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| f597274 | announced that Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays would be performing in Madison, two friends and I cut class and raced to the Factory, where we plunked down three bucks apiece for tickets. In the weeks leading up to the concert, Steve Kruvant, Rick Kleiner, and I wore out the grooves of Otis's Live in Europe LP. From the emcee's introductory cheerleading ("Gimme an O!") to the final horn blasts" | Kenny Weissberg | ||
| d9ca838 | Festivals: Porto's big holiday is Sao Joao Day (for St. John the Baptist, the city's patron saint) on June 24. Festivities start the night of June 23 with partying and fireworks at Ponte Dom Luis I bridge, and continue on the 24th with a rabelo regatta. | Rick Steves | ||
| cf89698 | Italy Is Made of Tuff Stuff | Rick Steves | ||
| ab35f71 | Connect with the culture. Set up your own quest for the best mosque, kebab, or Turkish coffee. Be open to unexpected experiences. Slow down and enjoy the hospitality of the Turkish people. Ask questions--most locals are eager to point you in their idea of the right direction. Keep a notepad in your pocket for organizing your thoughts. Wear your money belt, get used to the local currency, and learn how to estimate prices in dollars. Those wh.. | Lale Surmen Aran | ||
| ce9f297 | Interviews with Steve Jobs, Jeff Bewkes, Rick Stengel, Andy Serwer, Josh Quittner, Rupert Murdoch. | Walter Isaacson | ||
| 0bdd0e5 | If I had to choose one spot to enjoy the small-town charm of traditional Ireland, it would be Dingle and its history-laden scenic peninsula. But the Ring of Kerry--a much bigger, more famous, and more touristed peninsula just to its south--is also great to visit. If you go to Ireland and don't see the famous Ring of Kerry, your uncle Pat will never forgive you. Here's a comparison to help with your itinerary planning. Both peninsulas come w.. | Rick Steves | ||
| 7f9786b | The Master never ceased to attack the notions about God that people entertain. | Anthony de Mello | ||
| 1bf6307 | A good teacher offers practice, a bad one offers theories. | Anthony de Mello | ||
| d4cbd38 | Gaeltacht region. You can easily spend three fun nights here. In comparison, Kenmare (the best base for the Ring of Kerry loop) is pleasant but forgettable. Those spending a night on the west end of the Ring of Kerry find a rustic atmosphere in Portmagee (the base for a cruise to magical Skellig Michael). Both regions are beyond the reach of the Irish train system and require a car or spotty bus service to access. Both offer memorable scene.. | Rick Steves | ||
| 84ade73 | The Fountain of Joy still reminds locals that life in Siena is good. | Rick Steves | ||
| 39d513e | Kun dode fisk flyder med strommen"--"Only dead fish swim with the current.")" | Rick Steves | ||
| 5b69e05 | Steve's fate travels through the stratosphere on radio waves. Crackled digits floating. | Rick Pryll | ||
| 0872366 | Six in 10 Brits call themselves Christian (half of those are Anglican), but in any given week, more Londoners visit a mosque than an Anglican church. | Rick Steves | ||
| 13a008a | Tour the castle (open from 9:30). Then consider catching one of the city bus tours for a one-hour loop (departing from a block below the castle at the Hub/Tolbooth Church; you could munch a sandwich from the top deck if you're into multitasking). Back near the castle, take my self-guided Royal | Rick Steves | ||
| 0441f4e | I remember when the standard farewell when I set off on another trip was "Bon voyage!" But today, Americans tend to say, "Have a safe trip." (When I hear this, I'm inclined to say, "Well, you have a safe stay-at-home--because where I'm going is statistically much safer than where you're staying.")" -- | Rick Steves | ||
| 44a570d | NEAR THE BASILICA OF ST. ANTHONY Antica Trattoria dei Paccagnella, the most serious restaurant near the basilica, serves up nicely presented, seasonal local dishes with modern flair and an impressive attention to ingredients. The place has friendly service, modern art on the walls, and no pretense. It's thoughtfully run by two brothers, Raffaele and Cesare, who happily explain why they are so excited about local hens (EUR9-12 pastas, EUR14-.. | Rick Steves | ||
| 0b9e072 | No name, no number, but she remembered him, his eyes the color of shadow, his arms the shape of oblivion, a voice lulling her, beckoning her into the surf. His name was Brad or Tom or Steve ... or was it Rick? Ten years ago his voice had been the same, supplicating and tender with the promise of fairytale. | V.S. Kemanis | ||
| 168c63c | The City: Today's modern financial district, called simply "The City," was a walled town in Roman" | Rick Steves | ||
| d528f2c | While the traffic is enough to make you scream, people are incredibly good-humored on the road. I never heard angry horns honking. One time, while stalled in a Tehran jam, people in a neighboring car saw me sitting patiently in the back of our van. They rolled down their window and handed Majid a bouquet of flowers, saying, "Give this to your visitor and apologize for our traffic." | Rick Steves | ||
| 50f77be | Kleyweg's Stads Koffyhuis is a local institution that's won prizes for its sandwiches (see the trophies above the counter). This is a great spot for an affordable bite, either in the country-cozy interior or out on a canal barge (EUR7-10 sandwiches and hamburgers, EUR6-13 savory or sweet pancakes, big EUR13 salads, Mon-Fri 9:00-20:00, Sat 9:00-18:00, closed Sun, shorter hours off-season, just down the canal from the Old Church at Oude Delft.. | Rick Steves | ||
| 11a572a | times. | Rick Steves | ||
| cd41f1b | Juan Bautista de Toledo, | Rick Steves | ||
| 12878a8 | France is Europe's most diverse, tasty, and exciting country to explore. It's a cultural bouillabaisse that surprises travelers with its varied, complex flavors. | Rick Steves | ||
| 3066636 | Churchill War Rooms: PS18, daily 9:30-18:00, last entry one hour before closing. | Rick Steves | ||
| 9ab6f48 | provides a handy and interesting passage to the Holocaust memorial | Rick Steves | ||
| 61d1719 | To cap off your Trastevere stroll with one more sight, consider visiting Villa Farnesina, a Renaissance villa decorated by Raphael . To get there, face the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere and leave the piazza by walking along the right side of the church, following Via della Paglia to Piazza di S. Egidio. Exit the piazza near the church and you'll be on Via della Scala. Follow through the Porta Settimiana, where it changes names to Via .. | Rick Steves | ||
| d458493 | The island itself was once the site of a temple dedicated to Asclepius, the god of medicine. Ancient Romans who were ill spent the night here and left little statues of their healed body parts (feet, livers, hearts...) as thank-you notes. This tradition survives: Today, throughout Italy, Catholic altars are often encrusted with votive offerings, symbolizing gratitude for answered prayers. During plagues and epidemics, the sick were isolated.. | Rick Steves | ||
| 16b87db | travelers need only focus on four areas: the Old City, the harbor/Barceloneta, the Eixample, and Montjuic. | Rick Steves | ||
| 0e3c468 | If you never condemned you would never need to forgive. | Anthony de Mello | ||
| a9f82e0 | The stretch of the Appian Way past the Catacombs of San Sebastiano is the least interesting and most crowded (even dangerous). Avoid it by taking the pedestrian and bike path (open daily except Wed), which begins just past the Catacombs of San Sebastiano, at the intersection with Via delle Sette Chiese. To reach the path, go through the arch at #126. The quiet path parallels the Appian Way and takes you directly to the Catacombs of San Call.. | Rick Steves | ||
| d8fcef2 | To return to central Rome, it's another two miles north along a busy stretch of road, not recommended on foot or bike. Instead, catch bus #118 from the bus stop about 75 yards past Domine Quo Vadis Church (across from the TI). Bus #118 makes several interesting stops (see below) on its way to the Piramide Metro stop. (Note that another bus, the #218, also goes from here to San Giovanni in Laterano.) For those with more energy, there's more .. | Rick Steves | ||
| ea95dcc | Age hasn't matured you. It's made those traits that were ticks in the twenty-five-year-old into full-blown affectations in the thirty-eight-year-old. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 2eed768 | Nelson had a face like Brian Clough getting sodomised with a pineapple. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| baa83f0 | Revenge is the foolish stepbrother of justice. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| a48a4e5 | Life's tough and even tougher when you're stupid, | Adrian McKinty | ||
| ea34f32 | As the Russians say, getting what you want sometimes requires moving like the knight in chess: forward and to the left. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 3dccd4a | squirrel is in a pine tree, when all of a sudden, it starts shaking. He looks down, and sees an elephant climbing the tree. 'What are you doing? Why are you climbing my tree?' the squirrel calls down to the elephant. 'I'm coming up there to eat some pears!' the elephant responds. 'You fool! This is a pine tree! There aren't any pears up here!' The elephant looks perplexed for a moment, and then says, 'Well, I brought my own pears. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 9b6a2a6 | Ireland in shades of black and green under the gibbous moon. Ireland under the canopy of grey cloud, under the crow's wing and the helicopter blade. A night ride over the Lagan valley and the bandit country of South Armagh. The music in my head was Mahler's Ninth Symphony, which opens with a hesitant syncopated motif evocative of Mahler's irregular heartbeat. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 1589240 | This place was not like the Victorian Prisons of England with their imposing red-brick and neo-gothic architecture that was supposed to impress inmates with the power of the state;no, this place looked cobbled together, shoddy and temporary and the only thing it impressed upon you was how current British policy on Ireland was dominated by short-term thinking. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 6e0a488 | Number one: you are not the first and you will certainly not be the last. Number two: remember, it's not about the money--it's about The Chain. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 2888254 | My friend you must understand that time forks perpetually into countless futures. And in at least one of them I have become your enemy. Jorge Luis Borges, The Garden of Forking Paths (1941) | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 5d877a0 | To quote Bugs Bunny, it's mongoose season, and you're the fucking mongoose. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 6154ef2 | A paranoid man is a man who knows a little about what's going on. | Adrian McKinty | ||
| 747bac7 | Don't go there, Sean. Not on a Sunday. There's no point making waves," Crabbie said. He was as impatient as I was but maybe he was right. We drove back to the station. I poured myself a Johnnie Walker which was the general libation used to liven up the office tea. Johnnie Walker in the tea, Jim Beam in the coffee." | Adrian McKinty |