Insights on Travel & Culture
alley cat: noun 1. a stray cat
2. an adventurous, insatiably curious person
3. verb [intransitive] to explore ~ They love to alley cat around Rome.
In May 2019, Omani author Jokha Alharthi won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for Literature in London for her novel Celestial Bodies. She became the first Arabic language writer to win the prize and the first Omani female writer to be translated into…Continue Reading
When you think of Florida, sun-kissed beaches and water sports come to mind. With over 50 miles of beaches and a broad range of aquatic activities, Ft. Myers and neighboring Sanibel and Captiva islands—situated on Florida’s southwest…Continue Reading
Who would have known that Ft. Myers, Florida now has, according to a recent story in Florida Weekly by journalist Roger Williams, the “single finest bookstore in and about the state of Florida?” In fact, this new literary resource…Continue Reading
Something Wonderful, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdam (Henry Holt & Company, 2018) has been praised in The N.Y. Times as “a reminder of the bold breadth of the business, in the Broadway sense, of the Rogers and Hammerstein…Continue Reading
Carousel, one of the greatest American musicals, will return to Broadway in March, 2018, with an all-star cast including opera diva, Renée Fleming. Choreography will be by Justin Peck, dancer and resident choreographer at the New York City Ballet.
Originally introduced on Broadway in 1945, the show…Continue Reading
The Netherlands’ world-famous Delftware originated in the 17th century. Artisans in Delft (and, to a lesser extent, elsewhere in the Netherlands) covered earthenware with a transparent glaze, then hand painted each piece with one of several motifs that included flowers,…Continue Reading
Seventy miles from historic St. David’s Cathedral, the town of Swansea—birthplace of Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)—looks out over the sea. It was along this coastline that Thomas, the country’s most famous poet, drew inspiration during his…Continue Reading
Oxford, Mississippi was home to William Faulkner, the state’s Nobel Prize-winning writer, who passed away in 1962. A visit to Oxford (also home to the University…Continue Reading