One day, back in the early years of the eighteenth century, word reached the people of Guaratinguetá that  Dom Pedro Almeida, the new Gov...

My brother Michael is a painter.  He lives in Laguna Beach and, for years, maintained a house in Mexico, until it got too crazy down there. ...

Please welcome Zoë Ferraris whose new book, City of Veils ,I inhaled on a flight to Paris. The transatlantic hours disappeared, I was tota...

I got lost in London this week. It didn't bother me in the slightest. I wasn't late for anything, so there was no stress, just try...

I am delighted to see that this blog is now dealing with one of my favorite topics – food! And an interesting topic it is in the South Afr...

A few years ago there was a lot of criticism floating around regarding what appeared to be reluctance on the media’s part to interview women...

This month Paris claims its literary persona: la rentrée is also la rentrée littéraire and all French publishers release a spate of new book...