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Scotland | Kingdom of Fife – The Bus Tour | Part One
Let’s face it, I’m really not a group tour kind of person. However, there’s no better way to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time than on a bus tour – which is why I joined a day trip in Edinburgh to “St. Andrews and the Fishing Villages of Fife.” The…
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Eye on Design | Inspiration for a Thanksgiving Table
I was art directing the renovation of a house in the mountains of Liguria, Italy for HGTV. When we got to the point where I had to add the finishing touches, I knew that, being miles and miles (and miles) from anywhere to shop, I was going to have to be resourceful . . ….
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People of the World
This is Bob Beveridge, in his secondhand violin / collectible shop in Falkland, Scotland. He is playing the prized guitar that was given to him by Roseanne Cash, when she and her famous father traced their roots back to this small village in the Kingdom of Fife. At the risk of missing my bus back…
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Eye on Design | Raymond Loewy | Designer of Everything
On a shelf crowded with figurines, trivets, and other random objects, I spotted a set of uniquely-shaped white porcelain cups with handles on two sides. They were inexpensive and I was intrigued, so I bought them. I discovered that they were actually designed in the 1940’s by Raymond Loewy, for the German porcelain company, Rosenthal. …
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Weird but Wonderful | Say Cheese
Just outside Edinburgh Castle on the Royal Mile, these businessmen were posing for a group photo. What you don’t see is that each and every one of them took turns being the photographer, so that no one was left out.
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Edinburgh | A Castle in the Clouds
A castle under siege? No, it’s just a mob of soaking wet tourists, on their way into Edinburgh Castle. On this blustery, rainy day, I joined them. The 12th century castle overlooks the city of Edinburgh from it’s perch atop a dramatic volcanic rock that was formed around 70 million years ago. It turned out…
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Weird but Wonderful | Keeping Calm in Scotland
Keep calm and get on with it.
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Style Moment | Edinburgh
“Into no other city does the sight of the country enter so far; if you do not meet a butterfly, you shall certainly catch a glimpse of far-away trees upon your walk; and the place is full of theatre tricks in the way of scenery. You peep under an arch, you descend stairs that look…
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Eye on Design | Edinburgh | Mad for Plaid at ANTA
It’s Scotland, land of plaid, a.k.a. tartan. tar-tan \ˈtär-tən\ :a traditional Scottish cloth pattern of stripes in different colors and widths that cross each other to form squares. Tartans are more than just a patterned fabric in Scotland – each combination of colors represents a clan / family / region. (According to the Scottish Tartans…
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Weird but Wonderful | Too cool for rules
The private park at Royal Circus in Edinburgh, Scotland.
