by Julie Ferro Safari camps are clean, found in attractive areas, and, in some cases, the word luxuriant would not be an inappropriate description of them. Located in scenic areas not far from game reserves and national parks (for easy access to sightseeing and safaris), camps are often a reflection of their surroundings. Tents are…
These two Divas really worked it—they managed to go to the Olympics and get paid to do it! Diva-tastic accounts Athens 2004 Summer Olympics
by Stephanie Block ’Twas two weeks before Christmas, and wouldn’t you know?The Fillmore Street merchants were planning their show.Jazz musicians were diggin’ it, and tuning their pipes,While the boulevard’s trees got dressed with white lights. ’Twas two weeks before Christmas, and wouldn’t you know?The Fillmore Street merchants were planning their show.Jazz musicians were diggin’ it,…
by Stephanie Block Hanukkah, Hanukah, Chanukah… what are you? Are you more than just a Christmas consolation prize? The Jews must really be G-d’s Chosen People if they get eight whole days of presents, am I right? The origins of Hanukah date back to those warring days of yore, when the Middle East was a…
December is the party child of the Gregorian calendar. With Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and New Years Eve, we would think that the Son of God would have chosen a less busy month to be born. But, if we take a look back at history, we’ll find some interesting changes that took place after the…
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by Wendy H. King Like a medieval knight making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in search of the Holy Grail, I set off to Italy, the birthplace of opera, to visit composer Giacomo Puccini’s Villa at Torre del Lago, situated west of Lucca between Lago di Massaciuccoli and the Mediterranean. Within the Tuscan villa’s…