just as beautiful as the indoor ones, even though they are not modeled on the artist’s vision. The New York Botanical Garden very cleverly lured visitors out into the heat by scattering large placards...
by Nancy Herkness | Jul 30, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
Alas, I did not journey to France to visit Giverny. No, I visited the exhibit of Monet’s Garden at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. My friend Betsy and I decided we needed to take another one of our adventures, and this appealed to us. We began in...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 15, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
In my last post I talked about all of the new buildings rising up from the ashes of the World Trade Center site. Of course, it is also the site of a terrible tragedy and everyone who works there is very aware of that. The 9/11 museum which is actually under the site...