Author: kristen

Travel, like so many other pleasant things (marriage, for example) is all about compromise.  Unless you go abroad with people who share your interests, unlike...

This trip to Florence was a milestone for me: in a moment of epiphany, I realized that the word “Bronzino” conjures up fishy recipes, these...

How quiet the house suddenly seems.  John’s mom went home yesterday, departing in a dull, sprinkling rain completely different from the brilliant blue skies of...