There are few things that I anticipate more than getting The New Yorker each week and, when it was the “Food and Drink” Issue (September 6, 2021), I found myself reading, tasting and luxuriating all at once. This is “An Archival Issue” that cleverly reprinted exceptional articles from years past within its usual categories. “The […]
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The Italian Market
When I was an overachiever academic, living in Narberth, a suburb of Philadelphia, making strides for tenure or promotion and raising two teenage daughters, I would sometimes feel overwhelmed. It was as if there was no time for anything else but work. Peter’s solution to turn my frown upside down, was quick in coming: “Let’s […]
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Dear Readers / Queridos Lectores, It has come to my attention that some of you have not been receiving my blogs. I’m so sorry! It turns out that there was a glitch in the system. Thanks to Atlantis, my wonderful web-master, I think it has been fixed. There should be a list on the right, […]
City Vibes
I’m back in Philadelphia now and it’s been quite an adjustment. I like it, don’t take me wrong, but the urban experience is not what it used to be. Compared to the freedom of the outdoor life of the Jersey Shore, masks are de rigueur. I notice that due to the extreme heat, still prevalent, […]
Like a Swallow
Peter, my late husband, used to say that I was like a swan. I looked cool and collected on the surface, but underneath I was pedaling fast as hell. Maybe that was true; it resonated with me, since growing up I used to think that I was sort of an ugly duckling. But now I […]
A Summer Wedding
I attended a lovely wedding last weekend. Marty, one of my past travel companions, married Charlie, someone she met on a trip, and now they have embarked on a wonderful journey together. I connected with Marty through her brother Luis, a classmate of mine from graduate school at Temple University. Marty and I bonded when […]