Photography

The Dolomites is a mountain range in northern Italy, near the border with Austria. Hiking in Europe has long been a dream of mine and in late June I traveled to Dobbiaco in northern Italy, very close to the Austrian border. German is more commonly spoken here,  but the cappuccino is definitely Italian. The Dolomites are limestone mountains that are not as tall as the Alps, but are very dramatic; marked by sharp needle-like summits and [...]

Gregory Rabassa was, probably, the foremost translator of books from Spanish and Poruguese to English.

Allow me to let you in on a little secret known as streetscapes...

If you've seen the HBO show "Girls" then you know about the fast gentrifying neighborhood, with it's over-latte-d, fedora-wearing guys with beards and plaid shirts, and skyrocketing rents.

For lovers of photography (like me), the Museum of Modern Art is offering an online class called Seeing Through Photographs.