[caption id="attachment_27084" align="alignright" width="225"] The sacred mountain, Kailash[/caption] More than 30 years ago, I saw the Dalai Lama on German TV, laughing and joking as he likes to do. And I was appalled. I wondered self-righteously how the exiled leader of a country in utter despair...
"Signature Theatre’s revival of August Wilson’s Piano Lesson brings a timely reminder of how consoling, how restorative, how emotionally sustaining great theatre can be," Charles Isherwood, The New York Times [caption id="attachment_26471" align="alignright" width="300"] Scene, August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson[/caption] Stephen King would have taken the story...
[caption id="attachment_26439" align="alignright" width="150"] Kandinsky[/caption] On a two-day whirlwind trip to the Big Apple, we hung with a group of artists who lived at the same time and were similar in the fact they marched to their own drum. Or drums. Since their chosen paths were...
[caption id="attachment_25932" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bill Zeffiro and Carole J. Bufford[/caption] Wednesday, 12/12/12, would have been Frank Sinatra's 97th birthday. Though he died in 1998, the night proved once again that Frank's musical legacy is as fresh as tomorrow. Sinatra, as interpreted by a host of mostly young...
On Monday, November 26, I went to church, where I had a vision of the ocean and the sea. It was "Off the Coast of Me." And beyond good: the Roman god Neptune had invaded the sanctuary and was smiling. Yin meets yang in this show...
[caption id="attachment_24656" align="alignleft" width="300"] Torino and the Alps, Sunset[/caption] We returned. Most vagabonds never get there. And that's a miss. Turin (or Torino in Italian) is a very interesting town in the northern Piedmont region, Italy's first capital (in 1861) and home to Italy's royal family,...
There's something new in Megéve everyday. Today, it was a cow contest. Farmers came from all over, bringing their best cows, hoping to to win the bragging rights of having the most beautiful cow in the countryside. Like a dog show, the cows were tethered in...
Inspired by last week paragliding fest, this week, I, too, took to the sky. I flew with Allen. He was strapped in a seat behind me, and he controlled all the sail movements, take off, landing, and all the technicalities. I only had to run on...
[caption id="attachment_24238" align="alignleft" width="300"] Restaurant Akota, Sare[/caption] Where to stay? Check. Our post about La Deviniere in Saint-Jean-de-Luz covers that, though we failed to mention a woman named Beatrice, who runs the hotel for Bernard Carrere. Should you call for a reservation, be advised Beatrice speaks only...
Editor's Note: John Steel's post is not current. Clint and I are long gone from Menerbes, where we stayed for about three days. (The house limit.) John wrote the post the day after our arrival, many many bottles of wine and banquets ago. Turns out...
