June 26, 2018 Alan Behr Tribune News Service A prudent first consideration when trying to understand Seattle is that it is not Athens, Rome or, for that matter, Stratford-upon-Avon. The…
Category: Travel Writing
AFTER TWO DECADES, A RETURN TO PRAGUE IN THE LIGHT OF DAY
Alan Behr, McClatchy-Tribune News Service November 11, 2001 PRAGUE —Unlike cities such as Salzburg, which are lucky to display the Baroque in small clusters, Prague opens the Baroque onto the…
PARIS, UNBOWED, STILL BECKONS VISITORS
Alan Behr TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Paris is a moveable feast. -Ernest Hemingway When we are young, we travel to see the world, afterwards, to make sure it is still there.…
A RETURN TO NEW ORLEANS AND ITS AFFORDABLE CUISINE
Waiters serve patrons at Cafe du Monde in New Orleans, Louisiana. (ALAN BEHR, MCT) Alan Behr, McClatchy-Tribune News Service August 13, 2012 NEW ORLEANS -On Bourbon Street, stout men in…
Hard driving and smooth sailing in Coastal Connecticut
Because there are no city-sized theme parks in Southern Connecticut, you must find your thrills there in real life. I had just come from helping to herd a crew of…
IN BARCELONA WITH 11,000 FRIENDS
The gathering of a select group of fashion lawyers from around the world that I organize every year was about to begin, this time on a pleasant, sun-washed afternoon in…