Travel - Lili on the Loose

1 09, 2022

Salem, MA Travelogue: Day 2 in The Witch City

By Lili|September 1st, 2022|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2021, filming location, Heritage Trail, Hocus Pocus, MA, Massachusetts, Memorial, Nathaniel Hawthrone, Salem, Salem Witch Museum, Salem Witch Trials Memorial, The House of the Seven Gables, Witch, Witch City, Witch Trials, Witches|0 Comments

Fall is almost upon us (although its 90 degrees in Colorado this week), and I'm reminicing on last year's October trip to Salem. I spent 2 days in early October in Salem, and everything I had heard about how busy and touristy Salem would be was true. But I went in knowing that there would be long lines and kitchy witchy stuff, so didn't mind. Day 2 The next day I checked out very early. I had them hold my small bag. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lili Armstrong (@liliontheloose) I then walked along

1 09, 2022

Salem, MA Travelogue: Day 1 in The Witch City

By Lili|September 1st, 2022|Categories: Travel, Travel Memories, Travelogue|Tags: 2021, Bewitched, Cemetery, Charter Street Cemetery, filming location, Ghost Tour, Heritage Trail, Hocus Pocus, MA, Massachusetts, Memorial, Peabody Essex Museum, Proctor's Ledge Memorial, Salem, Salem Witch Trials Memorial, The Burying Point, Witch, Witch City, Witch House, Witch Trials, Witches|0 Comments

Fall is almost upon us (although its 90 degrees in Colorado this week), and I'm reminicing on last year's October trip to Salem. I spent 2 days in early October in Salem, and everything I had heard about how busy and touristy Salem would be was true. But I went in knowing that there would be long lines and kitchy witchy stuff, so didn't mind. Getting There: Salem and the road to get there is packed during October, and there is pretty much no parking for tourists in Salem. So I do not advise driving. Also 98% of what you'll

21 12, 2019

Souvenir Saturday: Santa’s Las Vegas Adventure

By Lili|December 21st, 2019|Categories: Souvenirs, Travel|Tags: 2011, Christmas, Girl’s Weekend, Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, ornament, santa, showgirl, USA|0 Comments

I use to try to collect an ornament in each place I went to, which resulted in this strange "What Happens in Vegas" ornament. Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.

20 12, 2019

Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree at The Vatican

By Lili|December 20th, 2019|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2005, All in the family 2005/2006, All in the family Italy 2005/2006, Christmas Tree, Europe, Italy, Nativity Scene, Photo Friday, Rome, St Peter's Square, The Vatican, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vatican City|0 Comments

In 2005, I visited Vatican City right after Christmas. Here is their life sized Nativity Scene and Christmas Tree. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

16 12, 2019

Museum Monday: Vader

By Lili|December 16th, 2019|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, DAM, Darth Vader, Denver, Denver Art Museum, North America, Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars, Star Wars and the Power of Costume, USA|0 Comments

Ralph McQuarrie greatly influenced the design of Star Wars. I was lucky to get a gift of one of his original art books from the 70's and then later when Denver Art Museum displayed his works alongside their Star Wars: The Power of Costumes I was excited to see this original painting. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

13 12, 2019

The Painter

By Lili|December 13th, 2019|Categories: Local, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2017, Colorado, Denver, LoDo, North America, Painter, Photo Friday, USA|0 Comments

Walking to lunch a few years ago we saw this painter. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

12 12, 2019

Santa’s Christmas Journey

By Lili|December 12th, 2019|Categories: Culture, Travel|Tags: Christmas, Holiday, Infographic, santa, Santa Claus, Santa Clause, Travel Thursday|0 Comments

I found this fun Christmas Infographic of holiday traditions around the world! Courtesy of: Case

6 12, 2019

Shopping at the Manger Market in Munich

By Lili|December 6th, 2019|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Events, Photography, Travel|Tags: 2011, christmas creche, Christmas in Germany 2011, Christmas Market, creche, Cristkindlmarket, Europe, German Christmas Market, Germany, Kripperlmarkt, Manger Market, mangers, Marienplatz, Munich, nativity, Neuhauser Strasse, Ornaments, Photo Essay, Photo Friday, Weinahtsmarkt|0 Comments

Munich has the largest Manger Market and you can find everything you need to create the perfect nativity scene. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

18 11, 2019

Museum Monday: Scale of the Dinosaurs

By Lili|November 18th, 2019|Categories: Dinosaurs, Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, Cretaceous, Cretaceous period, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Dinosaur, DMNS, fossil, North America, Ultimate Dinosaurs, USA|0 Comments

A few years ago I went to an exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science called Ultimate Dinosaurs and I was struck by the size of Dinosaurs. This massive vertebra from an Argentinosaurus is as big as a person. This leg of a Futalognkosaurus Dukei made it clear no museum would ever be able to display a full specimen. It isn't just herbivores that are massive, this skull from a Carcharodontosaurus is huge, larger than a T-Rex. It really puts it in perspective how terrifying these animals were. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects,

4 11, 2019

Museum Monday: River God at the Vatican

By Lili|November 4th, 2019|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: 2005, All in the family 2005/2006, All in the family Italy 2005/2006, Arno, Europe, Hadrian, Italy, Middle East, Museo Pio-Clementino, River God, Roman Emperor, Rome, statue, The Vatican, UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vatican City, Vatican Museum|0 Comments

A river god reclines by a water basin at the Vatican's Museo Pio-Clementino. It is believed to have been made in the time of Emperor Hadrian but based on an older Greek work. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.