by Robin Sparks | Sep 7, 2005 | Blog
September 18, 2005 Fortaleza, Brazil I did my traditional foreign country beauty shop visit today. It’s the best way to get the pulse of a place and a cheap hair cut. I’d asked Francesca to take me to the best salon in Fortaleza, but here we were pulling...
by Robin Sparks | Sep 6, 2005 | Blog
Sept. 16, 2005 On a plane out of Rio de Janeiro, headed to Fortaleza, Brazil A few hours after saying goodbye to my son before he boarded a bus in Rio, I was on a GOL plane headed to Northeastern Brazil. A debonnaire Brazilian man I’d met and spoken to briefly...
by Robin Sparks | Aug 15, 2005 | Blog
My mom and dad are selling their mountain home to move back to the Bay Area – close to health care and their children. Real estate is a strange animal – it’s value has little to do with the actual property, and everything to do with current trends...
by Robin Sparks | Aug 4, 2005 | Blog, Workshops
June 3-10, 2006 The Coast of Turkey by Yacht! Calling all moms, daughters, grandmothers, and granddaughters – new and old girlfriends… Take the journey of your life with the ones you love the most… Led by travel writer, Robin Sparks, our group of...
by Robin Sparks | Jun 23, 2005 | Blog
Photo of friends and me (on the left) in San Francisco. I HAVE A TICKET to fly to Bali in 8 days. I will not be on that plane. I’m on a journey that has led to peace in my family, new beginnings with the kind of people that drew me to San Francisco in the first...
