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The $1 Mystery Souvenir (opens the original)
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I collect moments and memories when I travel. But I also like to bring home tangible souvenirs, and I have two parameters. It has to be small enough to fit in my suitcase, a carry-on, and something I would not find at home.Things that always catch my eye: funky clothing by a local designer, curious rings, stickers from coffee shops, and crayons and pens from Ale Hop in Spain and London. Also butter in Paris; I still have a few pounds left!Back in July, I shared a moment of delight in buying smal
The Case of the Hollywood Hedge (opens the original)
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Zihuatanejo: The Movie-Inspired Trip That Made Us Travelers (opens the original)
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Has a film ever influenced your travel?We’d delayed our official honeymoon by two years while my husband was working on an HBO documentary. (Xtreme: Sports to Die For…excellent flick if you can find it!) We were young, just starting out, so we decided to travel someplace tropical and inexpensive: Zihuatanejo, Mexico.I can’t pretend we knew anything about the fishing village before the 1994 movie Shawshank Redemption</s
Watercolor and Me. (opens the original)
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Dear Watercolor,I’ve been calling you a finicky medium.“Watercolor is fussy!” I’d tell anyone who’d listen.“Watercolor is difficult! Frustrating! Unpredictable! ”To be fair, you can be all of those things and sometimes on really special days, all at once. But I recently had an epiphany.It’s not you. It’s me.The first time we connected, I didn’t know anything about you. I just picked you up in a travel set with a Moleskine
When Ann Arbor’s RoosRoast Coffee Gives You Lemons...and Ginger (opens the original)
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