Key West was great fun, with gorgeous weather and great food. My favorite attraction was the Hemingway House Museum. It’s a beautiful, historic house with two-story verandas, tall shutters and lush gardens. The guide was a bit jaded, but told all the amusing stories about the wives, the cats, the pool, etc. The photos on the [...]
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Key West Arts
Posted in Art, Patrick O'Brian, books, travel on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
London
Posted in books, travel on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was lucky enough to be in London, during which time I was reading North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell. Not many scenes are set in London, though for a time the heroine lives on Harley St (which is off Marleybone towards Regents Park, a part of the city I haven’t yet been. I was [...]
Dickens
Posted in books, travel on July 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Just got back from vacation. I read “The Old Curiousity Shop” by Dickens, but mistakenly bought an abridged version at a book sale. It was an engaging story with a bit of bathos toward the end, but with some excellent characters, especially Dick Swiveller, the Marchioness and Sally Brass. The evil dwarf Quilp was a [...]
