Month: January 2019
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A Mother-Daughter Tuscan road trip
Once upon a time on a trip to Italy four women – two sets of mother/daughter pairs broke off from a larger group, rented a car in Florence and drove out to the Tuscan countryside. Our destination for a couple of nights was the Hilton Borgo Alle Vigne resort in Selvatelle, Tuscany. After settling into our […]
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Digitalization: Colorizing Holocaust victims makes them less abstract. “My Goal Since the Beginning Was to Individualize the Victims”
“By colorizing their photographs, they become less abstract. They are no longer just representing something old, a historical event that happened so many years ago.” For the Faces of Auschwitz project, photo colorist Marina Amaral transforms photos of Holocaust victims. via My Goal Since the Beginning Was to Individualize the Victims — Discover
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Florence: How to spend time if you’ve already seen the Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has many amazing artworks. However, if you’ve been there before there are alternatives. Unfortunately, Florence charges for church admissions so a Church Walk may be impractical but there are still many other ways to while away a day in Florence. Search for the ultimate Florentine lasagne My search was over at a […]
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An Evening with Juan Gils
There’s nothing better on a cold, winter evening in Minnesota than to sit down with some good friends, some good food and some good wine! I had that opportunity this week at an event hosted by Wine Republic in Excelsior that featured the wines of Juan Gil Winery of Spain. I must confess my knowledge […]
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Sled Dog Sundays at Birch’s on the Lake
I love winter. I love to head out after a good breakfast and snowshoe in the woods or go cross-country skiing. Unfortunately, this year Minnesota has had a fair bit of cold but very little snow. What’s a winter-loving gal to do? When winter has gone to the dogs then it’s time to well, go […]
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