Hanami - Japanese Cherry Blossom Viewing

Dailysoy 

Irwin Weiner ASID - It's springtime at Design2Share, and we're alerting everyone to book their tickets for Japan, Washington DC, or the other prime cherry blossom viewing parts of the world. The showy blossoms are at their glorious peak late March through early May (in most parts, late March through early April), and we've had a popular Cherry Blossom Viewing feature before (check it out again and enjoy, including a link to the precise viewing dates in all parts of Japan).

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Carnevale in Venice 2011

Antonia Sautter 

Irwin Weiner ASID - Back to Design2Share and New York City! It's great to be home. I just returned from a week in Venice, and it was a magical experience. Carnevale di Venezia is at the top of the European social calendar, and we met folks from all over the world who came to celebrate - some in the streets, wearing costumes or just taking pictures, others with elaborate gowns and costumes that took a year and a small fortune to make.

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Artist Romare Bearden: 100th Anniversary

Frank Stewart - National Gallery of Art

Jay Johnson - Design2Share salutes artists who contribute to, as we call it, the "great design of life." 2011 (September 2nd, to be precise) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Romare Bearden. To call him an important African-American artist and writer would be too limiting; he was a great artist and writer. Honest. Non-sentimental. Evocative. Colorful. Dazzling.

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Sleep in a New Zealand Boot

The Boot

Jay Johnson - There once was an old lady who lived in a shoe - and perhaps she came from New Zealand! We found an unusual boot-shaped bed and breakfast on the Ruby Coast of NZ, and had to share this with you.

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