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{RESTAURATEUR} The curious case of a sliding door Monopoly game
By ROBERT ST. JOHN
Sat,05/06/23-12:00PM , 593 Reads
AMSTERDAM — A sliding door moment is a seemingly inconsequential action that alters the trajectory of future events. I am sitting in a bakery at 8:30 a.m. in the city center of Amsterdam, due to a board game. That is a sliding door moment.
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RESTAURATEUR: Checking boxes and covering bases
By ROBERT ST. JOHN
Sat,04/29/23-12:00PM , 698 Reads
BARBERINO-TAVARNELLE, TUSCANY— For the past several years— and for the foreseeable future— I have spent approximately 90 days each year hosting Americans in Europe. I am currently seven weeks into my Spring 2023 trips with the fourth group I’ve hosted since mid-March. We are in Tuscany.
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{RESTAURATEUR} Pondering chips
By ROBERT ST. JOHN
Sat,04/22/23-12:00PM , 505 Reads
BARBERINO-TAVARNELLE, TUSCANY — Things are different over here. It’s not just the language. Spaces are smaller. Roads are tighter. Bathrooms are tinier. But there's a reason for all of that.
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{RESTAURATEUR} An Easter to remember
By ROBERT ST. JOHN
Sat,04/15/23-12:00PM , 448 Reads
PETROGNANO, TUSCANY — Most of my early childhood memories come from Christmas and Easter. If I let my memory go back as far as it will take me, I can remember opening gifts and the smell of the scotch pine Christmas tree. I also remember eating Christmas cookies.
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