The glory of Rome’s Mercati di Traiano

Mercati di Traiano, Rome, Italy/ Kimberly Sullivan

If you’ve ever been to Rome, it’s doubtful you’ve missed the Roman Forum – stretching from the Colosseum to the Piazza Venezia. The Italian word for the Roman Forum is Fori imperiali, which is Imperial Fora – this is because their are multiple fora, each created by a different emperor. The Mercati di Traiano or…

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A touch of Tuscany in Georgia’s Kakheti wine region

Kakheti, Georgia / Kimberly Sullivan

During our recent visit to Georgia, we loved our little touch of Tuscany – in one of the Caucasus’ best known wine regions. For those who don’t know, Georgia is well known for its wine, and especially its robust reds. Although, I still chuckle when I think about how a sommelier asked me what my…

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My In The Shadow of The Apennines is on sale

Elaine Aucoin Schroller and Kimberly Sullivan novels

For the past few years, my author friend Elaine Aucoin Schroller and I have run sales on our World War I novels. We do this for a week, honoring both Indie Author’s Day on 5 November and Armistice Day on 11 November. You can pick up my In The Shadow of The Apennines and Elaine’s…

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A night at the Yerevan opera

Yerevan Opera, Armenia/ Kimberly Sullivan

This past August, my husband and I were in Yerevan, Armenia as a part of a holiday in the Caucasus. Since it was August, I was certain the opera house would be closed, but while going to admire the placard of the season’s offerings I would not be able to attend, I was thrilled to…

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New York Met’s Rooftop installation 2025

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, rooftop / Kimberly Sullivan

Whenever I’m back in New York in summer, I make a point to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rooftop terrace. Each year, they have an art installation. To be fair, while I love art, installation art is … not my favorite. I’ve seen many installation artworks on the Met’s terrace. While I’ve truly enjoyed…

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Book launch tour for The Letter from the Island

Letter from the Island blog tour

I’m pleased to be joining the Bookouture launch tour for Rose Alexander’s latest novel, The Letter from the Island. I enjoyed this dual timeline novel set in modern-day and WWII-era Crete, Greece. Dual timeline novels are a genre I love, and especially a novel like this in which an elderly woman is looking back upon…

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Art theft robs us all: The Louvre heist

Napoleon's jewels, Louvre, Paris / Kimberly Sullivan

In a normal world, it would go without saying that theft is bad. But today, with the insane “reimagine justice” movements, I realize we can’t take anything for granted. But museum thefts have always struck me as particularly pernicious. Well-known art works and priceless objects are, by their very nature, impossible to resell. They are…

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