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HAT QUEST
“Vestis virum faciit” – “Clothes make the man” as the Romans were fond of saying. And the focal point of any outfit is always the hat. I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I’m a big fan of […]
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BURMA – A TRIP BACK IN TIME
This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about …Rudyard Kipling I couldn’t agree more. Picture Thailand in the 1930’s and 40’s and you’ll get a very rough idea of what Burma (now Myanmar) is […]
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GREAT WORLD MARKETS…NORTH AMERICA
I am fortunate to have several of California’s best Farmers Markets located within an hour’s drive of my house. It would be hard for any market to compete with the famous Ferry Building Farmers Market in San Francisco. Located in […]
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GREAT WORLD MARKETS…EUROPE
The first thing I learned when I hit the road In 1974 was that the most interesting thing about travel was the people. The second thing I learned was that the best place to see the people was in the […]
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GREAT WORLD MARKETS…EAST ASIA
The first thing I learned when I hit the road in 1975 was that the most interesting thing about travel was the people. The second thing I learned was that the best place to see the people was in the […]
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GREAT WORLD MARKETS…SOUTHEAST ASIA
The part of the world that we now refer to as Southeast Asia, was once one of the most remote and exotic places in the world…Siam, Saigon, French Indochina, Singapore, Borneo, the Spice Islands. Most of the region is now starting to catch […]