Tag Archives: Pompeii
The Bit About How It Takes a Villa
So I was blogging earlier about how I’d lived in LA for more than 30 years before I got around to touring the iconic La Brea Tar Pits. Well, it’s been the same deal with another historic SoCal attraction – the Getty Villa! I don’t mean the Getty Center complex running along the top of […]
The Bit Where I Turn Five!
Well, no – I’m not actually turning five. (That happened, uh, rather a long time ago…) But it was five years ago that I embarked on a journey like none I’d taken before – I started Tesserology! Now, given that I can’t even keep a house plant alive for five years, this is a major […]
VOLCANO AT MY SHOULDER: THE DEATH AND TAXIS BIT
I’ve carried a fascination for the doomed city of Pompeii for a long time – ever since I got to wander its ruins almost 30 years ago (as a mere babe, of course…). So I jumped at the chance to check out the recent attraction “Pompeii: The Exhibition” at the California Science Center. It showcased […]
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