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The Catsup Tower

March 19, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

And while San Francisco is famous for some of its towers – Transamerica, Coit, the supports of the two suspension bridges, etc., the city may one day be more famous for its catsup tower. While visiting a friend’s garage recently, one’s eye alights on a packing box labeled: “Catsup Tower.” Yes, you read that right, …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: catsup, Keith Stanley, San Francisco - Art, Stanley - Keith

Brussels – Geneva – New York – San Francisco (2)

March 18, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

So the connection here is a little stretched, since it has been three weeks since I left Geneva (and a little more since I left Brussels) but I’ll do what I can.Back to New York to work at the U.N., catch up with some friends (not too many – too busy and the time too …

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Brussels – Geneva – New York – San Francisco

March 17, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

A blog is, I suppose, something of a diary – and particularly a travel diary for people who move about a lot – when one does interesting things. But sometimes we get caught up in the mundane and don’t get to post what or when we want to post, which I seem to recall is …

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Geneva - Sculpture, Geneva - Switzerland, Sculpture

Saying Good-By to Brussels

February 26, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

There’s no question but that Brussels is a very photogenic city, and this amateur photographer enjoying his new hobby had many delightful moments. Like most visitors from America, I often wonder – as I stroll about cities like Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and of course London, what it must be like to have such “monumental” open …

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Brussels Art Nouveau

February 24, 2010 By Guy St. Clair

  A typical floral Art Nouveau doorway OK. I’m going to stop being pretentious. My French is all right, and certainly I’m comfortable throwing around a few French phrases when I’m feeling particularly “continental” (and how can you feel otherwise when you’re thinking about Art Nouveau?). But I’m also beginning to realize that in all …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture Tagged With: architecture, art nouveau, Brussels, decorative arts

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