St. Lucia

Jun

Groovy Jamaica?

pen4hire on June 15th, 2011

Destination: Jamaica Movie: How Stella Got Her Groove Back I missed reading the book (1996), when it first came out and was a sensation of chick lit. And I never got around to seeing the movie version (1998). Recently I was invited on a press tour of Jamaica, and decided to Netflix (Netflick?) the DVD [...]

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Books, Caribbean, Destinations, Jamaica, Movies, Novel, St. Lucia 5 Comments »

Feb

Islands: Lost and Found

pen4hire on February 7th, 2011

Announcements: Check out my post on 5 Things to Do in Tucson at Got Saga.com AND, note to winners of our January contest–the books are in the mail. Destination: The Oceans Book: The Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will (NEW in English, 2010) by Judith Schalansky [...]

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Books, Destinations, Easter Island, Pacific Islands, Travel, whole world 27 Comments »

Feb

Love and Travel and Books

pen4hire on February 4th, 2009

Valentine’s Day is coming up. It is unavoidable. I might as well write about it in terms of books and travel. Here are my random choices of romantic things. Most romantic couple: Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning Most romantic city: Florence (And the Brownings just happened to live there! Most romantic line of poetry: [...]

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Books, Destinations 4 Comments »