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TANGIER | Rockin’ the Kasbah
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 Tangier and set off to…
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TANGIER | FAVE FIVE
Tangier. My fave five. (You can get the mother lode of things to do in any guidebook—these are my personal favorites.) 1. LE SALON BLEURue de la Kasbah (entrance at 71 rue Amrah)From the rooftop terrace of Le Salon Bleu (photo at top) is the stunning view over the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain. The charming restaurant…
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Style Moment: St. Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold
“Still round the corner there may wait / A new road or a secret gate / And though I oft have passed them by / A day will come at last when I / Shall take the hidden paths that run / West of the Moon, East of the Sun.” J.R.R Tolkien
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COTSWOLDS: Broadway Tower
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, an old man…
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SAINT-MALO | FAVE FIVE [the best is free]
One of my favorite places in the world is Saint-Malo, a town in Brittany, on the northwest coast of France. I first went to Saint-Malo for my own personal writer’s retreat—to work on a novel I was writing. I was enchanted the minute I set foot “intra muros”—inside the walls. A few months later I…
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Photo Album: A Cotswolds Day
Dreaming of my time in the Cotswolds. No words necessary.
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TANGIER: Dar Nour Guesthouse
After rockin’ the Kasbah to find it, I opened the door into the charming Dar Nour Guesthouse. The “House of Light” is actually five houses connected by passageways and flights of stairs leading to its seven guest rooms and the rooftop terraces that overlook the Bay of Tangier on one side and the city on…
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STYLE MOMENT | Tangier
“Tangier is one of the few places left in the world where, so long as you don’t proceed to robbery, violence, or some form of crude, antisocial behavior, you can do exactly what you want.” -William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) American novelist, essayist, social critic, and painter
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STYLE MOMENT | Charles Rennie Mackintosh
“‘Life’ is the leaves which shape and nourish a plant, but ‘art’ is the flower which embodies its meaning.” [Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868-1928]
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EYE ON DESIGN | Glasgow School of Art
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 and Crafts and Art Nouveau…
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