Reading and Roaming
VALPARAISO: FIRST IMPRESSIONS We flew overnight from Houston to Santiago where we were met and then driven the roughly hour and a half to Valparaiso. We passed through a fruit growing region and then a valley around Casa Blanco, site of several vineyards producing white wine. We will visit a couple of these wineries next …
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READING MEMOIRS As my regular readers know, I am fond of reading memoirs. I am also fascinated by the dynamics within a marriage and intrigued by the nuances and tensions within romantic relationships in general. Here are two new memoirs touching on these and other issues. The Victorian and the Romantic: A Memoir, a Love …
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REMEMBERING AND WAITING November is a month for reflection, remembrance and responsibility, the latter being our duty to exercise our precious right to vote. The most consequential election eve of my life was not 2016 (although that result was stunning and disappointing), but 45 years ago in 1973. November 5 It was November cold and …
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DINING OUT IN MANHATTAN We ran the gamut on our recent visit to Manhattan from lunches at diners to meals at moderate and splurge-worthy restaurants. We were initially dismayed to see that the Lenox Grill on Lexington had closed. While it wasn’t the best diner in the world, it was reliably good, convenient to where …
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