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... Now you can see them on display in a museum at Stern headquarters. When I visited, he had to dig this uncut gem, as big as a holiday turkey, out of a safe. Photo: Russell Johnson I did ask him, “Can ...Created on 10 May 2013 -
Category: (Essays)
... on your next trip. And that’s exactly what our good friend Katherine did when recently she went to Paris over the New Years holiday. A cyclist, photographer and wine aficionado, she went to Meetup.com ...Created on 21 March 2013 -
Category: (Apps, Gear and Tech)
... For those who can’t travel to be with their loved ones during the holidays or want to keep an eye on things back home, you just might want to set an extra place at the dinner table for Kubi. Your ...Created on 12 December 2012 -
Category: (Europe)
... My introduction to bubbly of any kind was a solid zero called Cold Duck, served at family holiday dinners after an opening shot of Mogen David which, along with Milton Berle, were my only childhood exposures ...Created on 13 March 2012 -
Category: (Wine Country)
... called Cold Duck, served at family holiday dinners after an opening shot of Mogen David which, along with Milton Berle, were my only childhood exposures to Yiddish culture. Cold Duck was originally called ...Created on 13 March 2012 -
Category: (Video)
The Connected Traveler takes you on a perilous trek through the jungle that is the Consumer Electronics Show to see what is new for travelers.Created on 23 January 2012 -
Category: (Apps, Gear and Tech)
So, what's new in tech aside from snake-up-your-nose 3D TV sets. What digital bling turned the heads of the 150 thousand gearheads who descended upon Las Vegas last week for the Consumer Electronics ...Created on 17 January 2012 -
Category: (Essays)
... certain demographic labeled "debaucherist," for whom travel is a moveable frat party. This year, for North Americans, it is...sound the kazoo: Deprivation Holidays, the notion that torturing oneself can ...Created on 03 December 2010 -
Category: (Video)
... decades) including a 216 carat diamond, took a stroll through the old Portuguese quarter under the glow of holiday Chinese lanterns and ended the night with a bang at the Macau International Fireworks ...Created on 05 October 2010 -
Category: (Video)
Talk about a holiday escape. A few years ago I flew from the real Bethlehem, in the Middle East, to Brazil's Bethlehem, a town called Belem at the mouth of the Amazon where after some Christmas shopping ...Created on 23 December 2006 -
Category: (Holiday)
Heidelberg Castle ©Russell Johnson Holidays_in_Heidelberg I’m sure, if you are over 18 you have spent some holiday season away from home. A few years ago I flew to Frankfurt, Germany the day before ...Created on 13 December 2006 -
Category: (US/Canada)
... Holiday decorations go up, fireplaces blaze with bonhomie. It is a myth, by the way, that Eskimos have 200 words for snow. They are mostly derivations and conjugations of about four. And while the Inuit ...Created on 18 August 2006 -
Category: (Europe)
What could be more appropriate to hear on the Paris Metro than French horns? They add a holiday feeling to a chilly Paris on a Thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving, of course, is completely ...Created on 03 August 2006 -
Category: (Holiday)
City of Lights: A Paris Minute What could be more appropriate to hear on the Paris Metro than French horns? They add a holiday feeling to a chilly Paris on a Thanksgiving weekend. Thanksgiving, ...Created on 03 August 2006 -
Category: (Video)
... a stein of frothy brewsky. A bit of advice: Never go to Oktoberfest on a Saturday night which also happens to be a German national holiday. Several years ago I was here on a weekday night and hopped ...Created on 03 August 2006 -
Category: (Holiday)
Story & Photography, Russell Johnson New_York_Christmas The celebrities in Rockefeller Plaza are quite a distance away. They are next to the giant Christmas tree on the plaza, waiting for ...Created on 03 August 2006 -
Category: (Asia)
... man speaks politely with an educated English accent. "Are you here on holiday?" he asks. ...Created on 03 August 2006 -
Category: (Asia)
... Going there gave one bragging rights as an adventurer. So what if you stayed at the Holiday Inn, chicken feet were on the menu. Today, Sarawak is still "terribly jungly" and exotic and inscrutable enough ...Created on 01 August 2006 -
Category: (Holiday)
Holidays_in_Fiji Where do you go to find a spirited Christmas celebration? Give me Fiji any day. As the temperature teases the freezing tick on the thermometer and our cat Moritz stalks the house, ...Created on 01 August 2006