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Peabody Essex Museum–The Jewel in Salem’s Crown

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Nan Quick

February 2013. Salem, Massachusetts. As promised in my previous Armchair Traveler Diary, I’m lingering a bit longer in Salem, Massachusetts…this time for an extended look at the considerable wonders of the Peabody Essex Museum. If we’re lazy, we’re content to regard a museum as a series of rooms into which thousands upon thousands of bits … Continue reading »

The Steel-Gray Charms of Salem in Wintertime

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Nan Quick

JANUARY 2013. MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE; NEIGHBORING MARBLEHEAD; NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE’S HOUSE OF 7 GABLES; FEDERAL-ARCHITECTURE-HEAVEN ON CHESTNUT STREET. If I had my druthers, I’d be taking pictures and writing in Italy and England for half of every year. But practicality and logistics make that impossible, so I’m finding places to write about that are a … Continue reading »

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