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Karam
One of the pleasures of summer in Italy is the chance to indulge in the grilled vegetable plate, usually a few slices of perfectly cooked zucchini, eggplant and tomato, warm, sweet and savory with that great olive oil and a … Continue reading
Travel happy
So, Sunday rolls along and I pick through the papers to pull out the travel section first. Back in the day, I’d scour the front page section and then arts, and travel would be dessert. What is it about these … Continue reading
Falling for Venice
My friend Celia Latz is tapping into her 32 years of living and working as an artist in Venice to pull together a special small-group tour of the city. I am helping out. We will have uncommon access to Venice’s … Continue reading
An Italian Kitchen in Portland
Some friends from Mantova,Italy visited last week. They’ve been traveling here almost once a year for 12 years. In that time, they’ve noticed quite a change in the quality of restaurants. Back in 1995, we had trouble finding places where … Continue reading
Verizon ‘Wireless case closed
So, it turned out the problem with my Treo was a data corruption problem that commonly occurs during a hot sync. Something about the process causes computer data to go berserk, and then the Treo freezes up. So the problem … Continue reading