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by Judy Bereza, guest blogger Thomas Wolfe wrote “You Can’t Go Home Again”, but what about America’s largest home, the legendary Biltmore Estate? I did pause as I was reading the visitor’s brochure describing this massive property as a “home”, but it was actually built as a permanent home for George Washington Vanderbilt. I am […]
Residents of and visitors to Western Michigan have a fantastic opportunity to see a massive exhibitiion of Dale Chihuly’s work at Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids. It opened in May and continues until the end of October. There’s also a huge Dale Chihuly exhibition in Venice, Italy this year. […]
by Ann Wojtysiak and Leonardo Tombelli, guest bloggers While the French concept of terroir traditionally describes how environmental factors impart distinctive character to a crop, a similar sense of place emerges during springtime in Italy. In Florence, the region’s unique identity expands beyond agriculture, weaving directly into the city’s rich urban, […]
When I saw that the Ngorongoro Crater was on the Safari trip being planned by our daughter-in-law, I was thrilled. I have often seen photos of the lake in the middle of the crater, filled with masses of flamingos and have always wanted to go there. Unfortunately we weren’t there at the time of […]
by Kate Dernocoeur, guest blogger The most captivating thing to anticipate about Morocco was that we’d be in the Sahara Desert. My sense of excitement exploded imagining seeing for real the iconic scenes of dunes, and camels, and their handlers out there. Finally: I would get there for myself. I intended to drink it all […]
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” is a popular, often-cited statement commonly identified as a Buddhist or Taoist proverb. It was true for me on a recent visit to Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico. I’ve visited the Ranch many times often with a profound impact on my life. This trip was […]
I love Zebras. I always have. I look at a major Zebra portrait in our home daily and I get soft and squishy when I see photos of these magical creatures. I am not sure why I have such a fascination with the Zebras, but maybe it has to do with the graphic stripes designed […]
The Purple Rose theater in Chelsea, Michigan is a delightful surprise. Nestled near the Pinterest -Worthy downtown, the small performing group is a wonderfully creative organization that I had never heard until recently. This is a bit of a shock to me, because I have lived in Michigan all my life—Spring Lake, Grand Rapids, Dearborn, […]
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest blogger The name “Casablanca” is familiar nowadays, but the place actually started out as the ancient city of Anfa. When the Portuguese arrived in 1468 and blew Anfa to ruins and later built a military fortress there in 1515, they called the village that grew up around it “Casa Branca” […]
by Kate Dernocouer, guest blogger Seventeen days is too little time to make a person expert about a place, but it’s more than enough to have made me fall in love with this northwestern corner of continental Africa. That lyrical name — Morocco! — piqued my curiosity for decades. The way the word rolls off […]
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