16 10, 2017

Museum Monday: Headless Roman Statues at ROM

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These two Roman statues caught my eye when visiting the Royal Ontario Museum. The artistry and mastery needed to create the folds in the woman's clothes and see the underlying anatomy must have been years of careful study. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

10 07, 2017

Museum Monday: Djed-maat-es-ankh’s Mummy

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This is not a sarcophagus, it is actually called a cartonnage, meaning the mummy is covered with layers of plaster and then painted. (Therefore she is sealed inside and cannot be removed or opened.) This cartonnage mummy is a woman by the name of Djed-maat-es-ankh and she now resides at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. She was likely an ordinary middle-class woman or even a musician had lived in Luxor in the 9th century BC (22nd Dynasty during the 3rd Intermediate Period) and died of a dental issue. She is one of the best-preserved examples from her timeperiod, although it is rumored

30 05, 2016

Museum Monday: Dionysus Statue Selfie

By |May 30th, 2016|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Dionysus taking a Selfie When I was visiting the Roman section of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada the lighting wasn't that great.  I didn't want to use my flash, as that would wash out the details of the statue. So instead I risked using the existing lighting. And it makes it look like this Dionysus statue is taking a selfie. Dionysus at ROM Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

7 03, 2016

Museum Monday: Terror Bird Skull

By |March 7th, 2016|Categories: Dinosaurs, Museums, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This looks like a innocent bird skull right? It's not! It is a skull of the Terror Bird, the largest carnivorous flightless bird that ever lived. At 10 feet tall and fast moving, this sucker was considered an Apex predator of its day. I had heard of this animal but it wasn't until I was staring into this skull that I realized how terrifying it really was.  Its skull was 3 times the size of my own head! This skull is about as big as a medium sized dog. Museum Monday is an every other week series about

1 02, 2016

Travel Missteps: The Early Morning Dilemma

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Time Changes can be killer. Especially if you do not have any time to get use to it. I was in Toronto for a weekend to assist a client activation. On the day of the event, the call time to the studio was 5:50 AM. To ensure I had enough time to get up, get ready, wake up, have breakfast and walk the 30 minutes to the studio I set my alarm for 4:30 AM. But this seemed so cruel. Because I was now 2 time zones ahead, 4:30AM seemed like 2:30 AM to me. So it was going to

15 01, 2016

Purple Seahorse at Toronto Aquarium

By |January 15th, 2016|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Photography, Travel|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

This is actually a pretty tiny seahorse in a large bubble-like aquarium. It was hard to spot the seahorses hiding amongst the seaweed at the Toronto Aquarium. Read about my review here. Every Friday Lili shares her favorite photography & the stories behind the photos.

31 12, 2015

2015: The Year of Exploration

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This has been an amazing year more focused on travel! I had two very opposite business trips. The first, in the dead of winter, was to Toronto, Canada. I had just a little time to explore and so visited an aquarium & museum before a nasty snowstorm hit. The second work trip was to sunny Miami, FL in the heat of summer. This trip I had tons of bad luck and ended up just having a short time at the beach. And throughout this year I was busy preparing for my dream vacation to Egypt! Thankfully everything went smoothly and

4 06, 2015

Review: Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto Canada

By |June 4th, 2015|Categories: Attractions & Sights, Travel, Travel Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

On a cold evening in February, after a long day of work, I found myself wandering the downtown area of Toronto. I had needed to take a break and get some air before coming back and finishing up a project for work. But most everything was closed except for bars & clubs.  So instead I wandered towards the tall glowing spire of the CN Tower. Usually I do a lot of planning for a trip, but this trip was just for work and I had only found out about it a few days earlier. So my knowledge of what to do in