Round Museum

What the guac?! One minute this stone bowl was piled high with guacamole, and the next minute GONE! Who's the green gobbler? Where are all the chips? Waiter! We have a guacamergency here!

05.21.22

A walk along the Delaware River in Old City will bring you face to Round with a giant knot of stainless steel spheres floating against the sky. Created by design and fabrication group Ball-Nogues Studio, the sculpture "reflects the histories of the textile industry and cargo shipping – both weavers and sailors used this knot in their work – that dominated the region for centuries."

"Weaver's Knot: Sheet Bend"
Philadelphia, PA
Columbus Blvd Riverwalk between Race Street Pier and Cherry Street Pier

05.20.22

The John and Mable Ringling family estate in Sarasota, Florida includes the Ringling Museum of Art, the Ringling Circus Museum, Ca’ d’Zan, the family's Venetian Gothic-style mansion, all surrounded by a 66-acre arboretum. The Mable Ringling Rose Garden built in 1913 is a central feature of the grounds, designed as a 27,000 square foot circular wagon wheel of pathways, sculptures, and flower beds with more than 450 different roses. At the center of the wheel is an ornate gazebo framing the sky with floral details.

05.19.22

There's an emotional meaning communicated by the Winky Burl treemoji, but what is the tree trying to say? This protective knot is the scar of survival from a stressful injury or infection, but is the wink a defiantly playful retort, "yeah, but I'm still standing."

05.18.22

After supply chain shortages and hoard-buying hysteria, how could you treat a roll like this? As if it's some sort of worthless scrap of paper to be flushed away...

05.17.22

The landing gear of the Airbus A330 wide-body airliner is one of the largest in commercial service, weighing in at 7,500 pounds with a wheel diameter of 54 inches. That's a big bus.

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Chantilly, VA

05.16.22

What makes a noise if you shake this maraca would most likely be bees or insects. A beautiful and ornate type of South American flower that looks like a beehive is known as the maraca, or beehive ginger plant. The intricate flower is actually a tall cone-like structure of modified leaves called "bracts." The flower is a tiny little thing practically unnoticeable in there. Look closer.

05.15.22

The hailstone that's fallen into your drink is bigger than a golf ball, but there was no thunderstorm around. So is it considered hail at all? The World Meteorological Organization says "no". If there is no thunderstorm then what's chilling your rye whiskey is simply a megacryometeor. But what does the United States Mixological Guild say?

05.12.22

A sidewalk can be a dangerous place with crowds of people quickly walking, scootering and bicycling back and forth -- especially for a baby turtle. Little Peat found himself flipped over on his back in the middle of the fray. Not a good spot, so a rescue was in order. Now Peaty is back safely in the dirt and mulch near the water's edge.

05.10.22

What's your bean? Are you fond of a Hawaiian Kona? Ethiopian Yirgacheffe? What about a South India Blend from Tamil Nadu? Heavy bodied? Fruity or smoky? You want to get a fresh grind here. There are quite a few jars of the world's best coffee around here from which to choose. Would you like to do a cupping?

05.09.22