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Armchair Traveler
Because of my broken ankle, I missed this year’s New York Times Travel Show and that opportunity to plan my summer trip, which will — ankle permitting — take us to Poland and Lithuania where people in...
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Armchair Traveler to Imagined Worlds
I’m still not weight-bearing on my broken and surgically repaired ankle — hoping my appointment in two weeks will lead to increased mobility — and as a result, I’ve been getting a lot of reading done....
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A Graphic Novel for the Armchair Traveler
Welcome back to my occasional “Armchair Traveler” series, books that take us to places we now can’t visit in real life. For me, the series began two months early due to the broken ankle that forced the...
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Portugal Reopens for Tourists
I’m still stuck in New York City, probably the last place in the world to reopen from Covid-19. Today, we begin our Phase 2, which includes restaurants with outdoor seating only, hair care, and retail...
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The Babies Escape New York
Derrick strolls the babies in the Hamptons. Photo by Lindsey Lachmann. My last two blog posts had nothing to do with babies, in large part because two weeks ago Jonah, Reed, and their parents did what...
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Opening Up for the Vaccinated
The one-year-old pandemic had an immediate impact on this blog, as 60 percent of my visitors until March 2020 came to research travel to Portugal — where to go, where to eat, and the country’s rich...
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BrickFair in Person!
My last convention was the 2019 ComicCon. Photo by Lori Steck. My inbox is filling with messages about events beginning to take place in person. Next month, I’m going to a VCFA reunion at Highlights,...
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Gdańsk: A Regional Tourist Destination Levels Up
Krákow main square at night. My visit to the Świat w Budowie Lego gallery in Krákow was part of a four-day visit to a well-known and loved travel destination in Poland. My writing partner and her...
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Not a War Zone
A nightly vigil of solidarity between Poland and Ukraine in Krákow. When I told my mother I was traveling to Poland in September, she worried that I once again had chosen to vacation in a war zone....
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Golden Visas No More?
One of my more popular blog posts is one titled “House Hunters International Goes to Porto,” featuring a couple from San Francisco who bought an apartment in a restored old building along the Douro...
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