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January 7, 2016
Paying It Forward on the Cinque Terre
The cliffside hike from Monterosso al Mare, the most northern seaside village of Italy’s renowned Cinque Terre, to neighboring Vernazza is extraordinarily scenic, but it’s also arduous—the two colorful, ancient towns are connected by an endless series of steep stairways that overlook the rugged coast. “I can’t endure another step,” I breathlessly told my thirty year old daughter after a few minutes of strenuous climbing. She suggested I turn around an...
January 5, 2016
The Best Place to Stay in San Francisco
One look out my window, and there was no mistaking where I was. The early morning sun was playing hide and seek with the clouds and buildings. I lay there watching the light show thinking, I MUST GET UP. The sun was shining and I was in San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world - but I did not want to get out of my bed. You may be thinking I had a wee bit too much wine the night before, or perhaps there was another, more seductive...
January 4, 2016
The Land of the Arctic Light
Here are a few sunset and aurora pics. It's a nice painting we livein, here in the northern part of Norway.
Here are some of Benny's articles - and photos -fromNorway:
Beautiful Winter Auroras from Hognfjorden, Vesterålen, Norway
How to Photograph Northern Lights
Norway's Dancing Auroras and Coronas
Through the Eyes of an Educator: National Parks
I’ve lived near the water my entire life. Summer days were spent running toes through the sand and jumping through endless waves. At university, I met a girl from Kansas and asked her what she did during the summer - many of our answers were different. I don’t think I appreciated the beauty of landlocked regions until much later in life. In my opinion, the sun rose and set on oceans and beaches - everything else was moot. Travel changed that. Inter...
January 3, 2016
Florida Culture to Welcome in 2016 by Josh Garrick
Florida Culture to Welcome in 2016 by Josh Garrick
NOW to Jan 23 -- EXTENDED – History-Making Art Exhibit at Henao Center Gallery
Two years ago I had the unprecedented honor of making history as the ‘first non-Greek Artist in the World’ to exhibit in the National Archaeological Museum of Greece – one of the ‘Top Ten’ Museums in the world. That exhibit has returned from a two-year-tour of Europe to open the beautiful new Henao Contemporary Center in...
December 29, 2015
New Walk in Dublin Traces the Politics and History of Modern Ireland
A new walking seminar explores the historical and political forces behind the 1916 Easter Rising, and its enduring legacy in Dublin.
Context Travel, organizer of critically acclaimed walking tours, reflects upon the 1916 Easter Rising this year with the launch of 1916: The Easter Rising and Making of Ireland. This new seminar chronicles this crucial turning point in politics, identity, and independence, as well as the aftermath which is still eviden...
Artist of the Month: Gerard Brender à Brandis
Nestled just off Stratford’s main square is an artist’s cottage. It is a muted yellow with deep chocolate accents; a white portico with columns entices you in off the street. Enter through the small English cottage garden, past a sign that shows that, indeed, this is an artist’s cottage.
It is the home and studio of Canadian artist Gerard Brender à Brandis, a wood engraver, painter, poet, and one of the most interesting people I’ve eve...
Water Charity Isn’t Working: How You Can Help
Water Charity Isn’t Working: How You Can Help -A perspective from a “Water Charity”
It’s pretty sexy these days to rally around the clean water for all movement. There has been a lot of money invested in marketing and “awareness.”
The increase in awareness for clean water where it’s so desperately needed seems like progress toward ending this crisis. But unless the companies involved in making this change know what change is...
December 27, 2015
Florida Culture to Welcome a New Year 2016 by Josh Garrick
Florida Culture to Welcome a New Year by Josh Garrick
Dec 30 at 11 am – The Citrus Parade – Orlando
The Florida Citrus Parade is one of the largest parades in the nation, an annual event that occurs each year between the Russell Athletic Bowl and the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl games. Broadcast in over 75% of the TV markets in the U.S., the Parade’s signature floats are made entirely of citrus fruit. The parade also features high school marching...
Global Recipes and 9 Easy Steps to Weekly Meal Planning
“Mom, what’s for dinner?” It’s a question my kids used to ask all the time. I found myself fumbling through my thoughts on a daily basis, too, about 3 p.m. wondering what should we eat tonight? The result, not always, but sometimes, was either picking up Chinese food, throwing together a quick meal that no one (myself included) was really looking forward to eating, or getting so overwhelmed with everything else going on that we had cereal for dinner.
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