Harper Lee’s Hometown – Monroeville, Alabama
There’s a small patch of land in rural Monroeville, Alabama that seems like it should be hallowed ground among writers. It is the spot of land where Truman Capote grew […]
Category Archives: Destinations
Lost in the Details of Mardi Gras World
Originally posted on Browsing The Atlas:
Travellers to New Orleans generally spend most of their time in the French Quarter. But across the river is another iconic New Orleans gem:…
Pic #5 – The Long Island Medium Comes to Town
We had our code words ready. If Theresa Caputo said anything about the price of Tide or the word “tiger,” my husband and I would have known it was one […]
Pic #4 -Saddlebags of Water
Happy Earth Day! For today’s Five Photos, Five Stories picture, I’d like to remind everyone who has clean drinking water of just how lucky they are. While I was on […]
Pic #2 – A Small Town America Celebration
We’re often away on the 4th of July, but in 2006 we happened to be on vacation in the U.S. We had rented a cottage in Boothbay Harbor, Maine and […]
Pic #1 – Vick’s by the Pouch
I saw the Five Photos, Five Stories challenge on Chris Donner’s 61 Musings and loved the idea. Then, Chris challenged me to take part. The rules of Five Photos, Five […]
Papa’s Polydactyls
I absolutely loved visiting the Hemingway House in Key West, Florida. The old stone mansion was gorgeous, with floor-to-ceiling windows lining the walls of nearly every room. All of […]
Put a Little Prague in Your Mouth
I only ate two things in Prague. Repeatedly. I couldn’t help myself. I found these two things everywhere and they were delicious, so I ate them over and over. Trdlo […]
Czech Communism & the Nuclear Bunker
As a child growing up in the 70’s, I heard vague rumblings about “those Commie bastards.” I think most of them came from Archie Bunker on All in the Family, […]
Popular Prague
I’d thought to subtitle this post: where to find the crowds in Prague. Because even though I was there in mid-January, off-season for sure, and the weather was chillingly cold […]
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