Monthly Archives: March 2013

Sicily: Mt. Aetna and Perfect Arancini

Mt. Aetna on a nice day A few years ago visiting Sicily, we took a bus from Taormina south to Mt. Aetna. We left wearing tee shirts and shorts;  en route, we layered on sweatshirts, sweaters and long pants, forewarned … Continue reading

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Not Wearing the Green But Baking the Bread

The day before the big green day, I went to the exhibition W W II in NYC at the brilliantly- renovated New York Historical Society.  Thanks to a friend’s generosity, I was part of a Barnard College Club group so … Continue reading

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Brit Bonanza

Having reached the end of Season Three of Downton Abbey, I’ve been mesmerized by Parade’s End, another series about Brits in the dying days of the Edwardian period.  As the NY Times said, PE tells of a bad marriage set … Continue reading

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