That is what co-owner Miranda Innes calls women who show up in at her Moroccan B&B alone. Yet I would not recommend it for the feminine faint of heart. A woman alone in a souk with her own pocketbook in tow…
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“Make me Harry Potter!”
As I was installing a lightning bolt on this British lad’s forehead, a la Harry Potter, his older brother watched carefully, and then signed up for a shooting star on his forehead: Harry Potter and Merlin as relatives!
It was indeed a day full of magic. Once a year Paciano offers
Gershwin and the Knights of Malta
Maggione. Opening night, in June. Built 9 centuries ago, between 1150 and 1170, the Castle of the Knights of Malta is impeccably restored, and is the first castle I have seen that I have ever wanted to live in. The…
Cyber me, cyber you — what’s in a name?
We all find things about our names that we especially like. Mine for instance: in elementary school, we lined up alphabetically–to make it easier on the teacher to keep track of us. And with my last name of Hackett, I…
Ford: an outstanding foreign car
Citta della Pieve, Chiusi, and Paciano (Umbria.) My Uncle Ross always owned a Ford, his whole life. Every three years, he would trade in his Ford Station Wagon, country squire edition (with the “wood” panels) for another newer one. It…