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Sailing into the Sunset
We’d got the hang of the boating life by the time we joined the Western Union sunset sail at 6:30pm. Godiva had even swapped her sarong for cropped pants. On the dock and up and down Duval Street, everything was … Continue reading
Adventures with Lady Godiva
Lady Godiva (yes, she’s from the English Midlands) is making me walk miles every day. She started power walking last year and lost 50 pounds. She is now slimmer than a sixteen year old and every bit as spunky. She … Continue reading
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Tagged California, laguna beach, luxury, Montage Hotel, travel, vacation
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Business Development for Doris Brazil
Dear Blabs, My goodness, what a fulfilling life you do lead and how you seem to mix with the glitterati. My friends, by comparison, do not sparkle in the slightest and the worst of it is that I fit in … Continue reading
Posted in Crone as Pen Pal, Culture with the Crone, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Appleton Marsh, beauty treatment, cacti, crystal, dettol, flip flops, itchy ankle, lip-printing, marketing campaign, Mother's Day, new age, pedicure, quartz, Renault Picasso, Scottsdale Arizona, spa, squint, sunshine, vacation
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A little part of Spain–in the Arizona desert
The Crone has been in two minds about the hotel in Phoenix Arizona where she is to spend the next week–the Intercontinental Montelucia. On many levels, it is quite spectacularly naff, a giant folly built under Camelback Mountain in the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture with the Crone, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Alhambra, Arizona, Blarney Crone, Bougainvillea, Cordoba, desert, Granada, Intercontinental Montelucia, Kasbah, Martini, Mezquita, most americans don't have passports, Phoenix, Pomegranate, relaxation, spa treatments, Spain, travel, vacation
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A little night music
One of the best things about this part of Puerto Rico is the night orchestra. When the wind blows through the palm trees, it sounds like heavy rain. The tree frogs have a lot to say for themselves and, although … Continue reading
Posted in The Traveling Crone
Tagged A little night music, heavy rain, nature, palm trees, puerto rico, roosters, sounds, tree frogs, vacation
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Rules to live by
The Crone’s holiday companion, the excellent Thomas Head has a number of rules to live by which seem sound enough to share here. These include: Never buy art on vacation Disallow an open mike at both funerals and weddings and … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century, art, Blarney Crone, brandy, drinks, funerals, life, Mike cavanagh, rules, Thomas Head, vacation, weddings
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It’s not all lobster …
In the interests of full disclosure, the Crone feels obliged to point out that in addition to the prodigious amounts of lobster she has eaten since arriving on Cape Cod, she has also on several occasions given into the lure … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking with the Crone, diet, food, The Traveling Crone
Tagged Bacchanalia, Blarney Crone, bluefish, Cape Cod, food, granola, lobster, mussels, oysters, potatoes, quahogs, seafood, shellfish, tomatoes, vacation
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A shellfish diet
The Crone’s weight management counselor ( luckless woman) advised her to keep a food diary while she vacationed on Cape Cod. The idea is to keep track of intake, so you are shamed into saying no to excess. So far … Continue reading
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Tagged benedict, Blarney Crone, breakfast, Cape Cod, diet, drawn butter, food, hollandiase sauce, lobster, Portuguese, quesadilla, shellfish, sushi, vacation
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