Guinness World Records lists Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as having the highest ever insurance value for a painting. On permanent display at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at $100 million on December 14, 1962. Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be around ...continue reading
A Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving?
I was looking through a Bed, Bath and Beyond pamphlet I received in the mail. It contained lots of ways to make Thanksgiving happier and well planned out. I mentioned to Daniel that I wish our family was normal and we could have them all around a table laden with a huge turkey, dressing, mashed ...continue reading
Are You Enjoying The Journey?
There's a line from Don Quixote that we, as a family, long ago adopted as a life philosophy: If you aren't familiar with the story by Miguel de Cervantes, it was written in the early 1600s. The plot revolves around the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) from La Mancha named Alonso ...continue reading