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14 May, 202513 May, 2025

Discretion Over Valor, Philadelphia Museum of Art Edition

America Art
Monoprint - Harry Bertoia

In the popular zeitgeist the “Rocky Statue” is right at the top of the list of attractions in Philadelphia. Who doesn’t want to get their picture taken with a statue…

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Posted in America, Art
John
5 May, 20253 May, 2025

One Man’s Living Room…

America Family

… is another man’s impressionist-stuffed museum. The man in question is Albert Barnes, a native Philadelphian who made a fortune with a drug you’ve never heard of (unless your baby…

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Posted in America, Family
John
23 April, 20253 May, 2025

Philly When It Sprinkles

United States

So as not to completely bury the lede, Lisa’s father passed away a couple of weeks ago. As a result, we’ve been back in the United States – Philadelphia to…

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Posted in United States
John
7 April, 20257 April, 2025

From the Archives: Racquetball Report #4: TERRY TRIED TO KILL ME!

Family

[We’re a bit busy and out of sorts this week, so we’re pulling out quite an old post from 2007; it’s an old favorite and Lisa’s father, the “Terry” in…

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Posted in Family
John
31 March, 202530 March, 2025

Family Storybook: Bay What Now?

Portuguese Language

This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…

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Posted in Portuguese Language
John
24 March, 202523 March, 2025

Irving Penn: Centennial

Art

Although his images defined fashion for decades, Irving Penn began his artistic life dreaming of being a painter. He graduated from the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art in 1938…

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Posted in Art
Lisa Mc Sherry
17 March, 202523 March, 2025

A Coruña 2

Spain

Our trip to A Coruña could be counted as 3 days, but the first day included the drive up along with everything you read about in last week’s post. The…

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Posted in Spain
Lisa and John
10 March, 202517 March, 2025

A Coruña

Spain

Finally! We committed ourselves to staying put while we’re taking our Portuguese language class, so the only jaunts we’ve taken have been squeezed in during holidays or else came up…

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Posted in Spain
Lisa and John
4 March, 20253 March, 2025

The (Somewhat) Less Narrative Guide to Relocating

Emmigrating

This site, The Ramble, came into existence because we wanted to write about our journey towards a new home in Portugal. Those posts, “Moving to Portugal” make for an enjoyable…

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Posted in Emmigrating
John
24 February, 202523 February, 2025

What a Good Tour Looks Like

Traveling

We spent last week sharing thoughts on whether you should go on tours when you’re out and about. Looking back at it, we seem pretty down on the idea which,…

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Posted in Traveling
Lisa and John

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