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Conservatory Gardens & El Paso Restaurant: a dairy free foray-cation
Conservatory Gardens Within the green haven that is Central Park, the Conservatory Gardens are a manicured marvel. I was thrilled to be able to take Therese there as part of our foray-cation last...
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Gourmet Sorbet & Pipernilli: Dairy Free Delights redeem Black Friday
Gourmet Sorbet and Pipernilli Sorbet from Gourmet Sorbet and cookies from Pipernilli closed out our Black Friday this year with a bang. We had already done a good job of enjoying ourselves and...
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Reading Terminal Market, Dream Garden: January 2nd in Philadelphia
Reading Terminal Market After a wonderful New Year’s Day in Philadelphia attending the Stout Festival at Monk’s Cafe and watching the Mummers Parade followed by dinner at Alma de Cuba, Therese and I...
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310 Park South & Morse Museum: With Friends in Winter Park, FL
310 Park South Our second day in Orlando found us traveling to Winter Park, a small city just north of Orlando, to meet friends for a day of good eating and culture. We started out the day enjoying...
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La Rose des Vents Snack, Musee des Beaux Arts: Perfect Rouen
La Rose des Vents Snack Idiosyncratic might be a good way to describe La Rose des Vents Snack, but “genius” is an even better word. This antique store turned homey restaurant in Rouen was the...
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Palais Garnier, L’Opera Restaurant, Musee Carnavalet: Paris Getaway Day
Palais Garnier We were into only the third day of our France trip, and it was already time to say good-bye to Paris! After all, Reims, Rouen and Mont Saint-Michel beckoned. But we wouldn’t leave...
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Gros-Horloge and Vieux Marche: May Day in Rouen, Part One
Gros-Horloge Our third and final day in Rouen was May 1st, or May Day, as the international worker’s holiday is known in Europe and elsewhere. The unfortunate aspect of our spring vacation timing,...
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Therese, Eileen (her mom) and I are in the midst of what is proving to be an incredible visit to Prague. I wish I had the time to tell you all about it right now! But the truth is that my time has...
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Prague Public Transportation, Part Two: Trams and Taxis
Prague Public Transportation In my previous post, I told you about Prague’s Metro trains, and buying tickets for Prague’s public transportation system. In this post, I will talk about Prague’s trams....
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Prague Gastronomy Museum: Eating Down Through The Ages
Prague Gastronomy Museum You might say that I had placed the Prague Gastronomy Museum at the top of the second string of Prague attractions. After we had seen a lot of the things that make Prague...
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Municipal House Prague and Mlejnice Restaurant
Municipal House Prague Municipal House Prague lies directly adjacent to the Powder Tower, on the western edge of Prague’s Republic Square (Náměstí Republiky). When we arrived in Prague, I knew very...
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Prague Castle: Beyond St. Vitus Cathedral
Prague Castle Our day at Prague Castle got off to a splendid start with an exploration of St. Vitus Cathedral. Once we had seen that incredible edifice, there were still many other sights to see, and...
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Czech Museum of Music
Czech Museum of Music The Czech Museum of Music was the highlight of a day Therese, Eileen and I spent exploring Prague’s Lesser Town (or Malá Strana). We began the day by taking Tram 5 to the...
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Slav Epic of Mucha
Slav Epic of Mucha Visiting the Slav Epic of Mucha was the pinnacle of my experience in Prague (not to say there weren’t other pinnacles – I’ve blogged about a few others – but this was the top of the...
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Prague Decorative Arts Museum
Prague Decorative Arts Museum Given the choice between fine arts and decorative arts, I will often choose the former. A Monet or a Bosch will please me any day of the week. However, having now visited...
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Prague Jewish Quarter
Prague Jewish Quarter When we visited the Prague Jewish Quarter, we toured the many historic buildings which make up the Jewish Museum. There were several synagogues and an old meeting house, and a...
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Saheliyon Ki Bari and Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal
Saheliyon Ki Bari and Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal After visiting the beyond amazing City Palace Museum in Udaipur, our first day in that wonderful city continued with visits to the Saheliyon Ki Bari...
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July Fourth Weekend in Charleston Continues
July Fourth Weekend in Charleston Continues Our long weekend in Charleston over the Fourth of July had begun with dinner on a Tuesday and a full Wednesday. It continued with more restaurants and...
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Charleston July Fourth Weekend Concludes
Charleston July Fourth Weekend Concludes Our Charleston July Fourth weekend concludes with, well, the weekend itself – i.e., Saturday, which happened to be July Fourth, and Sunday (and Monday, our...
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New Delhi National Museum and Lodi Gardens
New Delhi National Museum and Lodi Gardens Therese and I began our last day in India with visiting the New Delhi National Museum and Lodi Gardens, led by our guide Vijay. When making plans for our trip...
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