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Monthly Archives: April 2018

Lodz,Poland,Travel

Historical Charm with a Cosmopolitan Twist

posted on : April 9, 2018 posted by : admin

Driving up to the hotel from the train station I was immediately in love with Vienna House Andel’s Lodz. Taking a building from the past and transforming it to fit our contemporary world is something I wish other cities and companies would undertake. Once you enter the lobby…

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Lodz,Poland,Travel

Abandoned Hotel Covered in Mirrored Mosaics

posted on : April 9, 2018

Joanna Rajkowska covered the walls of buildings in one of Łódź’s courtyards with small pieces of mirrors. The project was realized as part of the 2014 Dialogue of Four Cultures Festival. This installation is one of the most spectacular public art projects in Łódź – involved in its production…

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Lodz,Poland,Travel

Lodz a City Transformed from Drab to Fab since WW II

posted on : April 9, 2018

Lodz knows the transformative power of a lick of paint and a little imagination. A textile manufacturing hub in the 19th century, the Polish city fell into a period of post-WW2 decline known as “Grey Lodz”. But rather than shuffling off in a moth-eaten shawl, it has spent…

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Books,Novels

The Year of Magical Thinking

posted on : April 9, 2018

Bookbabes, I will truly miss the thoughtful discussion of this book. High school in the 60’s for me was living in Japan on an Army base.  The base was the last stop on an hour bus ride and five stops  from the base where I went to high…

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Crete,Greece,Travel

Hospitality Abounds on the Island of Crete

posted on : April 4, 2018

It’s been almost half a century since I graduated from high school (Why does that sound so much longer than 50 years?) and when I get together with high school friends it still seems like we have the same camaraderie as we did at our high school in…

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