Elisa Wouk Almino

1 month ago | latimes.com | Elisa Wouk Almino

In my early 20s, I gave tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I co-taught this series called “The Observant Eye,” during which we spent our Friday evenings looking at a single artwork for one hour. On folding chairs, we’d look at Dutch still-life paintings and Northern Renaissance portraits, Baroque sculptures and ancient Chinese scrolls.

1 month ago | courant.com | Elisa Wouk Almino

By Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles TimesThe sight of a suitcase has historically inspired dread in me. I grew up moving every few years with my family, so suitcases were ugly reminders of the moves ahead for us. And the suitcases themselves were ugly: padded with textured black fabric, soft on one side, hard on the other, the malleable side bumpy and uneven with toiletries that had been stuffed in at the last moment. Zippers would get stuck, the neon bows (tied on the handles) dirty.

2 months ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Elisa Wouk Almino

The sight of a suitcase has historically inspired dread in me. I grew up moving every few years with my family, so suitcases were ugly reminders of the moves ahead for us. And the suitcases themselves were ugly: padded with textured black fabric, soft on one side, hard on the other, the malleable side bumpy and uneven with toiletries that had been stuffed in at the last moment. Zippers would get stuck, the neon bows (tied on the handles) dirty.

2 months ago | thenewstribune.com | Elisa Wouk Almino

A Rimowa luggage store in New York City in 2016. (Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom via ZUMA Press/TNS) Richard B. Levine TNS The sight of a suitcase has historically inspired dread in me. I grew up moving every few years with my family, so suitcases were ugly reminders of the moves ahead for us.

2 months ago | latimes.com | Elisa Wouk Almino

The sight of a suitcase has historically inspired dread in me. I grew up moving every few years with my family, so suitcases were ugly reminders of the moves ahead for us. And the suitcases themselves were ugly: padded with textured black fabric, soft on one side, hard on the other, the malleable side bumpy and uneven with toiletries that had been stuffed in at the last moment. Zippers would get stuck, the neon bows (tied on the handles) dirty.