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narratives and photographs of my adventures around the world

TANGIER | Rockin’ the Kasbah

7 May 2022 ♦

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I was in Spain, a mere hop, skip, and a jump from Tangier. That was a temptation I could not resist. So I hopped the bus to Tarifa, skipped down to the port, and jumped onto the ferry, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, to Africa. Ahoy, Africa. I landed in…

COTSWOLDS: Broadway Tower

6 March 2021 ♦

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When I realized I was in the vicinity of the Broadway Tower as the sun was setting, I hightailed it down the narrow road and screeched to a stop alongside the adjacent field. I confidently made my way across the field, heading to the tower. Excitedly, I ran up to the gatekeeper,…

EYE ON DESIGN | Glasgow School of Art

16 June 2018 ♦

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In 1896, a junior draftsman named Charles Rennie Mackintosh won a competition to design a new building for the Glasgow School of Art. The building was completed in 1909, heralding the birth of a new style in 20th-century European architecture and establishing Mackintosh as a design influencer in the Arts…

TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

19 March 2018 ♦

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I’m a woman and I travel the world. Alone. (With some occasional exceptions.) Alone, I’ve stayed in a stone cottage on top of a mountain in Tuscany, an 11th-century fort on an island off the coast of Brittany, an estancia in Argentina, and a riad in Tangier. Alone, I’ve shopped…

Italy | Risking my life for damask

8 September 2017 ♦

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[damask |ˈdaməsk| noun | A figured woven fabric with a pattern visible on both sides, typically used for table linen and upholstery.] Not exactly the kind of thing you’d risk your life for, right? (more…)

TANGIER | Rockin’ the Kasbah

30 March 2017 ♦

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I was in Spain, a mere hop, skip, and a jump from Tangier. That was a temptation I couldn’t resist. So I hopped the bus to Tarifa, skipped down to the port, and jumped onto the ferry, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, to Africa. (more…)

INDIA | The Land of Dreams and Romance

5 March 2017 ♦

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In 1896, at age 60, Mark Twain traveled throughout India for three months. As I read his words, I saw my photographs of India… “This is indeed India; the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine…

REYKJAVIK | About Those Sweaters

19 January 2017 ♦

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This sweater is iconic in Iceland. When I visited Iceland, I couldn’t wait to find out the ancient origins of the famous knitted patterns. I imagined that the traditional craft had been handed down from generation to generation, like a family heirloom. I was in for a surprise. Almost immediately,…

CHIANG MAI | The day I rode an elephant and went into a tiger cage

27 September 2015 ♦

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So it all started with a taxi driver named M. He was nothing like the all-powerful M in James Bond movies. My M was an unassuming twenty-something Thai taxi driver, who became my personal tour guide the day I landed in Chiang Mai. (more…)

The Best Pad Thai in Bangkok

3 August 2015 ♦

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While I was in Bangkok, I went on a nighttime tuk tuk tour with a guide named Jeeb, and three people by the names of Baby, Junior, and Buddy. The names were not the only peculiar aspect of the evening. (more…)