Sunset from the Rooftop, Essaouira, Morocco
We scope out our dinner options as we explore the city, or rather, I looked up at some point, saw umbrella-topped tables perched at the edge of a roof, and decided that was where I Read More …
The Doors of Essaouira, Morocco
“There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.” Omar Khayyam More Essaouira posts All Morocco posts
Lodging in Essaouira, Morocco
Visitors to Essaouira have two basic lodging choices: in the medina or on the beach? Lodging in Essaouira’s medina We stayed in the medina, which gave us an ideal base for exploring the city. We Read More …
Pastel Bikes in Phoenix, Arizona
Despite its general flatness, Phoenix and its surrounding cities in the Valley of the Sun aren’t exactly known as a biker’s paradise. Actually, the area is infamous for its sprawling development pattern, big highways, and Read More …
The Most Beautiful Route (Heading Toward Demnate, Morocco)
We are on our way to the Cascades d’Ouzoud. It has been a long day of travel that included spectacular sights: the Ait Benhaddou kasbah, the Glaoui kasbah at Telouet , and the Tizi n’Tichka Read More …
Daily snapshots: Travel in Central Arizona 2014
I had planned to make my usual quick winter trip to Arizona to visit my parents and as many friends as we could, but the cheapest air fare I could find required a 10-day stay. Read More …
Paper magic at the American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis
I’ll never look at one of those cut-paper snowflakes the same way after seeing Papercut! The Incredible Psaligraphy of Karen Bit Vejle at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The magic of paper in Read More …
The Birds of Essaouira, Morocco
The seagulls own the harbor in Essaouira. There is no escaping their aggression, except to surrender, to leave the water’s edge for the relative safety of the medina. I read somewhere that Alfred Hitchcock got Read More …
Into the Bat Cave (Imi-n-Ifri in Morocco)
It has been a long day of driving and sightseeing and now there is only an hour or two left before sunset. We are more than ready to check into our hotel and collapse over Read More …
“Made in Minnesota” at the Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
This sweet show at the University of Minnesota’s Katherine Nash Gallery almost came and went without our noticing. Almost. As it happens, late in the week I came across a short notice on the show Read More …