A wave of coincidences swept over me today. What started it all was an email exchange with fellow blogger Heather in Bristol and a beautiful poem she posted on Heather...
Posted by | March 17, 2008
I just returned from a weekend in northeastern Portugal, the stunningly beautiful area of the Douro River Valley. One of the world’s oldest demarcated wine regions (since 1756), with snaking...
Posted by | March 13, 2008
Fellow blogger Liz at Write to Travel, a great source of information and inspiration, has a fun weekly series called Interview with a Travel Writer. Her past guests have included...
Posted by | March 12, 2008
An avid fan of urban renewal, I'm always on the lookout for industrial spaces being refurbished for a creative purpose. Just such a space is currently underway in Lisbon: LX...
Posted by | March 10, 2008
This is a shout-out to my dear friend, next-door neighbor and an amazingly talented designer, Aleksandar Protich. This past Saturday, the models at Casino Estoril - the site of this...
Posted by | March 7, 2008
These days, I take small steps. After my fall down the stairs and the breaking of a bone in my spine, I've only ventured out of the apartment on a...
Posted by | March 4, 2008
I am endlessly fascinated with different ways to drink coffee around the world. Among my favorite travel experiences is getting to know coffee variations in my host country. In Portugal,...
Posted by | March 2, 2008
I've had the quintessential Portuguese vinho verde (green wine) almost every day since I arrived to Lisbon, in some shape or form. Either it's a glass slowly savored with dinner...
Posted by | February 29, 2008
Now that I've been here for almost a month, I thought I'd share my top 10 Lisbon experiences, a mix of tourist favorites that I consider worth the hullabaloo and...
Posted by | February 28, 2008
I just got this mailing from a dear poet-activist friend back in New York who is one of the organizers. So I thought I'd spread the word, for all those...
