Summer’s lease does indeed have all too short a date, but I am going to enjoy this good weather and the sun, surf, and sand until it inevitably expires.
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Last Day of School – Still Wishing for That Endless Summer
It's like Christmas in June – with the biggest present in the world waiting to be unwrapped – freedom!
Read More »Airbnb Reaches 191 Countries: How Did It Take Off So Quickly?
Most millennials are interested in paying to use a product only when they need it rather than owning something that might benefit them in the long term. Uber and Airbnb are perfect matches for the sharing mindset.
Read More »The U.S. National Park Service Turns 100 This Year
The National Park Service oversees not just vast spaces and natural wonders, but historic sites like Alexander Hamilton's home in New York City.
Read More »‘Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas’ at the New York Botanical Garden
The conceptualization was that the gardens were echoes of their canvas counterparts; they were living paintings.
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Orchid Show Part 2: New York Botanic Garden’s Marc Hachadourian on Orchidelirium
'I see it as horticultural theater. The way exhibitions are, there is tremendous complexity. It’s like when the curtain goes up the set changes.'
Read More »An Orchid Evening to Remember at the New York Botanical Garden
While orchids' majesty is best experienced in the daytime, their exotic mystery is best sensed in the evening.
Read More »VINO 2016: The Amazing Tuscan Wines of Pietro Beconcini, and a Wine Mystery Solved
The questions persisted until finally Leonardo and others thought, "Enough!" After 13 years of calling the vine "X" they decided to commission a DNA analysis. With the help of distinguished Professor of Enology at the University of Milan, the erudite Attilio Scienza, the vine was identified as a Spanish interloper.
Read More »Slow Wine 2016: A Sampling of Wines from the Piedmont
If these wineries continue with their viticultural sustainability and mission to make quality wines, their upcoming vintages will reflect the quality that I tasted at Slow Wine 2016. Theirs are lovely wines.
Read More »Featuring Slow Wine 2016 Cantina Della Volta and Badia a Coltibuono Wines
These wines have taken off, and I am happy to be on the cusp of trends watching these fabulous Slow Wines "come into their own."
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