After an three-hour train ride on the sleek Eurostar Italia, we arrived at our second destination: Florence. (You can read about our first stop, Venice, here.) Long considered the heart and home of the Renaissance, it is where many of the world’s … Read the rest→
Dear Benedict, I’m mixing things up this week and once again sharing my letter to you with my lovely, intelligent readers. No, it’s not because I don’t want to share what you wrote to me this week, though you do … Read the rest→
I love summer. I love everything about this fine season. I was born in the summer so we bonded from the get-go. It is the peanut to my butter, the flip to my flop, the Sherlock to my Watson (you … Read the rest→
Over the last ten years, the majority of my travels have included taking one or both of my children with me wherever I went. While I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to see places near and far … Read the rest→
Dear Tami, You have obviously taken to heart my suggestion of taking your game to the next level. A whole week has passed and I’ve neither seen you nor suspected you were tricking me in one of your clever disguises. … Read the rest→
Being in Europe for two weeks, I felt like a small corner of the world had been laid at my feet. Cities I had only dreamed of or read about were a short distance from my friend’s home in southwest … Read the rest→
Dear Tami, Many thanks for the praise and compliments on Frankenstein. You were absolutely right – I was going to ask you if getting the chance to see it made the long wait for the next season of Sherlock more … Read the rest→
Inspiration comes in many forms from many sources. Source: hrrrthrrr.com via Heather on Pinterest What inspires you? This question was posed to me by the talented Liv Rancourt who graciously tagged me in the “Be Inspired” meme. In turn, I … Read the rest→
Like Paris (which you can read about in this previous post), I’ll admit I had a lot of preconceived notions about Berlin before travelling there though they weren’t of the idyllic, romantic variety. Most of what I knew about Berlin … Read the rest→
Dear Benedict, As you know, I’ve been asked by several of my lovely readers to write a review of the cinematic showings of the National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. I’m hesitant to do so because frankly I’m a bit biased when … Read the rest→
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