“Move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk on someone else’s shores or at least eat their food. Open your mind, get off the couch. Move.” Anthony Bourdain When I asked Justine Crawford if I could interview her and her husband Mark […]
AMSTERDAM The most dangerous risk of all —- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. Amsterdam was not on my bucket list. Not that I had an aversion to going to Amsterdam, but it just wasn’t on my […]
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.“ Jack Kerouac I have never been to a zoo. Hard to believe, but true. On our trip to Mexico City, we tried to fit it in but time did not permit. […]
“I just want to go on more adventures, be around good energy, connect with people, learn new things. Grow” Anonymous After I had published the post on the Florence Cooking Classes, I received an email from Chef Urbano Brini. He kindly gave me 30 recipes from which to choose a couple from. I hope you enjoy […]
Florence Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. Maya Angelou Cooking class There is certainly no shortage of things to see and do in Florence. High up […]
THE STORY OF THE CANADIAN MOSAIC PROJECT “The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been and the memories we’ve made along the way.” Anonymous We rarely notice what is around us. Most days we head downtown, do our shopping and other errands and go home. However, one day […]
HILL TOWNS OF TUSCANY “In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.” Anonymous You could spend days touring the hill towns of Tuscany. Each one is different. You can either sign up for tours or rent a car and explore on your own. Both options have benefits. We decided […]
“The more I traveled, the more I realized fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” Have you ever wondered about someone’s story? Or is it just me and my never-ending curiosity? I finally decided that I was going to feed my curiosity and started to interview the people that rented space in […]
“Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity.” Author unknown COFFEE, MEXICAN STYLE In my hometown, there is an eclectic excellent coffee shop called Cowpuccino. So when some friends in Mexico asked if we had heard of Cowpuccino, I, of course, answered yes, it is in my hometown. They laughed and said no, the one here […]
Ola Brisa Gardens, Santiago, Mexico It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how little I know of it, how many places I still have to go, how much more there is to […]