Round Museum

Tiny Tim might tiptoe in the garden by the willow tree, and tiptoe through the tulips with you. The bright tulip blooms spring up like tiny champagne flutes in the garden, an inspiring occasion to make a toast or sing a little song for your lover.

04.23.23

The needle's been dropped out on the corner, but the only vinyl that's been ripped and scratched has been by the sidewalk. Though there are many things to like about a vintage four-speed RCA turntable -- being able to play your 16-RPM record collection, for one -- this little box needs some love. A new needle, reattach the tone arm, and soon you're back in the groove.

04.22.23

The Cosmopolitan cocktail became the thing in the late-1980s and early '90s, fueled by the rise of flavored vodkas and the popularity of HBO's "Sex and the City." While there's debate over the bartender, the bar and the city responsible for creating the original, the citrus vodka and cranberry concoction shaken and poured into a martini glass will taste refreshing wherever you have one. And maybe that's right now...

04.21.23

To attract a peahen, a peacock will begin a courtship display of his ornately feathered tail to impress her. By elevating his tail, his 60-in iridescently colored train fans forward into a shimmering Round, which he quivers with a hypnotic, "train-rattling" effect. Shake, shake, shake your booty, baby!

04.20.23

The sidewalk pastries were displayed so nicely right here next to the gutter, and I turn my back for one second and the delicious double fudge curbcake is GONE.

04.19.23

Hang in there, baby. It’s a long way from the thin branch you’re clinging to the creek bed below. But you have a beautiful golden parachute to float safely down.

04.18.23

The turbine and pump you see here today have survived – almost miraculously – for more than 170 years. A collaborative effort of the Water Department's Chief Engineer, Frederic Graff, Jr., and the French engineer Emile Geyelin, this machinery efficiently lifted water to the reservoirs from 1851 until 1909. During the Aquarium years, its use to supply river water for the fresh water fish tanks proved a disaster when the fish succumbed to the polluted waters. Hidden behind a wall until the 1970s, the machinery survived.

Fairmount Waterworks
Philadelphia, PA

04.17.23

In the layered bands of red rock in the mile-deep walls of the Grand Canyon, you are surrounded by a landscape revealing a cross-section of geological history. Walking the three-mile Trail of Time along the canyon's rim, you will find bronze markers labeling your location in time with exhibits explaining how the canyon and its rock were formed. 1300 million years ago doesn't seem THAT long. Does it?

04.16.23

At the ancient archeological site of Tulum in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, iguanas have ruled the roost for at least 800 years. Before that, there was no Tulum. This one rules a small hole in a stone wall.

04.15.23

If his naughty bits offend you, then you can look elsewhere.

04.14.23