Posted On: July 14, 2009
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Last week our friend Emma Gilbey Keller–journalist, bon vivant, supermom, and author of “The Comeback”–began a guest editor position at the XXFactor, a spin-off of Slate.
I’m pleased to announce that Emma invited me and…
Posted On: May 23, 2009
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“Staycations” are huge this year, and there’s nothing wrong with a little home cookin’. But if you long to BreakAway, it need not bust your budget. This pithy article suggests going by car, packing a…
Posted On: January 31, 2009
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Getting to Grenada is not easy. Maybe that’s why tourists are relatively rare, and an “undiscovered” label still sticks in most guidebooks. That’s all good by me. We came here, 12 degrees north of the…
Posted On: January 17, 2009
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Insects and infections. Noisy nights and strange neighbors. Hyper dogs and bored offspring who don’t yet understand “Island Time.” Not nasty enough? Okay: Rude dude choking his chicken in the bushes below our balcony; hostile…
Posted On: January 7, 2009
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Sometimes when you travel (if you’re lucky), you land somewhere that you don’t want to leave. And maybe you’re not even sure why you ended up there in the first place. So it was with…
Posted On: January 5, 2009
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I’ve got a feeling we’re not in America any more. Heck, we may not even be on planet earth. This volcanic island is so blooming green and steep that the Hobbit might feel out of…
Posted On: January 3, 2009
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There must be other places as beautiful as St. John, USVI. And if there are, I sure hope to see them before my travels cease. Meanwhile, leaving is not easy. The packing and practicalities stink,…
Posted On: January 1, 2009
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Spaghetti dinner with friends was fun, but nobody wanted to stay up to see the years collide. Except the kids, of course. But they need sleep. I don’t. So by 11, this modest house party…
Posted On: December 23, 2008
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Annaberg Plantation ruins rock. The National Park Service has a big challenge maintaining all their holdings, but they’ve kept this treasure from going to ruin. With a view of the Sir Francis Drake Channel (great…
Posted On: December 23, 2008
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As part of their efforts to bring the past into the present, the Annaberg Ruins host local artisans to demonstrate island crafts several days a week. The day of our visit, a master gardener took…
