Marilyn, Author at Bucket List Publications

Rocky Neck – America’s Oldest Working Art Colony

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Marilyn | 0 Comments

Just off route 127 in the city of Gloucester, Massachusetts is Rocky Neck, America’s oldest working art colony. While “The Perfect Storm” put Gloucester on the map in recent years, this part of Gloucester’s heritage and current dynamic is something that more people need to experience. For over 150 years Rocky Neck has been a magnet to artists expressing their art in all…

Twenty Six Hours in Alexandria, Egypt

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Marilyn | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: marilyngard A fast-moving French train leaving from Ramses Station in Cairo will take you to the ancient city of Alexandria in a comfortable three hours. This city, on the coast of the Mediterranean sea, beautifully mixes Middle Eastern and European flavors and breathes a rich history that takes you into days gone by. How do you capture this city…

Urban Beauty and the High Line

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Marilyn | 4 Comments

Featured Writer: marilyngard At any time of year New York City is an experience that inspires the imagination but one of the things I rarely expect is a chance to escape noise and chaos. In a recent trip, dressed in our prerequisite New York uniforms of black coats, leather boots, and chic scarves that spoke of a sophistication none of us claim on a…

Cairo Coffee Shops

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Marilyn | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Marilyn Sitting in crowded outdoor coffee houses, drinking mint tea and partaking of the occasional shisha, talking for hours while time stands still – this is the Cairo coffee-house. People watching, politic talking, reminiscing and bonding, the evenings during our recent trip stretched long into the night. Occasionally Backgammon emerged and two of the family played while the rest…