by Anita Balic | Jul 3, 2020 | July Newsletter 2020
Independence Day 2020 32 years ago, I moved from Croatia to the great state of Ohio. At the time, Croatia was part of communist Yugoslavia. Growing up in a socialist regime, I experienced suppression and a lack of religious freedom – if Christmas fell during...
by Anita Balic | Aug 2, 2018 | August 2018 Newsletter
We recently mourned the premature passing of Anthony Bourdain. I have to admit that he was one of my favorite television personalities, and I was enthralled by his Parts Unknown series on CNN. His show combined elements of both food and travel, but I think the thing...
by Simon Ellett | Jul 19, 2018 | July 2018 Newsletter
Every summer we take a break. This year, instead of a foreign trip we stayed in the US and watched the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Our home countries of Croatia and England both reached the last four, and actually played against one another in the semi-finals. Croatia...
