AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part nine / home again with thoughts of Normandy Beaches and suckling pig
By Larry Levine – Home again, and mostly back to normal. Played golf, cooked dinners, watched the Dodgers, went to the horse races and thought about the trip. Two thoughts dominate: 1. The visit to the Normandy beaches on the anniversary of D-Day was life-altering.... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part seven / it took 18 years, but we’re back
By Larry Levine – It was 18 years ago – 1999 – near the end of a magical five-week drive through England, Scotland and Wales. We had visited many of the sites of the Arthurian legend, stayed at manor houses and castles, dined with some of the finest chefs in England... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part Five – Au revoir, France, with just one Trump mention
By Larry Levine – Behind us, the coastline of France. With us, the memories of a wonderful and adventuresome week. Ahead, not yet in view, the White Cliffs of Dover, England. As the ferry sets off across the English Channel, we take with us the feeling of warmth and... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME
By Larry Levine – PART ONE – DEPARTURE I should be brimming with excitement and anticipation as I wait to board our flight to Paris. Instead, what I’m feeling about our three-week vacation in France and England is curiosity at how we will be received. We... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part three / you want to talk old?
By Larry Levine – Stick a shovel in the ground in England and you’re likely to find something at least 400 years old. The irrigation system built during the Roman occupation still is in place and operational. In Los Angeles we fight to preserve the original... Read More
AN AMERICAN ABROAD AT A STRANGE TIME – Part two – happy eating in Trump-free France
By Larry Levine – Twenty-four hours and not a single mention of Donald Trump. We are pleasantly encamped in the Hotel Relais Christine in Paris after an event-free Air France flight from Los Angeles and a harrowing drive into and through the city in Friday afternoon... Read More
A WEEK ON MAUI / the trials, travails and joys of a December vacation
By Larry Levine – It was the second week of December. We were on the island of Maui in Hawaii and it was raining. It had been raining at least part of every day. I hear it rains a lot on Maui, particularly up on the northwest corner, where we were staying at the... Read More
A CULINARY CORRIDOR / places to chow down along Interstate 5 between L.A. and Seattle
By Larry Levine – It’s one of the great risks of a road trip – the hunt for places to eat. Yet, it can turn into one of the great rewards. For starters, you are dead certain the food at most of the places you will see, even the ones that look like they might be... Read More
LET’S TALK SUSHI / 4,000 restaurants, so little time
By Larry Levine – Ask someone in California to recommend a sushi restaurant and the reaction is likely to be akin to asking for a barbecue recommendation in Texas. Virtually everyone has a favorite. For some people it’s serial favorites. I remember a time many years... Read More
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