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The Truth(?) About the Sistine Chapel

... annex to the papal chambers. I thought of Cavafy’s poem about preparing to go to Ithaca. I thought also of Yeats’s “Sailing to ... wall hangings – the craft to offset the art we were about to witness. We had also consumed a long lecture outside the ...

Features - SteeleMarta

Nobody Warned Me About the Gypsies

... pleasantly ironic – that he was given numerous warnings about scams frequently pulled by gypsies, given the group’s timely ... shifted. So maybe it makes sense that no one warned me about the gypsies who – despite the change in television programming – ...

Features - WolfgangKaren

What Di Ate (as per previous post)

... (The animal in question can be a hog or calf or just about any other large mammal, I gather.) They're called sweetbreads for the ...

Blog entry - Diane Mackey

Georgia O'Keeffe at the Shelburne Museum

... Simple Beauty: Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe included about two dozen "sublime landscapes of the American Southwest, breathtaking ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

Hibiscus with Plumeria, Georgia O'Keefe

... Simple Beauty: Paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe included about two dozen "sublime landscapes of the American Southwest, breathtaking ...

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Slow Down Week

... We think so.   When I talk to people about the Margaux Project and the idea of "immersion travel" they ... travel ?" Yes, partly that's what we're all about. As well as culturally authentic travel (or real travel), responsible ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

Sharks Kill Florida Kiteboarder

... ) "Stephen Schafer, 38, was kiteboarding about a quarter-mile offshore in Stuart, 100 miles north of Miami, when he ... lifeguard Daniel Lund as he floated on his kite apparatus about 500 yards from shore, Martin County officials said Thursday. His own ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

St. Michaels, Maryland: Eastern Shore Travel

Today's New York Times Travel story about St. Michaels, Maryland immediately grabbed my attention. Aside from ... this quaint sounding picture is part of what distresses me about the Eastern Shore. It's changing so fast! I recall spending a ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis

Hotels in Prague?

... the capital and that Praguers exude an air of confidence about their city." [ Continue reading more about Prague. ] And there's lots more too. I've wanted to visit Prague for ...

Blog entry - virtualDavis