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Category: Favorite places

WONDERFUL BANDOL…A family get-together on the magical Côte d’Azur

Big trips with the family are a rare event these days. COVID-19, business commitments, daughters and sons-in law schedules, and grandchildren’s academic and athletic programs can totally mess up grand schemes and best of plans. In 2020, I saw a window of opportunity and immediately began…

DICK GENTRY:SEARCHING FOR ITALY

Many of you are enjoying “Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy” on CNN as he travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines. The show is wonderful… but a little dangerous for me. I find myself obsessively craving pizza, cacio…

HOW TO TURN THE HAPPINESS DIAL HIGHER…FOR REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS

I get it! You are mad as hell! Depending on your perspective you either feel President Trump’s conspiracy theories, lies, and dangerous actions are a major threat to democracy,…OR…you feel the election was rigged and people cheated for Biden. Our nation is as divided…

MY FAVORITE BEACHES… HAPPY MEMORIES IN THE SAND

I am just this close to having a truckload of sand dumped in the backyard,….a large mural of an ocean scene painted on a wall, and an outdoor speaker with sounds of waves playing. You think I am kidding? Well, these are strange times! This is a post…