I first heard about the Azores a few years ago when I noticed a trip advertised for what seemed to me to be a ridiculously low price of $499 to visit the island of Terceira. For less than $500 the trip included a four star hotel for a week, breakfast, transfers and airfare from Boston. It’s rare to find a price that low to visit New Orleans or Atlanta, let...
I was nervous when I first spied it heading towards the table: it’s giant red spiny claws pointing upward, a dollop of spinach trapped between its cleaved halves. Delmonico’s restaurant created the Lobster Newberg almost a century before I was born and I’d been so anxious to try it, I forgot to ask the price. This famous restaurant is the oldest...
I finally just woke up to reality.Virtual reality. Before you start judging me, I’d like to point out that I still haven’t seen the new Star Wars movie and I don’t have a UNIX computer. I haven’t played a video game since Nintendo 64. What I’ve discovered is that all you probably think you know about virtual reality has been...
I shielded my eyes from the pelting wind and tried to conjure up the album cover in my mind. How many naked babies were in the photo anyway? Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy was released waaaaaay before Photoshop was invented so it was quite probable they were using real live hippie babies back then. It was the 70s and photographing unclothed babies...
I’ve been a Dali stalker lately. Ever since I came across a few strange exhibits of the infamous Salvador, I’ve been a fan. Not of his boring early stuff, mind you, but more of the “what was this guy on?”art. He was the Lady Gaga of his time. the guy making meat suits before it was cool ; The man who almost asphyxiated himself...
You might remember a long, long time ago in the olden days (15 years ago) when people took pictures with their cameras, rushed to the nearest one-hour photo and waited patiently to see exactly what surprises lay in store on their camera rolls.No one had ever heard of IPhones, apps, memes, or selfies. If the lighting was bad or the subject on your...
Florence or Firenze, as its known by the locals, is an amazing city full of art, great food and architecture. It is often credited with being the birthplace of the Renaissance, and for good reason- Donatello, Michaelangelo , Da Vinci, Galileo and Caravaggio all worked and created art here. It was this city where the world changed from the Medieval flat paintings of...
I love trains. You can idly look out the window, catch up on your reading, and meet some locals that have no other choice than to hang out with you. If you’ve never been on a train in Europe, you’re missing out on an exciting way of getting around. Train travel isn’t ALWAYS the best option though. One of the downsides to this mode of travel is...
“I don’t want to go by myself!” I’ve heard this phrase hundreds of times from friends who want to travel, have the means to do so, but just can’t seem to get on a plane and get started. The most common obstacles that prevent many from achieving the destinations on their bucket lists is fear of not having enough money,concerns about...
I won’t tell you how she died. Technically she wasn’t REALLY murdered, but the purple slippers and the missing banana made everyone noticeably suspicious. I was sitting at a table at Sleuths Mystery Dinner and we had been given ample time to digest the facts (as well as our prime rib). The show was one of the best murder mystery dinners I’ve...