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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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: Hollywood, USA: My Hollywood Moment at the Mondrian Hotel
by Michelle McDermott Want to feel like you have arrived? Check into MONDRIAN. If this tall, elegant hotel situated on Sunset Boulevard was a supermodel, it would be Naomi Campbell! Why? Like Naomi, MONDRIAN has the world at its feet and it doesn’t give a damn, darling! Converted from a 1950’s apartment building and with…
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Culture: Iceland: Johnny Jet’s Iceland Journal
www.JohnnyJet.com —Teresa * * * * Johnny Jet’s Journal Greetings from—you may not believe this—Iceland! I was fortunate to be invited on Icelandair’s inaugural flight from the West Coast (San Francisco) to Reykjavik, and tour Iceland for a week. I admit it: At first I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go. I checked out…
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Inspiration: Hunan, China: Moving In, A Volunteer Teacher’s Story
by Avi Kramer When I arrived in Chaling on a steamy afternoon last August, I had expected rutted dirt roads sidelined by weathered telephone poles, a central meat and vegetable market, and embankments leading down to farm land and rolling hills. I was correct about the fields, acres of square plots, soggy rice paddies and…
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Wellness: California, USA: Island of Angels
by Cheri Eplin If the Heavens were responsible for sprinkling magical dust upon land, Angel Island would definitely be one of the recipients. Set in the middle of San Francisco Bay a stone’s throw from Alcatraz, Angel Island is a perfect place to travel solo- a treat for both mind and body. Yeah, right… now…
