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The “Hard Days Night” Beatles Hotel in Liverpool, England

Beatles photo

By Robert Atkinson THE ONLY HOTEL IN THE WORLD WITH A BEATLES INSPIRED THEME! Your luxury hotel in Liverpool’s Cavern Quarter Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool, offers guests a truly unique experience right in the heart of this vibrant city. Standing as the world’s only Beatles inspired hotel, this magnificent building offers luxurious accommodation and […]

PIXELATED Sculptures Contrast with the Botanic Gardens in Denver.

GARDEN DESIGN is the perfect location for showing off large metal SCULPTURES.  Pixelated: Sculpture by Mike Whiting opened April 28, at the Denver Botanic Gardens featuring the sculpture of Mike Whiting. Whiting’s works explore the relationship between digitized images and the natural worlds contrasted over the grounds of Denver’s Botanic Gardens. The exhibition is up through September […]

Homemade Ice Cream Machines – So Cool when it’s So Hot!

Home Made Ice Cream

Most people have some memories of homemade ice cream. If you don’t have those memories, now is the time to start churning them out. In this article we offer a selection of homemade ice cream machines – from the old school hank crank version, to the latest highest tech version you see on the TV […]

1st Person – Meeting Legendary Typography Designer Herb Lubalin

Designer, Typographer, Art Director and Very Good Guy: Herb Lubalin. By Jack A. Atkinson I met Herb Lubalin when I was 24 years old. In the world of graphic design and art direction, he was at the highest level of success in that field as there was, at the time. I had met a partner […]

Fine Dining: Cod Duglere, Originally created for the Rothschilds

Atlantic White Fish was a popular choice on the Grand Hotel menus of the East Coast of the USA and in England and Europe during the early years of the 20th century. A French chef named Adolphe Duglere, invented the dish using Dover Sole, he anointed it with his own name “Sole Duglere, it was originally […]

Our Meal in Las Vegas isn’t Staying in Las Vegas… We’re Sharing ALL the Details!

bellagio restaurants logo

By Zane Beck THE LAGO RESTAURANT in the BELLAGIO in LAS VEGAS !   A meal at LAGO, is one of the very best you can have in Las Vegas. The restaurant is located in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino. This meal started with crabmeat, quinoa, & baby greens, then we moved on to veal and ricotta […]

Comfort Food: The NYC Diner Turkey Burger

a lunch with beer

Comfort Food: We LOVE Turkey Burgers! Eating at diners in NYC is part of the NYC lifestyle. For some NYC residents, a diner is their dinner table, they eat almost every meal in the same diner, every day. In every NYC Diner, the Turkey Burger Deluxe means it comes with lettuce, tomato, and french fries. At ARTSandFOOD we […]

Trippin’ in Copenhagen – Amusements & Danish History “Ja, ja, ja!”

Copenhagen: Tivoli, Hans Christian Andersen, Museums, Castles, Churches, Architecture… The Capital of Denmark is Copenhagen. Denmark’s capital, sits on the coastal islands of Zealand and Amager. It’s linked to Malmo in southern Sweden by the Öresund Bridge. Indre By, the city’s historic center, contains Frederiksstaden, an 18th-century rococo district, home to the royal family’s Amalienborg Palace. […]

Why Would Anyone go in Phoenix or Scottsdale, Arizona In Summer?

SUMMER IS “OFF SEASON” IN ARIZONA BECAUSE OF THE HEAT (BUT – THINK AGAIN) GRAND RESORT VACATIONS ARE THE SAME INDOORS AND THEY’RE DISCOUNTED! At 112º F going for an afternoon stroll outside is downright foolish, but early mornings and evenings are a great time to venture out. By Annie Fitzsimmons It’s no secret that Arizona […]

Featured Artist: Ed Ruscha

Ed Ruscha

Edward Joseph Ruscha IV (pronouned roo-SHAY) born December 16, 1937, is an American artist associated with the pop art movement in California. He has worked in the media of painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, and film. Ruscha lives and works in Culver City, California. Ruscha, originally from Oklahoma, studied art in Los Angeles at the Chouinard Art Institute from 1956 […]