Even if Siracusa Is Not Your Destination, Ephron’s Book Will Delight You I’ve been sucking up just about everything the Ephron sisters put out since I discovered Nora Ephron’s Crazy Salad Plus Nine many, many years ago. It’s no surprise, then, that I pick up Delia Ephron’s latest book, Siracusa, and read it in less…
Author: BashfulAdventurer
The Things We Do to Coffee Beans
A Visit to a Costa Rican Coffee Farm With limited time for leisure activities on a business trip to Costa Rica, I skip the beach and head, for part of my day, to a coffee farm. Why? Because I like coffee, of course, but more because I am interested in learning how food is grown…
Should You Just Stay Home?
What to Do When Feeling Threatened by World Events On days when the news seems to be reporting that the world is crumbling, that our own personal peacefulness could possibly be at risk, when certain acts of violence, random or planned, shock more than others, staying in place may look more comforting. I’ll just sit…
Born on the Fourth of July . . . Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables, was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass. —Lori Tripoli Planning a trip to Salem, Mass.? You might like these posts: Bonus History in Witch City Salem, Where Were You during the Revolution? Don’t Miss in Salem, Mass.: One Over-the-Top Bookstore…
How Far to Fargo? A Summertime Drive through North Dakota
In Search of Big Skies, Badlands, and Some North Dakota Nice ~sponsored post~ Around the time the Brawny Sherpa and I decide to get into better shape for an anticipated walk on the Way of Saint James in Spain next winter, I develop a new fascination with roadtrips. I might as well rest my not-yet-weary…
Should You Take the Kids to Murano?
Do youthful adventurers and glass really mix? Will you and your family have fun in Murano, Italy?
Beacon beyond DIA
A Visit to Artist Jeffrey Terreson’s New Gallery For those who grew up in Upstate New York at a time when it was thriving, what’s happened in decades since is sometimes disheartening. Failure to thrive in too many places comes in the form of mothballed factories, declining real estate prices, and Main Streets full of…
Alligator Warning: Dangers in Foreign Places, Signs or Not
Avoiding Death by Alligator and Other Tragedies The horrific death of Lane Graves, a toddler visiting Disney in Orlando, serves as a reminder to all travelers to remember customs, and dangers unknown to us, in places we visit. There apparently was ‘no swimming’ signage by the lagoon on the Disney property where the little…
A Visit to Logan, Utah for Foodies, Families, and Artful Adventurers
Cache Valley Offers Something for All of Us ~Sponsored Post~ How do we happen upon Logan, Utah? Somewhere during the long winter in New York followed by frosty gray spring rains and hours spent listening to tunes about the merits of Route 66, the Brawny Sherpa and I become keen on the idea of taking…
The Mystery of the Amber Room
A Must-See in Pushkin, AKA Tsarskoye Tselo To the list of places I don’t know I need to see when I head to Russia is Pushkin, also known as Tsarskoye Tselo (‘czar’s village,’ I am told). Not far from St. Petersburg, it is home to the Catherine Palace (named for Catherine I of Russia, not…