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August 23, 2010 02:48 PM EDT --
"An Imam has been leading Muslim worship at a 9/11 site for 8 years!"
After the 9/11 attack, the Pentagon repaired the damage the plane caused, according to Justin Fishel in his post on Foxnews.com . . .
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August 18, 2010 03:45 PM EDT --
Good, Better, Best – we’re hung up on rating things in our lives. From restaurants, to past lovers, and even dance partners, we’re obsessed with how they rank. . . .
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August 17, 2010 12:53 PM EDT --
Remember my article about the Spanish International Gastronomy Congress I attended in Galicia last February? (If not, here: Richard Frisbie :: My Day With Ferran Adria (El Bulli) )
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August 08, 2010 01:28 PM EDT --
The clock radio comes on at 4:45AM. After the initial WHA! the day identifies itself. The discordant noise, a melting of musical notes which slowly congeals into what can only be the jazz show that . . .
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August 07, 2010 02:14 PM EDT --
When I gave up working in construction in New York City (reinforcing concrete) I moved back to my hometown and began to mow lawns for a living. Gradually I added help, equipment and scope until . . .
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August 06, 2010 03:25 PM EDT --
Sometimes a recipe just jumps off the page at me. It’s as if it were one of those Mad Men era Virginia Slims commercials: “Taste Me, Taste Me.” That’s what happened . . .
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July 14, 2010 05:23 PM EDT --
Every day as many as one thousand religious pilgrims travel ancient paths from all over Europe to see the tomb of St. James in Spain’s Northwest province of Galicia. They seek salvation . . .
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July 10, 2010 04:50 PM EDT --
Food & Lodging in Auvergne, France Part I
Day III cont . . .
I remarked that the lunch at the Museum restaurant was more remarkable for the “hint of meals to . . .
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July 10, 2010 01:45 PM EDT --
I submitted an article and a photo to contests being run on Travel Maharishi, a new travel website that invited me to enter.
My article on the economics of tourism in the Galapagos . . .
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July 08, 2010 03:32 PM EDT --
We're having a record heat wave in the Northeast, with cooling centers open, health advisory warnings posted, and a scorching drought to compound the issue. There is nothing like a hot day, (or a hot . . .
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July 03, 2010 04:30 PM EDT --
Saugerties Farmers Market and my hometown. Last year Travel & Leisure Magazine voted it one of the coolest towns in the US!
Our Farmers Market is in the elementary . . .
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July 03, 2010 02:51 PM EDT --
On a recent trip to Auvergne I followed in the footsteps of Coco Chanel, recreating her early life in the region. When writing about it I neglected to mention the great food and wonderful . . .
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June 24, 2010 04:40 PM EDT --
OR - Lies the oil lobby told us - a rant
Why aren't gas prices higher at the pump?
For years we've been prepared for a price hike in gas prices for the Summer driving season by . . .
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June 21, 2010 02:06 PM EDT --
June 21st - Summer Solstice news for all you Spain lovers in New England. In July, Iberia Airlines will operate direct flights from Boston to Madrid every day. By adding the flights from Boston, . . .
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June 16, 2010 04:35 PM EDT --
In the square in Moulins, France, is an unusual clock tower: the celebrated belfry of Jacquemart. It has four animated figures to swing a hammer and ring the bell. The children ring on the . . .
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June 12, 2010 05:25 PM EDT --
Traditional food elevated at Estragon restaurant in Quito, Ecuador.
On my recent trip to Ecuador there was some confusion about what I was doing there. Several times I, actually . . .
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June 09, 2010 02:59 PM EDT --
The finery of the French stage costumes in the largest costume museum in the world, Centre National du Costume de Scene, in Moulins, France, is on display in their new exhibit - DIVAS!
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June 03, 2010 04:12 PM EDT --
Where can you find the current art scene in Manhattan? For the newest collection of artists, artisans and craftspeople you’ll have to look off-island – to Governors Island, that . . .
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May 27, 2010 02:42 PM EDT --
An article in Time Magazine about the ecological plight of the Galapagos Islands reminded me of my recent trip to Ecuador, and their widespread dependence on the tourism dollars visitors . . .
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May 24, 2010 04:37 PM EDT --
It was a simple enough sounding question: What do you know about Gabrielle Chanel? But since my editor never asks me simple questions, I was on my guard. Honestly, I didn’t know the woman, . . .
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