African American Museum
Last month, I visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall, a place I had wanted to see …
St. Augustine
St. Augustine is a charming city of about 13,000, just south of Jacksonville. It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the …
Morikami Gardens
Though I had visited Morikami Gardens in Delray Beach many times, I had never fully appreciated the concepts behind its design, until I …
Amis en France
On our last evening in Paris, Edith and Guy LePechon, dear friends for five decades, met us at our hotel and took …
Three Days in Paris
Paris was resplendent when we first saw it in June 1967 and again in 1986 and 1994. Those broad avenues lined with …
Lyon, Then & Now
An International Piano Workshop attracted me to Lyon, France in 1994 for twelve intense days of learning new ways to teach music. …
Viviers, Tournon, Vienne
Three historic river towns and a steam train ride through the mountains enriched our weekend. Perched on a hill overlooking the Rhône, Viviers …
Avignon, France
Our Viking boat moored near the famous, truncated bridge in Avignon for two days so that we could acquaint ourselves with the …
Les Baux-de-Provence
Our afternoon excursion on September 22 was a double-header–the charming, tiny town of Les Baux-de-Provence in the Alpilles Mountains and a huge abandoned …
Arles, France
Arles is a city or “commune” in southern France whose area is seven times larger than Paris, but whose population is only …