We are in well charted territory, and we are in uncharted territory: Thailand. It’s our third time in the Siamese bustle, so at one level,…
While traveling, we expect the unexpected, adventure. While traveling we try not to expect generosity, though we often experience it. It is rare, though, that…
Perhaps you haven’t yet heard of ‘new latitude’ wines. These are vintages whose grapes are grown in places—usually tropical places—your French great-grandmother thought were good…
The inspired cooks of the Himalaya are the Tibetans, not the Nepali. We started sampling Tibetan cuisine in Darjeeling and it quickly became a habit….
Our train shudders to a stop in Patna Junction, the nervous hiss of air breaks reflecting my mood. Have I erred in planning an adventuresome…
After a few days they came to Naxos, the home of Ariadne and the white wine. And also the home of Anastasia Demetriades who claimed…
I love gin. I love gin and tonic. The Spanish love gin and tonic even more than I do. As a person raised where juniper trees…
My spouse loves fire. She lights our dinner table with candles (Back in the days when we had a house and a dinner table. And…
You may not know it, but March 19 is Father’s Day in Portugal. We did not know it either, until we entered a patron-free one-woman…
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