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Apologies to Methusaleh

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

We had left at 7 AM and now my husband and I, both thirty-something, were resting up in the Indian Gardens, the oasis midway between the southern rim of the Grand Canyon and its bottom. Wistfully, we looked at the … Continue reading →

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Maine 2012 and Money

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

Ernest and I arrived at our little retreat in Maine at the very end of July. Our little cottage was in fine shape. Invisible hands—and checks—had seen to it that we had a new water heater, a brand new dock, … Continue reading →

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Dining with the Rockefellers

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

The other day I lunched at La Petite Maison, an upscale restaurant located at 13 W. 54th Street, the house to which the newly wed Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. moved in 1901. It was here that his … Continue reading →

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A Boutique Wine Blossoms in the Desert

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

Zvi Remak does not complain about traffic jams, but once in awhile a car stops at Sde Boker’s gift shop to buy the excellent Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot produced on the kibbutz. The wine is clearly Zvi’s baby. Back in … Continue reading →

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Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Little Ships

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

For me, the first week of June 2012 was very emotional. First of all, there was The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Now in her mid-eighties, Elizabeth II has been a constant presence in my life. I admired her parents’—King George VI … Continue reading →

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Rachel Shavit Bentwich at the Hecht Museum in Haifa

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

I met Rachel Shavit Bentwich in 1954, when she arrived in America with her spouse Nechemia Shavit–my husband Ernest’s classmate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem–and her son. Rachel was to spend a year studying art at the University of … Continue reading →

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A Sentimental Trip to the Holy Land

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

To celebrate spring and, with some delay, the completion of my Rockefeller opus, husband Ernest and I decided to visit our past: Israel and Paris, both in their various ways engulfed by conflict. It was an emotion-laden trip for my … Continue reading →

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My Annual Visit to the Brooklyn New School

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

The end of May usually finds me visiting the Brooklyn New School (BNS), the alma mater of my three grandchildren. There I talk to four fifth-grade classes about my book, At The Mercy of Strangers: Growing Up on the Edge of … Continue reading →

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The ASJA Founder’s Award for Career Achievement

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

I was sitting in the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). Regina Ryan, my agent, Ernest, my husband, Judy, my daughter, and Naomi, my granddaughter, … Continue reading →

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Christie’s Spring Sale

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

Several times a year, I spend money vicariously at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips, or another one of New York’s upscale auction houses. This year I indulged myself at Christie’s. Given the escalating prices of admission fees to museums, visiting upcoming auctions … Continue reading →

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