Posts by Kimberly Sullivan
No longer gritty in NY’s Battery Park
Faulkner’s views on what a writer needs
“The tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.” —William Faulkner
Read MoreBook review: Maverick – A Biography of Thomas Sowell
Book Review: The Switch
I read this book largely in one day, on the beach between swims. It’s a fast paced, fun tale about an identity swap between grandmother and granddaughter. Leena is a twenty-something management consultant/workaholic living in London. Her job is her life and she’s used to dazzling clients and being the It-girl of her consultng firm.…
Read MoreDazzled by the stars in the Galla Placida Mausoleum, Ravenna
I‘ve already written about the amazing San Vitale Basilica in Ravenna, Italy. But another UNESCO Heritage site lies just across then lawn from that basilica – the Mausoleum of Galla Placida. This mausolem was commissioned in 426 AD, by the Emperess Galla Placida. Neveretheless, it would not be used for this purpose, since she died…
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On The Road Again…
Book review: The Door
This is a beautifully written, slightly claustrophobic novel of a young, Budapest-dwelling Hungarian author – whose name we never learn until the end of the novel – who employs Emerence, an elderly woman, to become her housekeeper. Everyone in the neighborhood has tremendous respect for the older woman, but no one seems to know much…
Read MoreLiving like a noblewoman in Ravenna
I usually do all our holiday planning, so I was pleased recently when my husband took over and planned a weekend escape to beautiful Ravenna, Italy, in the Emilia Romagna region. He discovered a hotel I loved in the center of Ravenna: The Palazzo Galletti Abbiosi. This was a noble palace built in the 1700s…
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