YOKOHAMA, Japan – In the Miyazaki movie “From Up on Poppy Hill,” the Yokohama of the past is on full display. Stone-paved streets along hilly roads demarcate a certain bucolic port-side town. Now, Yokohama straddles the line between the old and new. Industrial structures in Chinatown neighbor temples, rebuilt after a particularly strong earthquake. The …
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Postcard from Nyack
NYACK, New York – Across the Hudson river sits Nyack, a town which has not lost its artistic appeal of old. Hometown to Edward Hopper, with just a short stroll, one can see the clean-cut architecture and earthy tones that inspired his early paintings. Small bookstores and coffee shops neighbor his childhood home on Main …
Postcard from Bryce Canyon
KANE COUNTY, Utah – The beauty of a place can in part lie in its desolation. On the one hand, this captures the territory we are about to embark; on the other, vibrancy exudes from every yellow field and snowy plateau. This is the kind of place that evades definition, namely because of its timeless …
Postcard from Baden-Baden
BADEN-BADEN – What words can describe such a magical place? Part of its charm lies in the realism that one is confronted with when visiting Baden-Baden for the first time. The town feels lived in, but also has a quality of vacationer’s realm. The Black Forest borders Baden-Baden. Windmills populate most of Southwestern Germany, but …
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