Happy Birthday Robert Burns!

Today Scotland’s bard Robert Burns would have been 257. Why should you care? He wrote “Auld Lang Syne” Bob Dylan has credited Burns’ “A Red, Red Rose” as his single most important influence Salinger took the title of “Catcher in the Rye” from Burns’ “Coming Through the Rye” The title of Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” is… Read More Happy Birthday Robert Burns!

January 25, 2016January 26, 2016 Anastasia Mills Healy2 Comments

A Visit to the Philip Johnson Glass House

I had always wondered how renowned architect Philip Johnson handled the bathroom in his groundbreaking (1949) Glass House in New Canaan, CT. The small circular bathroom, which includes a toilet, sink, and shower, is enclosed and covered in blue-green mini tiles. It is so unobtrusive that I had to hunt for it. Operated by the… Read More A Visit to the Philip Johnson Glass House

January 5, 2016May 31, 2017 Anastasia Mills Healy1 Comment

Stasha's Travels

Travel tips from a travel writer, former editor at Conde Nast Traveler & Fodor's, & author of Secret Connecticut

Month: January 2016

Happy Birthday Robert Burns!

A Visit to the Philip Johnson Glass House