January 8th, 2017 | Places
New Year, New Attitude
Mommy, why is my panini taking so long? My youngest is 18, but when Julia gets hungry, an uncomfortable, alien feeling for her, she reverts to her grumpy four- year-old…
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September 30th, 2016 | People
Carmen Herrera – 101 and going strong
For most of her life Carmen Herrera’s pictures of vividly coloured geometric shapes went unobserved. The Cuban-American artist didn’t sell her first painting until she was 89. Now at 101…
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September 10th, 2016 | Places
Ola Barcelona & Mallorca
Well, the first night was a bit of a bomb. Months before this trip to Barcelona and Mallorca with my boyfriend Stretch and his youngest son Will I had suggested…
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September 5th, 2016 | Places
Not Enough Greens in the Big Apple? Hop to Brooklyn’s Botanic Garden
You don’t have to be a brainy botanist to enjoy the 52 acres of serene, verdant gardens that comprise Brooklyn’s delightful botanic garden. For a morning I forgot I was…
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July 26th, 2016 | Places
Two Quirky Shops on the Upper East Side – Creel & Gow, Hayward House
If you’re wandering through Manhattan’s tony Upper East Side on the lookout for something eye-catching, unusual and very much one-of-a-kind then amble over to East 70th street between Park and…
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