I am a food and travel writer as well as a cruise ship enrichment speaker: my passion is exploring the cuisine, history, and culture of new places and writing about them here in my free bi-weekly (twice monthly) Destination Curation newsletter where I look at the intersection of history, culture, and cuisine in major destinations.
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🇵🇦 The Eighth Wonder of the World 🇵🇦
Published 14 days ago • 8 min read
December 14, 2025 Greetings! Happy Hanukkah to all celebrating tonight! I love this holiday and have such fond memories of staying at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem during the Festival of Lights about 10 years ago: Dmitry and I joined other guests for the beautiful ceremony of the lighting of the menorah each evening in the lobby. Did you receive this newsletter from a friend? Click here for your own free subscription. I’m having an out-of-body experience today: listening to Christmas...
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