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Sunday, Sunday
I fly from Vermont to New York City in sleepy, pre-dawn country fog. Moo. Upon landing, I am wide-awake, delighted and ravenous. We start the day at Zucker’s with bagels and smoked fish. A few capers. We see an impromptu … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Music, New York City, Opera, Theater, Travel
Tagged Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Montreal: Off the Beaten Track
How do you write about travel when you’re not traveling? We’re sequestered. Our wings are clipped. It’s a fallow period. But here are memories of some favorite places while we wait to continue our travels (we hope) later in 2021. … Continue reading
Montreal Jazz 2020: Special Edition!
The 2020 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is mounting a special digital edition that kicks off at 6 p.m. ET this Saturday, June 27th and runs through Tuesday, June 30 – don’t miss it! Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Festivals, Jazz Festival, Montreal, Music, Quebec, Travel
Tagged Montreal Jazz Festival
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Eating Montreal
Montreal’s burgeoning food scene rivals any “best of” city, even my tasty little hometown of Portland, Maine. Glowing fruit and vegetables in mysterious heirloom varieties, divine buffalo mozzarella, robust cider vinegar, flinty wines, and oh, the duck! Pillowy gnocchi and … Continue reading
Take A Bow
It’s a long and winding road to Montreal. Hours of rural Maine, New Hampshire and a tiny slice of Vermont zip by before we cross into the rolling hills of Canada. We pause at leafy Café Ailleurs for our annual bonjour … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, East Coast Travel, Festivals, Food and Wine, Holiday Travel, International, Jazz Festival, Maine, Montreal, Music, Off-the-beaten-track, Quebec
Tagged Buddy Guy, Erik Truffaz, George Benson, Madeleine Peyroux, Melody Gardot, Montreal Jazz Festival, Norah Jones, Richard Galliano, Roberto Fonseca, Ron Carter, Steve Gadd
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Goodnight You Moonlight Ladies
James Taylor, dreamy 1970s pop/folk icon, returned to Tanglewood last night with his all-star band (including my jazz-crush, Steve Gadd) for a wondrous July 4 of song and sentiment. Taylor is a fixture here in the Berkshires, and this performance … Continue reading
Posted in East Coast Travel, Holiday Travel, Music, New England Travel
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Fab at 40: Montréal Jazz Fest
Spectacular summer birthday celebration June 27 – July 6, 2019 As the 40th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM) approaches, our festive neighbors to the north are getting ready to party — and what an … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, East Coast Travel, Festivals, Food and Wine, Jazz Festival, Music, Quebec
Tagged Canadian Travel, Jazz, Montreal Jazz Festival, Summer music festival, World Music
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Pacific Northwest: Bainbridge Island & Port Townsend
We ferry across Puget Sound to Bainbridge Island, home of Lone Pine Farm & Studio and a long-awaited and highly touted Pino’s pizza from Via Rosa — both worth the wait. Art on the Farm Our island adventure begins at … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Blues Festival, Farm-to-Table, Festivals, Food and Wine, Music, Travel, West Coast
Tagged Bainbridge Island, Dale Chihuly, Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo, epicurean travel, Farm-to-table, food and wine, hospitality, Lone Pine Farm and Studio, Meghann Riepenhoff, Port Townsend, Seattle, Washington State
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Saveur & Savoir: Montreal 2017
The first week of July brings us to the Montreal Jazz Festival. We do not mind missing the promiscuous display of red white and blue at home, and are ecstatic to be going rogue.In the upscale province of Justin Trudeau, … Continue reading
Posted in East Coast Travel, Festivals, Food and Wine, International, Jazz Festival, Magic, Maine, Montreal, Music, Quebec, Travel
Tagged Atwater Market, Griffintown, Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli, Josh Redman, King Crimson, Leonard Cohen
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Santa Fe: Riders of the Purple Sage
Theater Boy is summons me to Santa Fe where it’s dusty and weathered, hot and beautiful.When I arrive, my eyes are scorched — in a great way. I discover that purple sage is very real. Maybe there are real cowboys, … Continue reading
Posted in Art and Culture, Music, Off-the-beaten-track
Tagged Santa Fe, Santa Fe Opera, Southwest travel
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