Living in the neighborhood once frequented by James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald rubbed off on me because I sometimes thought of myself as a wistful character in an understated novel.
Entries Tagged as 'travel'
To Be in Paris
July 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on To Be in Paris · Books, City Library
Tags: Basilica of Sacré Coeur·City of Lights·Eiffel Tower·France·Francophile·Library·manchester·Montmartre·N.H.·new hampshire·Paris·travel
Travel to China!
March 16th, 2012 · Comments Off on Travel to China! · Books, Children, City Library, Events, Main Branch, News, Teens
Ever want to travel to China but are unsure how to go about it?
Tags: China·Library·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·programs·Richard Ferland·travel
April in Reykjavik
February 7th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books, Children, City Library, Friends of the West Manchester Community Library, Government Documents, Main Branch, NH Room, Teens, Trustees
It was Easter Sunday and instead of the customary egg cracking contest among relatives I was getting pelted by horizontal swaths of hail.
Tags: Eric Weiner·geysir·Gulfoss·Iceland·manchester·Manchester City Library·N.H.·new hampshire·Reykjavik·travel
New York Reflections
May 4th, 2010 · Comments Off on New York Reflections · Books, News
Despite the “Don’t honk- $350 penalty” signs, horns were blaring in the bumper-to-bumper traffic on Broadway. Our recent weekend trip to New York City had begun with just the right amount of urban bravado. We got through the Easter holiday hoards in Times Square and made our way to our decidedly “chichi” Midtown Manhattan Hotel. […]