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Paris in love, a photography gift book with dozens of color images of the City of Love: lovers, graffiti, romantic places, quirky, amusing views of the City of Light. By Alison Harris

FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight 3# Settimo Gelo Ice Cream

  From the intro: Rome, the best food city in Italy? Maybe. One thing’s for sure: Rome ranks high among Italy’s great food cities. It…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight #2, Caffè Sant’Eustachio

Rome, the best food city in Italy? Maybe. One thing’s for sure: Rome ranks high among Italy’s great food cities. It is an obscenely rich…

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FOOD WINE ROME: Excerpts from the app. Daily Delight #1 Roscioli

This is the first in an occasional series of sample excerpts from Food Wine Rome the app.   Rome, the best food city in Italy?…

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David Downie’s Food Wine Rome app is now available via iTunes

  At long last… my Food Wine Rome is ready! Based on the award-winning, critically acclaimed short history of Rome's foods and wines, with hundreds…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 16: Vercingetorix at the strange local history museum in Saint Pere sous Vezelay

  800×600   Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 16: Vercingetorix at the strange local history museum in Saint Pere sous Vezelay…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 15: Saint Pere sous Vezelay and Marc Meneau and l’Esperance

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 15: Saint Pere sous Vezelay and Marc Meneau and l'Esperance These blog posts are taken…

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NPR Interview with Jacki Lyden about Paris to the Pyrenees: The paperback is out!

    To mark the May 2014 release of the paperback version of Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 14: A Bang-Up Meal at the Lion d’Or and we’re off… to Saint Pere sous Vezelay!

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 14: A Bang-Up Meal at the Lion d'Or and we're off…   These blog posts…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 13: The View from Vezelay or Religion vs Secularism in France

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 13: The View from Vezelay or Religion vs Secularism in France   These blog posts…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 12: Asquins, Homely Sister of Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 12: Asquins, Homely Sister of Vezelay   These blog posts are taken directly from my…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 10: Gender-Bending Sainte-Eugenia at the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 10: Gender-Bending Sainte-Eugenia at the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in Vezelay These blog posts are…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene…

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