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LISTEN! Iceland

So I was just going over my notes from our family trip to Iceland a few years ago as it seems like a lot of friends are heading there this year. Lucky you! And of course I detoured into some music, thinking I only had like two or three bands to recommend. Um, rabbit hole to say the least...

Madrid: An Elegant Getaway

“Madrid is full of literature, poetry and music on all four sides, so much so that she is a literary character herself.” Ernest Hemingway Gratitude for my excellent friend Dorian with whom I just spent a delightful 24 hours...

LISTEN! Spain

I love having a playlist that reflects my travel mood, which not infrequently features ambient tunes to get me through long long flights. Spotify classified my musical type as “Vampire”… um what, yikes? In the generalist spirit of learning a little bit about everything...

EAT! Paris

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” – Ernest Hemingway There are so many delicious things to try in Paris that I am putting myself on a...

READ! Barcelona

FICTION It is telling that almost all fiction based in Barcelona is of the noir/thriller/mystery genre.  The city is a layer cake of two thousand years of history, the stones of the old being ever folded into and under the new. Cultural overlays and vestiges of the past intermingle...

Art and Architecture in Barcelona

Many people visit Barcelona for just 2-3 days, and yes you can definitely hit a few of the top-level sights in this amount of time if you hustle!!   Any “must-see” guide will include touring some combination of buildings by the architect Gaudi including the famous Sagrada...