This essay delving into the gypsy ways of Django Reinhardt is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. To kick off this post, I’m sharing this animated clip with Django’s music enlivening it. There are two other…Continue reading Django Reinhardt Hot-Jazz Genius
A Decadently Yellow London
This essay channeling the Decadents and Aesthetes in London when it was decadently yellow is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. When London Was Decadently Yellow I’ve wandered the streets of London for several days, walking…Continue reading A Decadently Yellow London
Traveling Italy with Henry James
This essay following Henry James through Italy is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. The Sensuous Education of Henry James Henry James’ father took his family to Europe when the children were young because he…Continue reading Traveling Italy with Henry James
Ottoline Morrell Gets Lit
This essay exploring the literary world of Ottoline Morrell is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Lady Ottoline Morrell’s Lust for Brilliance Would you be surprised to know that a woman who grandly succeeded in luring…Continue reading Ottoline Morrell Gets Lit
The Fashionable Grecian Supper
This essay about a fashionable Grecian supper held by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is included in my book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Singing Hymns to Bacchus In the post-Blues Brothers era, the phrase “elegant toga party” seems oxymoronic, but time-travel…Continue reading The Fashionable Grecian Supper
A Passion for Paestum
This essay featuring three important perceptions of the archaeological site in Paestum, Italy, is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Be sure to scroll through the entire post because I have some wonderful images taken by…Continue reading A Passion for Paestum
Peggy Guggenheim Goes Off-Beat
This essay exploring the world of Peggy Guggenheim in Venice is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Peggy Guggenheim Goes Off-Beat When Gregory Corso kissed Peggy Guggenheim goodbye for the last time, he said she put her…Continue reading Peggy Guggenheim Goes Off-Beat
Balzac as a Human Comedy
This essay channeling Balzac in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Balzac: the Human Comedy Personified Many a talented creative has been taken over by excess once celebrity is within reach. Honoré de Balzac is…Continue reading Balzac as a Human Comedy
Anguished in Amherst
This essay channeling Emily Dickinson in Amherst is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Emily Dickinson: Anguished in Amherst Emily Dickinson was presented to me in such one-dimensional terms in high school, I ignored her as…Continue reading Anguished in Amherst
Henry Miller the Paris Years
This essay about Henry Miller in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and essays about traveling with intention. Henry Miller: Hungry, Homeless, Happy There’s only one historical figure I’ve ever come across who claimed he was hungry, homeless, and happy simultaneously.…Continue reading Henry Miller the Paris Years