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27 07, 2015

Museum Monday: Cartier Pearl Necklace

By Lili|July 27th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century, cartier, Colorado, DAM, Denver, Denver Art Museum, diamonds, museum, North America, pearls, platinum, USA|0 Comments

The Denver Art Museum had an exhibit called Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century which I was lucky enough to see in its last few days. I was mesmerized by some of the older designs, including this 1911 necklace that features platinum, diamonds, and pearls. Its hard to see but the connectors of the chain are a swirl around a 4 diamond floral pattern. Before cultured pearls, pearls were worth more than diamonds. 1911 Cartier Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

20 07, 2015

Travel Missteps: Ripped Off

By Lili|July 20th, 2015|Categories: Travel, Travel Missteps|Tags: 2012, cabbie, cash, Central America, Costa Rica, Costa Rica Adventure 2012, delayed, Denver, DIA, exchange rate, flight, hotel, late night, money, robbed, San Jose, scam, taxi|0 Comments

Budget travel means that you are trying to stretch your money as far as you can. Which means in my case, I often choose the cheapest flights, even if they aren’t ideal. Which is why I found myself at DIA late at night getting ready to catch a late night flight. But what I hadn’t counted on was my flight to Costa Rica to be delayed. Which meant I arrived in San Jose after 1AM, and found that that my hotel was completely full for the night. They kept speaking Spanish, and it sounded like they wanted me just to

29 06, 2015

Museum Monday: Mermaids or Manatees?

By Lili|June 29th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, Fantasy, Manatees, Mermaid, museum, Mythical Creatures, Myths, North America, sailor, USA|0 Comments

Did sailors confuse Manatees for Mermaids? Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Mythic Creatures Exhibit is available to see through September 7th. Read my review here. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

1 06, 2015

Museum Monday: Mammoths and Mastodons

By Lili|June 1st, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, Mammoths, Mastodons, North America, USA|0 Comments

A few years ago, Denver Museum of Nature and Science had an exhibit called Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age. It wasn't one of the best exhibits I'd seen, but there were some great Mammoth skeletons on display. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

18 05, 2015

Museum Monday: Unicorn Bestiary at DMNS

By Lili|May 18th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: bible, Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, Fantasy, hebrew, museum, Mythical Creatures, Myths, North America, re'em, Unicorn, USA|0 Comments

Some believe that Unicorns come from a mis-translation of the Hebrew bible of the animal Re'em. Unicorns in a Medieval Bestiary. Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Mythic Creatures Exhibit is available to see through September 7th. Read my review here. Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

4 05, 2015

Are you Jedi or Sith?

By Lili|May 4th, 2015|Categories: Data is Beautiful, Geek, Pop Culture|Tags: #dataisbeautiful, Colorado, Darth Vader, Data Is Beautiful, Denver, DIA, Geek, lightsaber, Millennium Falcon, Movie, North America, Star Wars, Stormtooper, USA, Vader, Wayin|0 Comments

I myself identify with the Dark Side, cause they've got cookies! And they really aren't the villains of the story. Plus even Vader likes to travel! Vader being greeted home at DIA The heroes of Denver.

20 04, 2015

Museum Monday: Cartier Stomacher Brooch

By Lili|April 20th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century, cartier, Colorado, DAM, Denver, Denver Art Museum, diamonds, museum, North America, platinum, sapphires, USA|0 Comments

The Denver Art Museum had an exhibit called Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century which I was lucky enough to see in its last few days. I found that I loved the early styles of the 1900's. One unique piece was a Stomacher Broach made in 1907. Stomachers were worn below the breast on the stomach. It is in the Garland style and is made with platinum, diamonds, and 51 carats of sapphires. Cartier Paris 1907 Museum Monday is an every other week series about museum news, objects, and reviews.

6 04, 2015

Museum Monday: Journey to the Silk Road

By Lili|April 6th, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel|Tags: Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, exhibit, museum, North America, silk road, USA|0 Comments

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Silk Road exhibit is around for just one more month! Be sure to check it out! Note that you need an additional ticket to see this one but it is well worth it. You aren't allowed to take photos, but this link has a lot of good ones. I really enjoyed the live Silk Worms and can now understand why silk is so expensive! I also loved how as you travel through the various cities on the silk road, that they have detailed sections of what they brought with them to trade, and

26 03, 2015

Egypt Trip Itinerary

By Lili|March 26th, 2015|Categories: Itinerary, Travel, Upcoming Travel|Tags: 2015, Abu Simbel, Abu Sir, activities, Africa, Alexandria, Aswan, Cairo, Cruise, Dahshur, Dashur, Denver, Dream of Egypt, Edfu, Egypt, Egypt Explorer, Europe, Frankfurt, G Adventures, Gadventures, GAP, Germany, Giza, itinerary, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Memphis, Middle East, Munich, museum, Nile, North America, Pyramids, Saqqara, Sharm, Sharm el Sheikh, Temple, tour, USA, Wadi Natrum|0 Comments

Within the next few months I will be embarking on my dream trip of a lifetime - EGYPT! I've been wanting to do this trip forever and actually had the money saved up to go in 2011, but the revolution put a kink in my plans. I was skittish, not wanting to go during that trouble period. But I realize now, things will never be stable...at least not for another decade or so. And so I must take a leap of faith, stop waiting, and just go! So for the last few months I've been planning this trip. Below is

23 03, 2015

Review: Mythic Creatures at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

By Lili|March 23rd, 2015|Categories: Museums, Travel, Travel Review|Tags: ancient coins, coins, Colorado, Denver, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, DMNS, dragon, exhibit, Fantasy, Kraken, Mayan, Mermaid, museum, Mythical Creatures, Myths, North America, Pegasus, Quetzalcoatl, Review, Unicorn, USA|0 Comments

A Unicorn at Mythic Creatures at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. I had the opportunity to see the new Mythic Creatures exhibit at Denver Museum of Nature & Science last week at a preview night. As a child my grandmother gave me a book on fairy tales that captured my imagination. And as I grew up my interest in fantasy books and movies only grew. So I had high hopes for this exhibit! A modern take of a Pegasus as if it was a Carousel Horse. The exhibit is laid out into 3 sections: