When I mentioned to my husband that I wanted to go to India, he said the same thing he had said to me last year about going to Cuba.  He said, "Go with your … [Read more...]

Well, more like sings along while in the last row on the floor at the huge Toyota Center in downtown Houston.  We were told time and again NO PHOTOS and … [Read more...]

I have never been a great fan of Jane Austen.  Gasp! But I love the movies made from her novels.  I got an email from Book of the Month (books@bookof … [Read more...]

The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts It seems that historical fiction is on a roll.  Many times biographies are too … [Read more...]

I was dusting my library the other day (does that sound pretentious?) and came across a slew of “little” books that either had been given to me as a gift or I … [Read more...]

I was trolling the internet late one night for possible concerts that my sister and I might like to attend.  I checked for the local arena and low and behold … [Read more...]

Ernest Hemingway is an icon in Cuba.  We went to just about every haunt he ever haunted in Cuba.  Our first stop was El Floridita Bar, birth place of the … [Read more...]

There are a couple of things you learn right from the get go when you visit Havana.  The first is...yes indeed, those old cars are there and in perfect running … [Read more...]