jay rents a car, visits a great museum.
-first three days in capital San Juan, then a week -San Juan a blend of South America and the U.S. -Jay, unusually for him, rented a car -drove to Ponce, Museo de Arte de Ponce (museoarteponce.org/en/) ancient and contemporary art "a treasure and well-worth the trip" -a restriction imposed by having a car: could not go to a bioluminescent bay on the island of Vieques -Levittown in Puerto Rico (Wikipedia.org), and Bowie, Maryland (WETA.org) -El Yunque National Forest, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico -not Americans, and not Puerto Ricans nuyoricans -"you can't eat atmosphere" immortal words -slow drivers any lane, left turns without slowing, parallel parking against traffic -airport blunder -how David Bowie pronounces his name (YouTube.com) -I did eat in a supermarket in or near Malibu after which we went to a Malibu beach; it does not look like it was a Safeway, though. Maybe a Pavilions? 46 minutes 02-07-22 debug comment |