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A Passion for Art, Learning and Culture
It all began after finishing graduate school when my Tom and Joyce moved to Chicago for our first jobs. Tom, in particular, found myself at endless lunch-hour lectures at the incredible Art…
- A Passion for Food and Wine
A Passion for Food and Wine
We love food. We love wine. But while we certainly enjoy the aromas, tastes and textures of both, we get even more enjoyment from the experiences surrounding food and wine. …
- A Passion for the Bay Area
A Passion for the San Francisco Bay Area
Tom and Joyce love exploring, finding interesting restaurants, touring wine regions, hiking and going to theater, museums and lectures wherever we travel. The San Francisco Bay Area is particularly blessed with…
- A Passion for Travel
A Passion for Travel
Tom and Joyce seem to have been born to travel. Although neither of us experienced much of it as children, we started from the moment we finished graduate school. We…
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By Tom on March 14, 2012 Buenos Aires is a city of neighborhoods, each with its distinct character. The central part of the city, including the plaza around which it was founded and the cities main commercial streets, blend some of the city’s historical past, with tits bustling present.
Plaza de Mayo
This lovely square, which is the city’s historic center [Read more ...]
Category: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Cities, Featured-City, Sightseeing By Tom on March 13, 2012 Why Buenos Aires is our Favorite World-Class Latin American City
Although we have not yet visited all of Latin America’s largest cities, we have been to many–Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Rio, Lima, Quito and Santiago. Although we were awed by Mexico City’s history and by Rio’s magnificent scenery, social life (especially the over-the-top week of [Read more ...]
Category: Buenos Aries, Featured-City, Rio, Sightseeing By Tom on March 13, 2012 Palermo is a large area consisting of multiple sub-neighborhoods. There is the old residential section, Palermo Vieja, to the east, the hip Palermo Soho (named for its edgy resemblance to the New York neighborhood) to the west, and, a bit further north, the emerging Palermo Hollywood area (for its television and film industries). And this [Read more ...]
Category: Argentina, Art, Best Trips, Buenos Aries, Cities, Featured-City, Sightseeing
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By Tom on May 15, 2012 Some of our greatest fun, and certainly biggest surprises of our recent New York City visit, came courtesy of Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater. After a phenomenal evening last year at one of the Apollo’s famous Amateur Nights, we signed up for a disgracefully inexpensive ticket ($10) for a show that was simply labeled "Wycliffe Gordon’s [Read more ...]
Category: Art, Cities, Featured-Trips, New York City, Sightseeing, Theater By Tom on May 15, 2012 After spending an evening of Sleep No More at the mysterious McKittrick Hotel, we are not quite sure what we experienced. It is part haunted mystery house, part theater, part performance art, part cabaret and a whole lot of fun. Sleep No More is a self-guided tour, in which masked and totally silent guests explore [Read more ...]
Category: Cities, Featured-Trips, New York City, Theater By Tom on March 14, 2012 After four days of using Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival block parties to warm up for the big celebrations, it was time for two of the main events:
One of the two nights of Sambadromo parades from which the annual winner would be chosen; and The audacious, traditional finale to the Carnival season, the Gay Costume [Read more ...]
Category: Adventures, Best Trips, Brazil, Carnival, Cities, Featured-Trips, Rio, Sightseeing
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