Scrappy Travels

When you're in New York City, and it's super hot and you have no Broadway tickets, you look for indoor activities that are fun and most importantly, will keep you cool. This is how we happened upon the awesome Museum of the Moving Image and the fabulous Jim Henson Exhibition.  The museum itself is a fairly fun looking building from the outside; all nifty angles and mirrored glass. Inside, it looks a bit like a space ship. More mirrored glass and weird angles, all decorated in white. It holds a few exhibits on things such as video games and movie cameras, which were sort of interesting. But what we really wanted to see was the Jim Henson exhibit. As a fan of all things Henson - from Sesame Street through Fraggle Rock , all the way to Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal - I've loved seeing his quirky characters come to life in new and exciting ways.  Not only were there some of his most famous puppets - Big Bird, the Swedish Chef, even the Doze...

June Reads As is most of the summer, June was a very good month for books! All by Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark: I'm a year behind on her books because I refuse to buy them in hardback anymore, yet I still get sucked into each and every one. They're all pretty much the same, but they're the perfect summer fare. The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro: This is the second in a series of Young Adult - focused Sherlock Holmes stories. Each book is sort of like the original but with a modern twist. The series is fantastic! Winterhouse by Ben Guterson: I wanted it to be as good as "Greenglass House", but it just wasn't. It was however, pretty entertaining. The Summer Seaside Kitchen by Jenny Colgan: Colgan is my very favorite British author and I hope she continues to write for years and years to come. I get so engrossed in her stories of England, that my heart starts to yearn for Great Britain. This book was no different. I'm now secret...