Artisans in the village of Teotitlan del Valle, in southern Mexico, have been weaving rugs as their ancestors have for centuries. Found just east of Oaxaca City off the main road to popular archeological sites of Yagul and Mitla and just a little past El Tule, the giant super cypress tree, Teotitlan del Valle is […]
Books
An American Shakespeare in Paris: Discovering an English Bookstore in the City of Light
Discover an American Shakespeare in Paris, Shakespeare and Company, if you are on the hunt for an English bookstore in the City of Light. In 1951, American expat George Whitman opened his bookstore, then Le Mistral, with some of the books he had collected while a student at the Sorbonne. In 1964, Whitman changed it […]
Cargo, Portland’s Import Gem in the Pearl District
Last September, I made my way to Oregon for the first time. There to go white water rafting on the Rogue River, I added on days in Portland at both ends of the trip so I had some time to explore the city. Somewhere I had heard that Cargo was a cool store that I […]