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• Alice in Burgundy

  By The World in Between on June 6, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  It turns out, it’s quite easy to dig a rabbit hole. I should know; I’m ten days into mine. It started with my last blog post where I mentioned that we’d be going to Paris this fall, and that I… Read More ›

• The Paris Project

  By The World in Between on May 21, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  I have no COVID stories to tell. Sure, I’ve eaten out less, if at all. I wear a mask. For months, I had my groceries delivered and cut my own hair. Yet several times a week, I’ve hugged my grandson,… Read More ›

• Walking Champagne, part 2

  By The World in Between on February 27, 2021 • ( 8 )

  

  (Walking champagne part 1) Nearly 400 years ago, in the village of Hautvillers, the Benedictine monk, Dom Pérignon, was tinkering with the wine. During his tenure as abbey cellar master, he advanced the extensive blending used in champagne, devised pressing… Read More ›

• Walking the Champagne Region: Part One

  By The World in Between on February 20, 2021 • ( 7 )

  

  Champagne. To me the word evoked little beyond locker room celebrations and wedding toasts, so when I concocted a goal to walk all the wine regions of France, Champagne was a long shot for the inaugural trek. The Philadelphia wine… Read More ›

• Finding My Rosebud

  By The World in Between on January 28, 2021 • ( 14 )

  

  In the movie Citizen Kane, “Rosebud” is the final word that Charles Foster Kane utters upon his deathbed. It sets off a flurry of investigation to identify exactly what he meant. Rosebud, it turns out, is a cheap sled. Yet… Read More ›

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