Every year about this time I think of Cannes, El Sid, and six green beans. El Sid was my nick-name for Sid Adilman, the legendary Toronto Star entertainment reporter. For years in May, El Sid and I would head for the…
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Cannes, El Sid, and Six Green Beans
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A Month In Provence: What? I’m Not In Provence?
The black bulls are charging outside our apartment in Uzès. We are in this medieval French town to spend the next month experiencing the joys of Provence. Who knew about bulls? Les tauraux are part of the tradition and commerce…
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Standing In Airports, Holding A Book, Listening To Stories
This week a reader of The Sanibel Sunset Detective novels e-mailed me several questions, ending with this one: “Why does a man with ten published books to his credit spend his time hawking a handful of them in an airport?”…
Tagged with: Another Sanibel Sunset Detective, Captiva Island, Chicago, Ford, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, France, Galapagos Islands, Germany, Hitler, James Patterson, Nazis, Ontario, Pete's Time Out, Sanibel Island, Shanghai, The Sanibel Sunset Detective, Windsor, World War II
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El Sid, The Cannes Cannes, and Six Green Beans
Every year about this time I think of El Sid and six green beans. El Sid was my nick-name for Sid Adilman, the legendary Toronto Star entertainment reporter. For years in May, El Sid and I would head for the Cannes…
Tagged with: Antibes, Cairo, Cannes, Cannes International Film Festival, Cary Grant, Chet Baker, Cote d'Azur, Croisette, Dusty Cohl, Eden Roc, Egypt, France, French Riviera, Gore Vidal, Grace Kelly, Hotel Carlton, Hotel du Cap, Hotel Majestic, James Mason, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Woodward, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, McKenzie Porter, Mena House, Moulin des Mougins, Nice, Norman Mailer, Paul Newman, rue D'Antibes, Sid Adilman, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Telegram, TIFF, To Catch A Thief, Toronto International Film Festival
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