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Aboard Amtrak’s Maple Leaf to Toronto

October 10, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

A Digital Post Card from Guy and Andrew Andrew has retired, as of last Friday. So we’re happy to report that the first thing we’re doing is taking a vacation. Amtrak and Canada’s VIA Rail offer the Maple Leaf service to Toronto, and we’re taking advantage of it. We’re traveling along the Hudson River Valley and the …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Current Events, Journal, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Moynihan (Daniel Patrick), Moynihan Hall Penn Station NYC, Niagara Halls, VIA Rail's The Canadian

Guy’s Journal: The State Funeral

September 20, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) Yesterday was a special day in the lives of millions of people throughout the world, and I’m grateful to have been among the lucky ones on “our side of the pond” who were able to get up at 4AM to witness this event. As it happened, my favorite image of all …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History, Journal, Personal History Tagged With: Diana (Princess of Wales), Elizabeth II (1926-2022), Prince Andrew (Duke of York), Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh), Sarah (Duchess of York), Westminster Abbey

Independence Day: What Were We Celebrating? What’s Coming Next?

July 5, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

Like many Americans, we New Yorkers have a grand fireworks tradition for closing out our Independence Day celebrations. Fireworks burst all over America, and here in New York, crowds love to gather along the East River (sometimes the Hudson) for the great spectacle. Others of us gather at parties to watch the fireworks, or we, too, …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: Aeneid, Berlioz (Hector), Biden (Joe), Burns (Ken), Hutchinson (Cassidy), January 6 Insurrection, Kyiv, Les Troyans (opera), Mass Shootings, Meadows (Mark), Russia-Ukraine War, Vindman (Alexander), Vindman (Yevgeny), Virgil

The Frick’s Angel

June 24, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

[Special thanks to Kevin Manion for his generous assistance with this post.] Since you are reading what is generally referred to as “Guy’s personal blog,” it makes a certain kind of sense to say, once again, how we New Yorkers seem to have a special appreciation for what is available to us. Why? Because we …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Current Events, History, Personal History Tagged With: Barbet (Jehan), Breuer (Marcel), Cocktails with a Curator, Dalvit (Giulio), Frick (Henry Clay), Frick Collection, Frick Madison (New York City), Salomon (Xavier F.)

The Russia-Ukraine War: What Do Young People Think?

April 17, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

It’s probably never easy to figure out how to react to what we hear and learn in wartime, in any war. The Russia-Ukraine war is no exception. Many of us – along with many other citizens throughout the world – found some level of comfort with what we thought were the effects of our famous …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History, Personal History Tagged With: Cold War, Conversation, Opinion (Young People), Russia, Russia-Ukraine War, Soviet Union

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