Umbria 2014: Food, Wine and Words — Andiamo!
It’s Finally Here! Umbria: Food, Wine and Words Eat, drink and find your voice in the green heart of Italy May 23 – May 31 or May 30 – June 7, 2014 Join acclaimed travel writer and blogger Linda Dini Jenkins (that’s me!) for a week-long adventure under the glorious skies of one of Italy’s most beautiful regions. This small…
A SPOOKY GUEST POST: Vancouver’s Haunted Gastown
Ed. note: This is the way you get to be a guest blogger on this site! Write to me in good English with a relevant topic, prove that you’re experienced, and deliver what you say you will. I’m excited to share this bit of Halloween madness from a city other than Salem . . . I had no idea about…
A Dalmatian Guest Post — and the World’s Most Interesting Man
Ed. note: I’ve known Diane for almost 20 years. When she and her husband, Kevin, announced they were going to Croatia for their summer vacation (with the kid) this year, they got a lot of baffled looks… “Why did you pick Croatia?” some people asked. “What’s so special about Croatia?” others wanted to know. Before I go any further, a…
Seen in Salem
Which witch shall I be . . .? Here we go again . . .! We’re just getting started! Last week’s parade kicked off the month-long Haunted Happenings celebration in Salem, MA. Here are a few shots of the scene on Essex Street on this beautiful Sunday. Stop by for a spell, if you can . . . Buon viaggio!…
From Sin City, UT to Unspeakable Danger
Beneath Yellowstone Park a monstrous plume of hot rock is causing the earth to heave and tremble. Past volcanoes have erupted with a thousand times the power of Mount St. Helens. The future is anybody’s guess. — When Yellowstone Explodes, National Geographic, August 2009 It’s two days before we leave for an adventure trip to Jackson Hole and then on…
Settlin’ In
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. — T. S. Eliot We’ve been away. But as the mornings are getting chillier and the afternoons shorter, Tim and I are starting to settle in to our new (old) life here in…
Salem for People Who Eat
People who love to eat are always the best people. — Julia Child The City of Salem, Massachusetts has an abundance of treasures: The House of the Seven Gables, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Athenaeum, Phillips House, Ropes Garden, the Maritime National Historic Site, and (dare I say?) the Pickering House. Well, now you can add to this list: Karen Scalia…
Return of the Jenkii
Yoda: No more training do you require. Already know you, that which you need. Tim and Linda: Then we are the Jenkii? Yoda: No. Not yet. One thing remains. I-95. You must confront I-95. Then, only then, Jenkii will you be. And confront it you will. We painted in the rain. We mulched in the rain. We removed windows…
A “View from the Veneto” Guest Post: The City of Palladio
Every great architect is — necessarily — a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age. — Frank Lloyd Wright Ed. note: Vicenza is one of my favorite Italian cities, and Tom Weber knows it inside and out. He’s a triple-threat journalist — broadcast, photo and print — and resides in Vicenza,…
Umbria: Save the Date!!!
Umbria: Food, Wine & Words Eat, drink and find your voice in the “green heart of Italy” May 30 – June 7, 2014 Your villa for the week Join acclaimed travel writer and blogger Linda Dini Jenkins for a week-long adventure under the glorious skies of one of Italy’s most beautiful regions. This adventure is limited to eight participants…
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