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Grocery shopping in Rome, Italy at the covered Testaccio market means taking home a little piece of the Eternal City every time. And there are two very important figures in the Rome Testaccio market: the Sicilian tomato guy–who before selling you a vine-ripened heirloom or an ox heart will ask you exactly what recipe you’ll [...]
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We probably wouldn’t have named our 6 lb. bundle of joy after the European country of Holland if we hadn’t been living in it. Born in The Hague, on a typical Dutch wet and windy day, in what seems to be only five years ago, this week Holland the daughter started her senior year of [...]
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From architecture to technology, Helsinki has taken the concept of design to a whole new level. Strolling through the streets of its Design District Street, the passion for fresh modern design is evident in every shop window. But it was the lure an open-air flea market loaded with old second-hand collectibles that that captured my [...]
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Remember Roman Holiday? Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn riding shotgun around 1950′s Rome on a Vespa? The classic Italian scooter was (and still is) an Italian two-wheeled icon. The coveted Vespa 50 still reaps fans all over the world. But take the pink Scarabeo portrayed here. Is it not simply magnifico? The Scarabeo (made by [...]
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During my year in the Spanish capital of Madrid, I saw it all: the human mosaic formed for the 2016 Olympic bid in September, the leaves fall from the trees in autumn, the snowy streets during the January freeze, the Easter parades of figures of the Virgin Mary around the city, the victory parade of [...]
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When I first moved to Myrtle Beach, new local friends would sometime express amazement that I actually spent so much time on the beach. Summer, fall, winter, spring, you’d find me there at all kinds of times that weren’t at high noon in the summer. One of my favorite times was whenever some kind of [...]
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This past week I spent several days on the Outer Banks of North Carolina with family. One of everyone’s favorite things about this beach house was the oceanfront gazebo. (or IS the oceanfront gazebo – some of us, not me, are still there It was a favorite gathering spot. For several of us it was [...]
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On the third weekend of July 2009, I not only felt incredibly lucky to be visiting Venice with my family, I felt lucky to be in the right place at the right time. We had chosen to travel to this unique city on water on the weekend of The Feast of the Redeemer (Festa del [...]
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This week’s submission comes from my brother, sister-in-law and niece who are currently traveling in Egypt. Now tell me this is not one of the most adorable Travel Belles you have ever seen in your life? There’s the bandanna, the shades, the grin, and last but not least the jaunty way her arm is placed [...]
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Lace curtains billowed from shuttered windows that opened to reveal a misty valley of orchards, vineyards and beautifully aged Italian country homes. The Tyrrhenian Sea glistened a few miles away as I breathed in air fragrant with sun-warmed herbs and smiled at the excited squeals of my friends echoing throughout the villa we’d rented for [...]
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