Like so many other things, horse-racing both legitimized, and was legitimized by, the new medium of television during the 1950s. What horse-racing offered TV was the chance for this upstart medium, criticized from its inception, to broadcast a venerable and time-honored American pastime, the "Sport of Kings" which so many Americans associated with upward mobility. What TV offered Thoroughbred...
Few animals have influenced the history of human culture like the horse. These four-legged running machines gave us food, mobility, and enhanced success at hunting hard-to-catch animals. And the influence goes both ways: archaeologists say that horse skeletons dating from 2000-2500 BCE already show differences from those of wild horses that attest to the effects of breeding and (partial)...
As varied in their approach to pampering and wellness as they are ubiquitous, spas are becoming a lifestyle essential for many, not only in the United States, but abroad as well. The spa lifestyle fits in easily with the "joie de vivre" attitude of many Europeans.
And to that thinking, living life to the fullest certainly includes a glass of fine wine. At least it does in Austria's Kemptal...
Earning the distinction "The Sizzle in Southeastern Michigan," Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti present a lifestyle all their own, where fine dining, great shows, unique offerings, endless shopping, and a Big Ten University offer a myriad of leisure choices.
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The arts in Ann Arbor are inspired whether it's a quaint gallery, renowned museum, or University-sponsored event. The area's...
Groups visiting the city of Detroit and Ann Arbor area in pursuit if business or pleasure, discover a short distance from the big-city attractions and entertainment await wonderful small towns with their own unique treasures. A leisurely drive along a winding two-lane country road in any direction can lead to old barns, horse ranches, antique shops, cider mills, u-pick farms and other joys of...
Detroit City in the early 1900s was a pulsing industrial center, surrounded by sprawling steel and automotive plants. Jobs were plentiful and workers were needed. During that labor wave, thousands of African Americans from the south flocked to Detroit, seeking work and a better life. With them, they brought the Blues.
The music spoke of the struggles, trials and travesties of African...
Looking to take a break from your hectic lifestyle and reconnect with some old pals? There's nothing quite like a spa getaway to help you find your inner self, as well as rediscover your dearest friends while enjoying some pampering. Spa packages provide groups with an opportunity to indulge in treatments, eat healthy, and enjoy some fun activities. There's never been a better time to try a...
Every day, we make decisions based on what we think may, or most likely will, happen. Many of these decisions seem to be based more on wishful thinking than on logic - sure, you'll run off that extra banana split! No, of course you won't get a parking ticket in the course of a five-minute stop! But nowhere can we see more of these hopeful, if not necessarily logical, guesses about the future...
European artists and storytellers had a rich tradition to draw on in depicting the sometimes-crucial relationship between humans and horses. Greek and Roman myth yielded such vivid horse-characters as the winged Pegasus, the man-eating Mares of Diomedes, and the horses who drive Apollo's sun-chariot across the sky. More recent Norse mythology, also, associated horses with nobility and power.
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During the twentieth century, representational paintings of horses became increasingly the domain of "horse painters" such as Richard Stone Reeves (1919-2005). The New York City-born artist is, himself, representational of this genre of painting.
Growing up near Belmont Park, Reeves came by his love of horses and Thoroughbred horse racing early; he stayed close to home, studying fine arts...
