Sompong Seetha scattered a shovelful of hot coals atop the lid of a giant cooking pot to steam the rice. It was 5: A.M. Sompong a food vendor and the proprietor of a food stall in Bangkok had been up…
ASIAN FOOD VENDOR
Category: traveling
KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA
We arrived early morning at Klaipeda, a port in Lithuania. It was a brilliant day with a sky so blue it looked unreal. The soft early light reflected a dazzling display on the rippling water as a slight breeze drifted…
OLD TOWN GDANSK, POLAND
A SHORT VISIT TO OLD TOWN GDANSK, POLAND BY MARGARET MENDEL Arriving in Old Town Gdansk was an interesting experience. The city dates back a thousand years and is a collection of buildings and monuments designed in Gothic, Renaissance and…
Gdansk, Poland
GDANSK, POLAND BY MARGARET MENDEL It was time for us to leave Amsterdam. We would return in a couple weeks, but for now we were on a journey that would take us across the Baltic Sea and on to the…
AMSTERDAM
A LONG STROLL THROUGH THE STREETS OF AMSTERDAM, ENDING THE DAY WITH A COOL CUP OF ICE CREAM BY MARGARET MENDEL This would be our last day in Amsterdam before we head off on an trip along the Baltic Sea.…
VIEWS OF AMSTERDAM
CANALS, BIKES AND AN ABANDONED TOILET BY MARGARET MENDEL This summer we decided to travel the region of the Baltic Sea. We started our journey in Amsterdam. A perfect choice. The morning we arrived in Amsterdam the weather was perfect.…
A FERRY RIDE HOME
We spent a wonderful weekend on the Rockaway Peninsula a couple weeks ago. We dined, played, rested and visited with a dear old friend. But when Sunday afternoon rolled around, it was time to head back home, to Manhattan. Instead…
A WEEKEND IN ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK
The Atlantic Ocean is only an hour and a half subway ride from where I live. The weather during the last couple of weeks in NYC had been miserably hot and humid. A friend invited my husband and I out…
CHASING RAINBOWS AND DRINKING CHOCOLATE WINE
I’ve been a city dweller for quite a few years. First I lived in Portland, Oregon. Then in the 60’s I moved to San Francisco, where I lived for many years. But for most of my adult life, and what has…
ROCK HUNTING IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON
It was a dreary day. The weatherman said it would rain. But luckily it was only a steady drizzle when we set out on our rock hunting adventure. Snug in heavy rain gear and hiking boots we were ready for our rockhound excursion into the…