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  • Museum Challenge: Arms & Armor of the Islamic World at the Met

    On the same day that I saw the Year of the Rooster exhibit at the Met, I also decided to take a look at the Arms & Armor of the Islamic World exhibit. Most of my undergrad studies focused on Middle Eastern history so it’s an area I’m generally interested in. Plus, I grew up…

  • This is my favorite AC-130 Spectre Gunship video

    I spent 8 years in the Army. If I’d known better, I’d have joined the Air Force, like my dad did. And if I had joined the Air Force, being on an AC-130 gunship crew wouldn’t have been a bad gig. I wanted to do something meaningful, but I wound up spending most of my…

  • Museum Challenge: Celebrating the Year of the Rooster @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    In the Chinese calendar, it’s the Year of the Rooster. I didn’t even realize that until I saw an exhibit listed to celebrate the Rooster in the Chinese galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I tried to guess at how they could put together an entire gallery of roosters. Rows and rows of roosters,…

  • Mmm. Yum. Yum.

    This scene from Family Guy never stops being funny, no matter how many times I watch it.

  • Museum Challenge: The New York Transit Museum – Fun and Interesting

    Of all the museums I’ve visited in New York City, the New York Transit Museum was the most fun, even though it’s also (so far) the smallest. The museum is designed in a way that allows for interaction with many of the exhibits. There was a whole class of children on a field trip playing…

  • Fashion: Functionality or Art? – Isaac Mizrahi, The Jewish Museum

    In August of last year, I was able to catch the Isaac Mizrahi exhibit at The Jewish Museum on 5th Avenue during its last weekend. The previous month, I’d gone to see the Manus x Machina exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was very impressive. Assuming I would see something just as beautiful…

  • The Snowpocalypse that Wasn’t (New York City, 2017)

    Listening to the news last weekend and last Monday, it sounded like disaster was imminent. Schools were shut down, public transit was suspended, and people were encouraged to remain at home if at all possible to avoid the life-threatening storm that was going to hit Monday night and continue through Tuesday. Like most of the news…

  • Museum Challenge: The Museum of the City of New York (Feb 2017)

    A few weeks ago I was standing in Barnes & Noble, looking around to see if anything would catch my eye. I didn’t really want to buy anything because I have plenty of books that I haven’t read yet, but sometimes I go to B&N just to look around and get an idea of what’s popular…

  • Wide Awake: Christopher Clark’s “The Sleepwalkers” and World War I

    Christopher Clark’s The Sleepwalkers is an eminently readable account of the events that led up to the outbreak of World War I. Written in a narrative style, but rich with detail and innovative arguments about the origins of the war, Clark’s work is meant for a general audience but will also appeal to scholars looking…

  • Museum Challenge: The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park

    Some photos from my trip to The Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park in January: //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsThe Cloisters is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The building houses a collection of art from Medieval Europe. Because of that, most of the art depicts Christian religious stories and figures. It’s a pretty interesting collection that can be…