Category Archives: travel

Planning a trip with help from Hemingway

Posted on September 11, 2014 by stillalife

Planning a trip is nearly as exciting as traveling. Your anticipation builds, and you become immersed in your destination. All in the comfort of your home, before you spend hours pancaked in an airplane seat or diverted to the wrong … Continue reading →

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HIking Diamond Head crater

Posted on February 20, 2014 by stillalife

Science has recently confirmed what I think of as the full disk theory of memory. (NY Times January 21, 2013.) As we age we add tons of new experiences, but we can’t break the connections to old ones and thus have more … Continue reading →

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Kamaka ukulele workshop

Posted on February 17, 2014 by stillalife

I had emailed for information before we left Seattle. “If you’re the only ones here at 10:30, you’ll have a private tour,” was the reply.  A friend here who’d already taken the tour cautioned us. “Not much to it,” he said. “It’s … Continue reading →

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Advice for wannabe Frenchwomen

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stillalife

Do you want to look more like a French woman? I just finished a book that gave me the finer points on “timeless beauty, style and substance,” so I could be more French. The author, an American who has lived … Continue reading →

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The search for the greatest hamburger

Posted on September 27, 2013 by stillalife

For the last several years my husband and I have been on a leisurely search for the perfect hamburger. I don’t hunt with the same intensity that I might approach a quest for the Fountain of Youth. I have to … Continue reading →

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Road trip to another world

Posted on June 19, 2013 by stillalife

We just returned from a road trip, the first we’ve taken in years.  I suppose three days qualifies for one of the shortest road trips on record, but some places don’t require a long stay, especially if the accommodations are…well…challenging. … Continue reading →

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Aloha Friday every day

Posted on April 11, 2013 by stillalife

Looking out the window as rain pelts our mossy lawn and weeds sprout in the garden, I see few reminders of our week in Hawaii.  I’ve eaten all the chocolate-covered,  pineapple-shaped, shortbread cookies, and given away most of the colorful … Continue reading →

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Paper cutting in China and Denmark

Posted on April 2, 2013 by stillalife

There’s nothing like having a group of three- and four-year-olds as teachers.  Six years ago, when my husband and I visited schools in China, we got to spend a couple of hours in a lab preschool connected to a university. … Continue reading →

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Ukulele, the spirit of Aloha

Posted on March 27, 2013 by stillalife

Nestled among the stars of Waikiki’s Kalakaua Avenue — Coach, Tiffany and Co., Gucci, Yves St. Laurent — and the hotels listed with four of these $$$$ beside their names, lies the humble Ukulele Puapua store. Ukuleles crafted from koa, walnut, spruce, mango  and … Continue reading →

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Underwater adventure

Posted on March 22, 2013 by stillalife

You can find Honolulu tourist activities that take place well above sea level — helicopter rides and parasailing  — ones that occur right at sea level — whale watching, sailing  and surfing — and several underwater. ( Surfers spend short … Continue reading →

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