Have been in extreme practice mode: yoga, chanting, voice lessons repeat. This visit, thus far, is less about new terrain than refinement, attention to smaller and smaller details that add up: Breathing correctly, straightening out...
A Septa train comes through Suburban Station in Center City....
When I first thought about reviewing a movie that was Christmas-centered I almost groaned; Halloween is hardly a memory it's too soon to think of a holiday movie, right? Well, I was wrong. By the...
If you’re going to be in South Africa over the December holidays this year there are some great events scheduled that you should take note of. Choose from live music, sports events, champagne festivals and...
Angkor Wat, Near Siem Reap, Cambodia, is considered by many to be a wonder of the world. This temple was built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, first as a Hindu temple, which has since been...
Three of my favorite post-impressionist artists are currently filling several rooms at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco.
In from Musee d'Orsay in Paris, which I've been to at least a dozen times, I saw pieces...
Ten years ago, I took part in an event celebrating the 400th anniversary of Tokaido, in which I got deeply involved in mikoshi, portable shrine. In 1601, Ieyasu Tokugawa, the first shogun of the Edo...
You wouldn't expect anything less than a dream home from the founder of interiors magazine Dwell and her architect husband. Just as well then that Lara and Chris Deam's pad measures up to my high...
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