Archive for September 1st, 2009
Inspiration from a Mallorca Museum
While traveling in Spain I became more aware of the use carnelian has had in art, jewelry and ritual items through out the centuries. Not far from my 5 star Mallorca hotel was a museum with objects of carnelian that sparked my imagination. Carnelian is a form of chalcedony primarily found in India and secondarily [...]
Published by Ryan on September 1st, 2009 tagged Travel | Comment now »
Jakarta a la Carte
We were in the perpetual traffic jam that is Jakarta, trying to go what would take six minutes on foot but which took forty five minutes in our hired car. Well, we were OK with it at first, first time in the city and all, but we wanted to get chicken satay, and we had [...]