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A Tad Sad? "The Lonely Tulip"
We spotted you across the field. It was April – tulip month. We were in Holland – divine. Dry dusty earth surrounded you in a sea of...
Mar 29, 2020
...Beyond Grateful "When Did My New World Become My Old World?"
“Oh Caribbean Sea, I want to cup your warm sand in my hands, squeeze lime into my sugarcane juice. I want to hear indigenous drum beats,...
Mar 1, 2020
...Eclectic "My 2019 Mash-Up"
2019 was a great year – at least in my arts & culture universe, a world decidedly far flung from the rough ‘n tumble of modern politics,...
Dec 31, 2019
...Floral Purple "New York Botanical Garden"
The saying goes that New Yorkers LOVE nature more than the city itself. After visiting NYBG (New York Botanical Garden), I’d agree. ...
Jul 2, 2019
...Black New York "Where Old Hollywood Starlets Go to Die"
Yes, yes, no need to tell me. What a morbid post. Let alone in the blossoming pink month of April. What can I say, my lovelies. Even...
Apr 22, 2019
...Happy "A Smile from Guatemala"
"Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" It is with great pleasure that I unveil my first guest blogger. Ms. Barbara, my dear friend, has...
Apr 13, 2019
...Moroccan "I Found You in a Teeny-Tiny Store"
Delicately pacing, over a creaky wooden floor no more than 12x14, I debated buying you. Incense came up through the floorboards – wafted...
Feb 10, 2019
...Tongue-tied "Chilly Chile"
My latest travel article was published in InTravel Magazine's July/August issue. And below is my favorite photo from my first Chile trip....
Dec 8, 2018
...My Old World Spain "Madrid, and Toledo, and the Prado, Oh My!"
Running hurly-burly through busy, noisy, even construction-filled city streets isn’t new to me. Back in my day, this New York City gal...
Nov 12, 2018
...Sunny "I Glimpsed My Heart in Panama"
The dwarf palm tree was my friend that day. Its swaths of healthy green opened in a gorgeous five-foot-tall flourish – like a wondrous,...
Aug 19, 2018
...Happy! "'Goin' Rogue in Spain' Wins Fan Favorite"
Thank you to everyone who voted!!! My article called "Goin' Rogue in Spain" was voted "Fan Favorite" for the May-June issue of InTravel...
Aug 4, 2018
...Alpine White "My Surprising Swiss Miss Adventure"
My first magical brush with the magical nation of Switzerland was surprisingly through Uruguay. It was early 2007. I flew from my New...
Apr 23, 2018
...Big City Girl (excerpt 3 from "this is not a memoir")
I am "starting" this new year by "finishing" with my third installment from my newly completed book called "this is not a memoir." I am...
Jan 15, 2018
...All Traveled Out? "Never Say Never"
“I’ll have the PANINI!” my friend wailed to me from across the scary, run-down sandwich shop in Fresno, California. We had just spent an...
Oct 28, 2017
...Navajo Turquoise "My Land of Enchantment"
During these deep, under water days of summer, my mind wanders – to places I’ve never been, to things I’ve never seen. This summer, I’m...
Jul 27, 2017
...Big City Girl (excerpt 2 from "this is not a memoir")
The below is my second blog installment from my newly completed book called "this is not a memoir." I am thrilled to share it with you. ...
Jul 16, 2017
...Big City Girl (excerpt 1 from "this is not a memoir")
The below is my first blog installment from my newly completed book called "this is not a memoir." I am thrilled to share it with you. ...
May 7, 2017
...Paas Pastel and Royal Red "The Fairy Tale Called Holland"
I love the U.S. Don’t get me wrong. I was born here in the '70s, grew up in a nice simple throw-back house built in the Baby Boom '50s....
Aug 19, 2016
...Tropical "Even Nuns Wear Bikinis in Miami"
“MÁS SEXY!!!” Flashback: Coconut Grove, Bayside, South Beach at night while standing outside Gianni Versace’s former mansion – with...
Jan 4, 2016
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