March 15, 2019
La Table d’Orphee
Every New Year's Eve in Paris. It is the way I renew my calendar, reset my personal clock. I was looking forward this year to capturing my favorite dish for the reveillon…
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March 15, 2019
Grand Cayman Island
A few years ago we started what has quickly become a favorite family tradition: planning an annual beach vacation for the dead of winter. The town of Rincon on the far west coast…
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March 15, 2019
A Week in Brittany
I hadn't planned to travel after I got to Paris in July. I thought I would stay put. But then the thunderclap of the summer exodus began, August set in, and even Paris Plage, the…
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March 15, 2019
Beach a la Mode
Imagine yourself at Paris Beach. It's not a lap of a theme park or a hotel strip in Las Vegas. And it's not a website. It's a temporary, artificial beach in central Paris…
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March 15, 2019
Andalucia, Spain
I do not recommend driving in Seville. While my grandson had his meltdown on the train from Madrid to Seville, understandable for a jetlagged five year old after the overnight…
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March 15, 2019
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina is a popular tourist destination point because of generous discounts on airplane fares and a favorable exchange rate (it was 3.75 Argentine Pesos to US…
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March 15, 2019
Three Days in Paris
I love Paris and I would go there at the drop of a hat. So when I had to go to Europe recently on a business trip, I figured out a way to end it in Paris. My colleague Esty and I…
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March 15, 2019
Eating in Naples
I went to England once. I lost seven kilos in seven days, said my taxi driver, holding up seven fingers, taking his hands off the wheel as the car careered down the narrow…
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March 15, 2019
South Africa
Many websites and travel books caution foreigners of the dangers of driving in South Africa. While the number of car jackings (and other violent crimes) nationwide should not be…
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March 15, 2019
POSITANO & CAPRI
Positano, like Capri is more of a way of life than a tourist destination. Located in the Campania region, on southern Italy, Naples is its gatepost, the third largest city in…
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