The Music of Life: Writing in Italy The pop of a cork from a Prosecco bottle. Soft, murmuring Italian voices. Cucina. Mangiare. Si Grazie. Bene. Words, food, sharing, friendship in a bookshop café in Florence. My friend and I sit…
City Lights San Francisco Whenever I go to a city, I check out the independent bookstores and make a point of visiting the ones I find intriguing. City Lights Bookstore is such a destination store. I located it on Google Maps…
Bookstore Adventures: Scriptum Oxford When I stayed in Oxford at Exeter College, I stepped out into Turl St every morning and walked across the road to the Turl St Kitchen to get my soy latte. Some days when I’d been…
Last time I visited Whistler was five years ago and both times I browsed in Armchair Books. It’s in the village square and occupies a cute little corner shop a short walk away from the base of both Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Armchair books…
Road trips with my photographer husband involve a lot of driving long distances and waiting for the right light for photos. The trade off is that whenever we get to a new town or city, I get to look for…