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Love on the Run
Solo travel is wonderful in so many ways. It forces me out of my comfort zone. And it gives me an opportunity to see, do or try new things. It’s as freeing as it is terrifying. The downside to solo travel is the occasional bout of loneliness tinged with a hint of melancholy, especially when…
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The Mysterious Woman and The Ivy
While browsing through the iStockphoto offerings, I happened upon a photo of a famous West End restaurant, one that brought back memories of a previous trip to London. The Ivy is a restaurant popular with the theatre-going crowd, audience and actors alike. The circumstances of my first visit were so perfect, it could have been…
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Travel – The Perks
It’s a good day when you can combine business travel with some personal activities. My travels in early May allowed me to catch up with a friend in Dusseldorf over drinks, to take in the Artemisia exhibit at the Musée Maillol in Paris and to visit friends in Joberg and Durban. Go ahead and say…
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I Thought You’d Be Taller…and Other Comments
During the course of my promotional year for my book, Any Color but Beige, (I’m nearly three quarters of the way through now), I’ve been invited to speak to a lot of book clubs. And of all of my promotional activities, apart from my book launch, this has been the most fun. Media interviews are…
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Returning to My Not So Secret Garden…
Lots of things arrive late: spring, the mail, airplanes, babies and, yes, even me on occasion. And so here we are well past daffodil season and lilacs are in bloom. Welcome to May and welcome back to the Café Girl Chronicles. I rejoin you refreshed, re-energized and with a renewed approach to my writing. I…
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