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.
You’re in Charleston at your favorite rooftop bar, sipping a mojito and basking in the warmth of an early fall sunset. Life is good, but, strangely, you feel…Continue Reading
Are you a movie enthusiastic who enjoys seeing movies and learning their backstories? If so, A Life in Movies, Stories from 50 Years in Hollywood (Abrams Press, 2019) by acclaimed producer and director, Irwin Winkler, will fascinate you. The book was just released in May and is available…Continue Reading
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Must human greed forever prevent us from preserving civilization’s most precious artistic and natural treasures? We’re witnessing an administration in Washington that blatantly places corporate profits above all else. And our environment, including the country’s…Continue Reading
On a recent road trip from North Carolina to Florida, we stopped in Augusta, Georgia, to get acquainted with this up-and-coming Southern city. There we were delighted to discover one of Augusta’s top attractions: the Morris Museum, the oldest museum in the United States dedicated to the art…Continue Reading
The Biden Administration has not yet rolled back the regressive policies of the Trump Administration which sought to punish Cuba for political reasons— an unfortunate reversion to outdated…Continue Reading
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
The Sultanate of Oman wraps the southeastern “toe” of the Arabian Peninsula, extending from the Strait of Hormuz in the north to the Arabian Sea in the south, then to Yemen in the…Continue Reading