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RUNAMOK MAPLE TIRAMISU

Laura Sorkin is a farmer, a writer, a recipe developer, a cookbook author, a wife, a mother of two teenagers and the co-founder/owner (with husband Eric) of Runamok Maple, a company producing a variety of artisan syrups that are setting the standard not only for pure maple syrup, but also those creatively enlivened with flavor. […]

DIVA DIAMOND MUSEUM, ANTWERP BELGIUM

Prepare for sparkle. Prepare for shine. Prepare for scandalous stories of courtesans and opera singers and movie stars. Prepare to be educated and entertained. Prepare for DIVA, a museum dedicated to diamonds, silver and other dazzling objects that opened in Antwerp, Belgium, in May, 2018. Located in Antwerp’s historic city center, DIVA has already emerged […]

¶ Posted 10 January 2019 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ANTWERP § BELGIUM § MUSEUMS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Antwerp, Belgium, Diamonds, DIVA, Gemstones

GLENWOOD HOT SPRINGS

I’ve driven past it many times without going in. That’s never happening again. Located on the route from Denver to Aspen, Colorado, where drivers switch from I-70 to Hwy CO-82, Glenwood Hot Springs lures like a siren song. From above, the “largest mineral hot springs pool in the world” looks like a greatly elongated […]

¶ Posted 07 July 2017 † Susan Manlin Katzman § ASPEN § COLORADO § DENVER § GLENWOOD SPRINGS § TRAVEL ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Aspen, Colorado, Denver, Glenwood Hot Springs, Hot Springs, swimming, Yampah

ROSE BOWL FLEA MARKET & SUNNY CALIFORNIA CAKE

Some folks might say that Disneyland is L.A.’s top attraction, or Universal Studios, or the grand art museums, or restaurants, or beaches. Me? I love the flea markets. Flea markets reveal the overall tone of a place. By selling collections and discards, treasures and trivia—both splendid and spent, flea markets showcase the life-styles of locals, […]