How I Found My Freedom
dated 2010-02-09 | posted in columns | topic General | permanent link
Imagine returning to your car, which you locked and set the alarm on, only to find it open and empty. That’s what happened to me last Saturday after I attended a gym class from 3 – 5 pm. The robbers had a professional device to pry the lock from the driver’s side door, disable the alarm, then scour the car for its contents. Of course I was foolish to leave a purse inside, albeit hidden and well out of sight. The items inside included a Louis V ...
Traffic
dated 2009-02-23 | posted in columns | topic General | permanent link
What Were You Thinking, Mr. Mayor?
If you don’t live in Cascais, stay away. Or if you venture into this stunning seaside town with shops like those in Beverly Hills and villas rivaling those in the south of France, come at midnight on a Sunday. Otherwise, you’ll encounter the latest traffic configuration that has led to confusion, congestion and chaos. Mayor Capucho and the Camâra advised residents a month ago that they had hired an “out ...
Here and There
dated 2008-06-24 | posted in columns | topic General | permanent link
A noticeable pall fell over Cascais, and surely over the rest of Portugal, after the national team lost their quarter final match to Germany. When I watched on TV, I was reminded of Gulliver’s Travelers with the Lilliputians outsized by the Brobdingnags, and here were the smaller Portuguese up against the huge, charging Germans. ( Who am I to talk at less than 5 feet myself!) But everyone in our living room, even my German friend Jutta, agreed ...