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So where is Sesto Fiorentino? Savoring Villa Villoresi, two train stops outside Firenze The name sounds so romantic. Sesto Fiorentino, one of the final train stops prior to arriving at the amazing...
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What could be better than traveling in your own Wisecracker Luggage? Only sleeping in the hotel room once you get there… Never in a thousand years would I be one of those people in airports fumbling...
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There is something reassuring about arriving at an unfamiliar hotel in an exotic city, in a strange country, in the middle of the night and being greeted by Godot. This Godot is a mature yellow...
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Ten years or so ago, on our first trip to Buenos Aires, we were greeted at Ezeiza International Airport by Sr. Pedro Baliña and his hired driver. Strangely enough, neither myself, my partner nor Pedro...
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Recently we re-watched a V. V. (very, very) entertaining DVD starring one of the Grand Dames of Broadway, Elaine Stritch at Liberty. The one-woman show celebrates Stritch’s 50 years on the stage with...
View ArticlePostcard from Portugal
Our latest wanderings took us to the city of Lisbon in Portugal, and to the surrounding countryside.
View ArticleYOTEL Heathrow
We find ourselves impressed by elegant and functional environments carved out of the tiniest spaces...
View ArticleSandy Sheets
Our refuge for the next five days was a simple, thatched roof bungalow literally steps from the “gin clear” waters of the Caribbean.
View ArticleElizabeth Taylor Up in the Air
For nearly all of her adult life Elizabeth Taylor traveled in style and always with piles and piles of luggage. A movie I recently watched was a great peek into the world of VIP travelers in the 50's...
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