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Views of Arizona: Storm Over the Grand Canyon
We arrived at the Grand Canyon late in the afternoon on July 17, 2018. We had hoped to see a spectacular sunset. Instead, because it was monsoon season, we saw this:Sunset from El Tovar02633
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Views of Arizona: Stating the Obvious
You will seldom go wrong if you assume that a great many people lack common sense. This sign, which one might suppose should be unnecessary, was posted in the Village area of the Grand Canyon.02634
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Views of Arizona: El Tovar Hotel Lobby
The spacious lobby of El Tovar Hotel in the Grand Canyon Village includes several mounted animal trophy heads. Surely these animals must have influenced Walt Disney's Country Bear Jamboree theme park...
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Views of Arizona: Mules on the Bright Angel Trail
On our hike down the Bright Angel Trail into the Grand Canyon we encountered some pack mules on their way up. Twice a week they bring supplies down to the Phantom Ranch across the Colorado River.02636
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Views of Arizona: Grand Canyon Celebrity Sighting?
The Grand Canyon Visitor Center is beginning to look a little like Times Square.02637
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Views of Arizona: Spent Footwear
On the day we hiked the Grand Canyon's Bright Angel Trail—two miles in and two miles back—I chose to wear a pair of sturdy, twenty-year-old hiking boots. Early on the walk back up while still deep in...
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Views of Arizona: The Grand Canyon from the Mather Point Overlook
Mather Point affords a good view of many of the visitors to the Grand Canyon, which helps to define the scale of the national monument.02639
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Views of Arizona: Morning in the Grand Canyon Village
Like any landscape, the Grand Canyon's appearance changes in different light, in different weather, and in different seasons, but the sheer magnitude of the vista is unlike any other. Here's what we...
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Views of Arizona: Desert View Watchtower
Desert View is the first lookout point one encounters along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park as one approaches from the east. The Watchtower, a modern construction meant to look like an...
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Views of Arizona: Wupatki Pueblo
Next stop: Wuptaki Pueblo.Another day, another monsoonBall courtPreservation work on the siteWupatki Pueblo above a ball courtAlimentary!Wupatki Pueblo gift shop moose-themed Indian potteryQuick Links...
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Views of Arizona: Lenox Crater
The signs graded the Lenox Crater trail as "strenuous." It was the easiest trail we found during our week in Arizona.Lenox CraterLenox CraterLenox CraterPart of the Sunset Crater Volcano National...
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Views of Arizona: Devil's Bridge
Devil's Bridge is the largest natural sandstone arch in Sedona. In can be reached by following the Devil's Bridge Trail. Upon arrival at the site, my feet were unable to carry me onto the the bridge....
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Kovarsky Scarf
Last week, I received an e-mail from Rachel Pero, an avid fan of New Yorker cartoonist Anatol Kovarsky. She shared a couple of photos of her delightful silk scarf designed by the artist some six...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #626
Grab the reins and hold onto my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #626 for August 6 and 13, 2018. The drawing is by Harry Bliss."Actually, this IS my first rodeo!"This one lacked...
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Gilbert Bundy and E. Simms Campbell Back to Back in Esquire, April 1937
Esquire's April 1937 issue offers a cheeky color cartoon by Gilbert Bundy. Does Mr. Hartman have any idea what he's being offered?"Why don't you come over here, Mr. Hartman—then I won't have to bother...
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E. Simms Campbell: Not Painting Me
Yesterday we saw an example of how cartoonist E. Simms Campbell was able to suggest "offstage" sexual activity merely by showing us the calm reaction to it of another character, in that case a young...
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Howard Baer: A Nudist at Heart
Howard Baer's drawing of an older and overweight gentleman bedecked with a walrus mustache, top hat, and tails shows him waiting for a young Miss Harkness to finish dressing. The cartoon is boldly- and...
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Rowland B. Wilson: Nude in a Sunbonnet
A souvenir sketch by Rowland B. Wilson dated April 1, 1985 shows a reclining nude woman wearing an elaborate sunbonnet. It was likely done for a fan of Wilson's Playboy cartoons. It has been available...
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Amazon Slashes
Let me get a quick headcount: Has anyone been clamoring for a monumental New Yorker cartoon collection organized by topic? The Cartoon Bank published enough single-subject collections to exhaust the...
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Morny Fine Quality Bath Soaps
A full page ad for Morny bath soaps dating from 1940 demonstrates how to sell soap to New Yorker readers: make sure the temperature is just right.Morny Fine Quality Bath SoapsThe New Yorker, November...
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