Tag: reinvention

My Shanghai Pad

Ok, I must admit. Today took everything I had in me to follow through with a big fat statement I’d made. When in a new city, I like to live

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In the French Concession

I arrived in Shanghai in one piece and quite rested. Having an entire row to myself on the plane allowed me to get plenty of sleep. My first impression of

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Where Next?

Oh, me. What have I done? It was a typical Monday morning. I woke up about 6, crawled out of bed and walked directly to the kitchen to get my

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Ah, History!

I’ve always hated history. Ever since the 7th grade at Sidney Phillips, when my social studies teacher made us memorize an exhaustive list of wars and Louises with Roman numerals,

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Istanbul, June 2016

Not good. Four days in this intriguing city is way short of what it’ll take to really see it. We had just gotten settled in our apartment. With the front

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Bocas del Toro, Panama

Am just back in Panamá City after two days on Isla Colón, the largest of the nine islands in the Bocas del Toro archipelago. These islands are located on the extreme

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Thanks, Mom

When my father announced to my mother that he’d received orders for El Salvador, her first question was, “Where in the world is THAT?” Just picture this: It’s 1958 and

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