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Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Sunday, July 29, 2018

Secrets de la Parisienne: An Afternoon of Couture in the City of Light

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Institut Guerlain , 68 Av. des Champs-Élysées. The flagship of this venerable Parisian parfumer has a boutique on the ground floor and a...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

It’s all Crete to Me: Heraklion, Greece

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Sunset over Dragon Island, Crete, Greece. Just beyond the coast of Crete, near the port city of Heraklion (Iraklion), is a long stretc...
Friday, January 5, 2018

Delectable Samples: A 2017 Arts Roundup

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Robert Lepage in 887 . Since I rarely write about the arts, I welcome the opportunity to briefly comment upon what I enjoyed m...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

Fashion Down Under (Why It’s On Top)

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“The assumption that Australia is a season behind is no longer relevant,” says Dion Lee, one of several Australian designers taking the ...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Remembering the Communist Experience in Romania and Bulgaria, Part One: Partial Amnesia

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Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, centre, in his final address to the people on Dec. 21, 1989. “The things they do to you (in the...
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Sunday, September 3, 2017

Stripping Away the Cobwebs from Castle Bran

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Bran Castle is situated on the border between  Transylvania and Wallachia. Castle Bran, purportedly the inspiration for Castle Dracul...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Dance of the Dispossessed: Bangarra Dance Theatre's Bennelong

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Bangarra Dance Theatre performing Bennelong . (Photo: Vishal Pandey) Even non-Australians are familiar with Bennelong Point, a former ...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Politics along the Danube: Reflections of a Study Trip River Cruise (Part 2 of 2)

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Hungarian Jews waiting in line at the Swiss embassy in Budapest, 1944. (Photo by Agnes Hirschi, Carl Lutz's daughter) Last August ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

Politics along the Danube: Reflections of a Study Trip River Cruise (Part 1 of 2)

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The still-visible damage from the NATO bombing of Belgrade. (Photo: David Orlovic ) Last August I had the good fortune to be a member...
Sunday, October 4, 2015

Resonating Impressions from Berlin, 2015

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A section of the Berlin Wall Memorial. (Photo by Bob Douglas) "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

U2's Beautiful Day: The Changing Masterpiece

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In June 2001, my wife and I were lucky enough to have a four-day weekend in Paris, France. It was a magical trip that was great on almo...
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