IS YOUR NAME OH TOO KIRA-KIRA?
I WAS NAMED FOR THE MOVIES’ DENNIS MORGAN, though I’ve thought of a makeover to a single “n” (as in St. Denis, hem hem, or Denis Jenkinson). This thought recently … Continue reading
JONATHAN MILES’ (AND MY) RIVIERA
LIESL SCHILLINGER QUOTES SOMERSET MAUGHM’s French Riviera as “A Sunny Place for Shady People” in her review of Jonathan Miles’ The Once Upon a Time World: The Dark and Sparkling … Continue reading
EVALUATING THE DE TOMASO PANTERA AND THE U.P. PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, R&T SHARED its evaluation of the 1973 De Tomaso Pantera, a Ford-engine exotic available at less than stratospheric price. Today, two women familiar to R&T readers, … Continue reading
A WELL-SUITED EDO SAMURAI
FROM TIME TO TIME, M.S. Rau, Fine Arts, Antiques, Jewels offers enticing advertisements in The New York Times. This time around, it’s “A Warrior’s Armor: Japanese Samurai Suit.” And quite … Continue reading
THE BEST ROAD TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING PERSONAL ONES PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, THE DISCOVERER and I identified exemplary road trips ranging from South Africa’s Garden Route to our own Pacific Coast Highway. Today we start on the other … Continue reading
THE BEST TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD—INCLUDING PERSONAL ONES PART 1
THE DISCOVERER BLOG’S “The Best Road Trips Around the World” reminds me of great personal tripping with R&T. Here in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow are tidbits about … Continue reading
WHAT DO ’POSSUMS HAVE IN COMMON WITH ’ROOS? WOMBATS AND KOALAS TOO.
INDEED, THE WEBSITE INTERESTING FACTS is aptly named: “A Newborn Kangaroo,” it says, “is MUCH Smaller Than You Realize.” Well, I must confess my realization skills in this regard have … Continue reading
MICHAEL PALIN AND MY ARMCHAIR SCHEDULE
I HAVE THE BEST PLAN based on Daughter Suz presenting me with Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 Days: I’m going to savor each of his 80 days of … Continue reading
THE JAPAN YEAR BOOK 1918
NATIONAL “YEAR BOOKS” AREN’T THE SORT OF THING that a tourist totes around. Instead, they’re compendia identifying a country’s territory, its government, its people, its commerce, its general goings-on for … Continue reading
SAMOAN DAYS—REPEATED, LOST
THE INTERESTING FACTS WEBSITE NOTED that “In 1892, Samoa had two July 4s in a row.” “The international date line,” Interesting Facts says, “established in 1884, lies smack dab in … Continue reading
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