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6 Jan
A wonderfully rustic, brick-faced nook serving up unusual and delicious food was the setting for my dinner last night. All those humble foods...
30 Dec
Hellos and goodbyes are the constants of our daily lives. Gratitude for each encounter, while difficult, is important. We wish for laughter...
27 Dec
One tends to think beach when looking at Rio’s top hotels and the Fasano usually tops the list. But there is a new Design Concept Hotel...
18 Dec
His daughter had died, he told me, tears running freely down his cheeks. He went alone into the desert in search of himself, to touch the...
16 Dec
With almost 60 degree weather a week away from Christmas, I’m thinking summer and the glorious Northeast Coast. And my favorite state...
11 Dec
8 Dec
My favorite spiritual places are those where worshippers are at home with their god and at home with themselves. Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon,...
6 Dec
Collections form almost by themselves. The impetus to bring together objects under the same rubric is almost stronger than conscious decision....
2 Dec
There are these gems around the world, small, owner-operated hotel homes, tucked away up a mountain road or down a sandy beach lane, that you...
30 Nov
We finally succeeded in getting a table at Marcus Samuelsson’s Red Rooster Harlem last night, a venue evocative of 1920’s Harlem...
26 Nov
Buenos Aires is not unique in offering up expressions of private passion. But to find this intense love of tango is quintessentially “porteno”.
26 Nov
As children, we build our view of the world on the comet of our imagination. Within the safe embrace of our family, we find the courage...
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