...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...
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Feb 3, 2019
...Lime Green "I've Joined a Writers Group!"
No big post today. Just a quick update to say – "I've joined a writers group!" Not since college have I been lucky enough to be part of...
Dec 24, 2018
...In Pink Cursive "An Affair to Remember"
I finish this third blog year with a movie that “started it all.” Cue the waiter with pink champagne. And where's that Dramamine for...
Dec 8, 2018
...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....
Nov 12, 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...
Sep 28, 2018
...Rainbow Sprinkles "The Sweet Ones"
Someone asked me recently if “Splendor in the Grass” (1961) is on my “25 Favorite Films” list – to which I replied “no.” I then promptly...
Sep 3, 2018
...Dreamy "Olé Molé on a Summer Night"
At its best, a summer night is indescribable. Elusive. From the warm breezes; the comforting, rhythmic chant of crickets; and the...
Aug 19, 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 13, 2018
...Amazed "I Did It!"
After writing it, editing it, and then editing it some more... after printing it, copying it, and choosing photos galore... after...
Aug 4, 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...
May 26, 2018
...Escapist "My Summer Movie List"
With the summer solstice approaching on June 21st, and then the deep, underwater days of summer, which I always estimate to be between...
Apr 23, 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 14, 2018
...A Springtime Nostalgic "I Remember Dakshin"
In honor of all things vintage, I unveil a reworking of an old gem – a 2004 restaurant review entitled “The Forum at Dakshin.” It...
Mar 10, 2018
...Confused "The Trials and Tribulations of Being an Old Hollywood Film Buff"
Now there’s Netflix and Amazon Prime, Hulu and On Demand. There’s streaming and downloading. There’s a smart TV or a dumb one – which...
Jan 28, 2018
...Positively Full "The Rainmaker Buffet at Foxwoods Casino"
Some things never go out of style – the little black dress, the beauty of a sunset – or a good friend boldly telling you, "At forty,...
Jan 15, 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...
Nov 12, 2017
... Cozy "There's No Place Like Home"
Last night marked an exciting, fun start to a 7-part series of reading "this is not a memoir."... I will be reading my memoir from start...
Oct 28, 2017
...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 14, 2017
...Dino Green "A Birthday Barbecue"
Let's face it. You don't get more vintage than a dinosaur. Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurant has the chicest, greenest dinosaur-waiter for a...
Sep 3, 2017
...Excited and Nervous "Memoir Reading Today!"
It's time to dust off my public speaking voice, rock a little to the oldies, and hopefully have a great time. Here I am at five, sitting...
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