We, a far-flung group of travel writers under the leadership of the 4 cupcakes from Seattle–Pam Mandel, Debbie Dubrow, Beth Whitman and Michelle Duffy, have contributed to Heifer International, built a school in Cambodia, and built a village in India. Travel writers, like all travelers, tend to see both the beautiful sights of the world [...]
Destination: Croatia Book: Running Away To Home (our family’s journey to croatia in search of who we are, where we came from and what really matters) by Jennifer Wilson (NEW October 2011) Book: A Traveller’s History of Croatia (2010), by Benjamin Curtis Winston Churchill said, “The Balkans produce more history than can be consumed locally.” [...]
Please take a look at my post called “Shawshank Redemption–When Hollywood Comes to Town” at Reel Life With Jane. Lots of pictures from my recent press trip to Mansfield and some info on how the arrival of a Hollywood production crew affects life in a central-Ohio town. Then read below at A Traveler’s Library to [...]
Destination: Mansfield, Ohio Movie: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) When I hear the term “movie magic,” rather than think of the technology– shadows move around so that we think they are real–I think of the magic as an unknowable X factor that appears for the fortunate few movies. Casablanca had it. Recently The King’s Speech had it. [...]
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING–whether you’re in the U.S. celebrating with family and friends or in a country that does notstuff themselves with turkey once a year like we do, stop a moment and give thanks for the most precious things in your life. On Thanksgiving, I am thankful for many things. One of them is travel. Dora [...]
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Destination: London Book: Comfort and Joy (NEW October 2011) by India Knight Cheeky! The little book just elbowed its way up in front of a stack of other books waiting to be reviewed. I could not resist the cheerful red cover festooned with Christmas lights, so after reading a few more serious books, I picked [...]
A Taste for Travel Destination: Southern United States Cooking Books: Paula Deen’s Southern Cooking Bible and Paula Deen’s Kitchen Classics Post By Brette Sember One summer we rented a condo on Hilton Head for a week. It sounded perfect – wide beaches, warm water, and an island that caters to vacationers. Unfortunately there were jellyfish [...]
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Destination: United States Book: America’s Great Railroad Stations. (NEW Oct. 2011)Photos by Roger Straus III and text by Ed Breslin and Hugh Van Dusen. Toward the end of the year, we can count on some blockbuster books emerging to tempt us as we do holiday shopping. I already told you about one of my favorites, in [...]
