New Mexico
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New Mexico

Home of my ancestors, this is always one of my favorite places to visit. It’s not usually action-packed, and on this trip cousin George, sister Roxanna and I decided to let the wind blow us where it would. It was one of my favorite short vacations.

Cruel shoes from France
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The Love of Shoes

Written on 14 July 2012 in preparations for a creative workshop given by Dayle Doroshow Madame Collette Lianne hurriedly unzipped her suitcase, jamming her hands into it and trying to decide which items were essential to her should the remaining contents not arrive in Brussels when she did. What a bother to have the jet…

Street Fair
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Street Fair

MUDCLOTH! Following a customer tip, I traveled to Berkeley, CA for the weekend flea market at the Ashby BART station to find authentic African mudcloth to make purses. My mom came with me–what fun we had! The Yelp review was very mixed. There were glowing testimonials about the food, people and mood. There were also…