“There’s just something about crispy fried chicken – when I’m busy munchin’ and crunchin’ on a piece of it, every single thing in my world is perfect.” Theresa St.John Hatties™ Restaurant It was one of the very first restaurants friends…
“Write about what should not be forgotten.” Isabel Allende I adore cemeteries, just ask anyone who knows me. They’ll shake their head, roll their eyes, and laugh a little. But then, if you’re willing to listen, they’ll tell you all…
The annual Victorian Street Walk comes to life here, in the upstate town of Saratoga Springs, New York. Now celebrating its 30th year, it’s been a tradition for me these past sixteen. No matter how many times I take part…
Edith Cleaves Barry We would have been friends, I just know it. Edith Cleaves Barry, founder of The Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine, was born in 1884. Although she never married, she managed to travel to every continent –…
I’m one, in nearly two million visitors, who has traveled through The National WWII Museum, located in New Orleans. I can only imagine the emotional impact this museum’s had on each of us, since opening its doors to the public, June…
From Humble Beginnings as a Warehouse, to Chic Boutique Hotel Location, location, I love the location. I’m staying overnight at the Old 77 Hotel and Chandlery. Although it’s located a few blocks from Bourbon Street and that crazy-good vibrancy of the…
76,000 names. 11,000 of them children. On this wall. My eyes scan the length of remembrance, at the Memorial de la Shoah, in Paris, France. I cannot move. I can hardly breathe. History is crushing me. I’ve spent the last…
A Regal Home That Echoes a Distant Past If you were family, you knew it as ‘ The Pastures.’ Completed in 1763, when Elizabeth Schuyler was merely six years old, long before she’d even met and eventually married Alexander Hamilton,…
I’ve been known to spend hours wandering through old, historic cemeteries. No matter where I travel, I find myself searching for the oldest, most decrepit stones. So, after reading a little bit about Pere Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France, it…