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TripAdvisor VIP survey

August 18, 2010 By Laura

TripAdvisor asked me about my favorites restaurants, hotels, and places to travel, plus my travel suggestions for San Francisco. Here's the interview: VIP Survey: Laura Fraser Author Laura Fraser (photo by Cristina Taccone) What’s your favorite hotel (and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All Over the Map, Favorite hotels, Favorite restaurants, Food, Italy, San Francisco, Travel

Atacama Desert in Chile

August 3, 2010 By Laura

I just got back from the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest place on earth. That description doesn't make it sound very inviting, but it's a magical place, with the kind of rock formations you might see in Canyonlands, ringed with volcanoes, and lodges that serve great Chilean … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Favorite hotels, Travel Tagged With: Alto Atacama, Atacama Desert, San Pedro de Atacama

Summer reads so far

July 24, 2010 By Laura

You can read my booklist for the past 35 years here Death with Interruptions* Jose Saramago Another one of Saramago's books where he takes one aspect of reality and shows how people react to it--in this case, death takes a vacation for two weeks. I loved the first half of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amy Bloom, Barbara Johnson, Chris Cleave, David Carr, DeClezio, Jane Smiley, Jose Saramago, Muriel Barbery, Vendela Vida

Interview in Smith Magazine

July 2, 2010 By Laura

This interview with Cathy Alter (author of a funny memoir called Up for Renewal, on spending a year living from the advice of women's magazines, answers, among other things, the question of why I wrote An Italian Affair in the second person, and All Over the Map in the first. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: All Over the Map, An Italian Affair, Books, Magazines/Media Tagged With: All Over the Map, An Italian Affair, Cathy Alter, Smith magazine

Living for the Sake of the Story

June 23, 2010 By Laura

This is a blog I wrote for wowowow.com about trying (too hard) to lead a memoir-worthy life. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: All Over the Map, An Italian Affair

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