Review: Event Review Scotland: The Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival features eight concurrent festivals, including the International Festival and the Fringe, showcasing diverse art.
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Oaxaca – get out of the cocina!
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!. Last week 500+ women took to the streets of Oaxaca, Mexico, banging pots and pans as they marched across town to sieze the state run TV station. They held the emplpoyees captive for about 6 hours while they ran a homemade video of an…
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Inspiration: Fear in the Air: The Human Condition
by Holly Burns I’ve always been fearless on flights. My earliest memory is of sitting curled in an airplane seat thousands of feet above Paris, watching and waiting for the ground to get closer as the plane descended. I’ve flown through Thai thunderstorms with even the flight attendants screaming and clutching one another through every…
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Culture: Los Angeles, USA: Happy Hours of the Incredibly Hip
by Kristine Ambrose Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, California is quickly becoming the hippest place to eat and shop. Ten minutes from the airport, you can find yourself experiencing the best of food and drink for a very happy hour or hours. The place to begin is Primitivo Wine Bistro from 5:30pm – 7:00pm, Sunday…
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Style: Flight 001: Perfect Travel Accessories Make the Perfect Trip
by Sarah Naimark Packing is an art. Being fully outfitted for the wrong kind of trip can be just about as fun as a wool turtleneck on the summer beach. It used to be that a travel toothbrush and your contact solution were all you thought you needed, but welcome to the world of traveling…
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Culture: Santa Fe, USA: An Insider’s Guide
by Madeleine Zinn In considering my first article for Tango Diva, I contemplated writing about my time spent abroad or perhaps in New York, but finally settled on a subject much closer to my heart—my home. I hail from New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment: home to aliens, nuclear test sites, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Growing…
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Cockroaches with wet nail polish
It took lots of courage to open the 8-pound FedEx package that was looming in my entryway. It was my edited manuscript and I knew that I had to start working on it ASAP. It is due back to Penguin in 15 days. But, the package was heavy and so were my thoughts about all…
