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Rome If You Want To: Rome 2025, Part 2

Posted in Europe, Italy
John

This post is part of a series called Rome 2025 A man alone in the city of Rome… summertime, when men and women dress for comfort rather than modesty. Yes,…

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Roman Holiday?: Rome 2025, Part 1

Posted in Italy
John

This post is part of a series called Rome 2025 If you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans. That’s what they say, right? (Don’t look it up,…

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You Get Used To It: Évora, Part 3

Posted in Portugal
John

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 We love living in Portugal; we really, really do. One thing we’re still getting used to is just how blasted…

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Still Hot: Évora, Part 2

Posted in Portugal, Traveling
John

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 On our first day in the environs of Évora we were hitting up ancient stone arrangements that were by and…

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Hooooooooooot: Évora, Part 1

Posted in Portugal, Traveling
John

This post is part of a series called Evora 2025 You may recall from an earlier set of posts that I got a serious crush on the Alentejo region when…

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Aviones, Trenes, y Automóviles

Posted in Spain
John

The services we render to our family and friends can run in all different kinds of ways: watch their cats. Water their plants. Help move a couch. I’ve done all…

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Discretion Over Valor, Philadelphia Museum of Art Edition

Posted in America, Art
John

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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One Man’s Living Room…

Posted in America, Family
John

… 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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Philly When It Sprinkles

Posted in United States
John

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

Posted in Family
John

[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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