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22 Oct

Meditations on Travel #15

Poised between two worlds: the sedentary one of village and farm, the other, on the hoof, across an ocean of sand. If the desert appears empty,...

20 Oct

Shellshocked!

It takes a special eye to see natural beauty and reinterpret it into something else that is different and just as lovely. Anne Summers has always...

19 Oct

Willing Foot: #1

Berlin Wall: 10.16.10

17 Oct

Two South American Classics

We have found two classic purveyors who we never fail to  visit on our trips to Argentina and Uruguay. Benitez is the talabarteria where I...

13 Oct

Punta del Diablo

An hour and a half from our home in Pueblo Garzon, straight up the Atlantic Coast on the way to southern Brazil, is the slightly trashy, quite...

12 Oct

The Olive Tree Whisperer

Aaron Hojman – Aaron of Casa Zinc and La Barra’s Trading Post, Aaron of the capricious, unerring eye and lightening smile, said to...

5 Oct

Elephant Wisdom

26 Sep

Villa San Michele: Grande Dame of Florence

The Grande Dame of Florence’s hotels is the Villa San Michele, located a short ten minute drive from the city center on the lush hillside...

26 Sep

Dario Cecchini

Dario Cecchini is a real character;  he is also an inspired cook who, for the last 35 years, has run his tiny butchery near Greve and then two...

25 Sep

A Day in the Country

My day started 30 minutes from Perugia in Umbria, that less-known sister of Tuscany, the one that is a little more withdrawn, that carries her...

23 Sep

Castello di Vicarello

Perhaps it is only with age that one begins to truly appreciate texture.  Be it the removal of surface layers to reveal the original, as in...

22 Sep

Giuseppe

Doing a job well is a combination of smarts, passion, discipline and commitment.  I love this combination in action and, because it is so inspiring,...

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