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Articles by Sylvia Weinstein Craft

About Sylvia Weinstein Craft
Sylvia Weinstein Craft, as publisher and editor, has been cutting her teeth on printer’s ink for 35 years and enjoying every issue of it. What began as a 8½ x 11 quarterly has grown to a 24-plus page tabloid with a monthly distribution of 9,000 in almost 200 Peninsula locations. Sylvia is most proud of her dedicated designers, writers, photographers and other important team members who make this industry fun. Most of all, she is quick to express her appreciation to the advertisers and readers who make it possible for her to love her work.
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How to stay cool

July 29, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

I have done a bit of detective work lately, and I have determined clues that identify the homes of readers. Let me elaborate. It is summer. If there is a reader in the house, the [Read More…]

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Summertime

June 25, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

What is it about summertime that lures us into those delicious states of relaxation? I think Gershwin’s song says it all — “the living is easy.” In those balmy months we seem to stare into space longer, [Read More…]

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Summer casts its spell

May 27, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

We all have our favorite things about summer, don’t we? Fresh-squeezed lemonade, wearing sandals, a beautiful flower garden, reading travel magazines, the sound of cicadas in the evening air, those warm breezes from the river… [Read More…]

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Paradise

April 10, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

When you think of paradise, what comes to mind? If you’re like me, you envision beautiful weather with balmy breezes, perhaps long stretches of beaches lapped by waves the color of the sky, people who [Read More…]

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Booked for a birthday

March 14, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

Oh, yoo hoo. I was the honoree for this birthday gala, and that suited me just fine. I could relax because I knew my husband Bill had planned an adventure that was custom-made for me. [Read More…]

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We, the people

February 26, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

Those of you who have been following my Musings column over the past many months know that my husband Bill and I treat each other to surprise trips for our birthdays. “The Adventures of Syl [Read More…]

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The Last Resort

January 25, 2019 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

I have to tell you, my readers, this country of ours is a land of beauty and diversity, one of Mother Nature’s masterpieces. From sea to shining sea we have monumental mountains, plains, oceans, deserts, waterfalls [Read More…]

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Surprise, indeed!

December 19, 2018 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

Dear Readers: Consider the meaning of the word “surprise.” In its purest form, it means “something unexpected.” As I continue to enlighten you of the surprise trips my husband Bill and I exchange for our [Read More…]

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The fine art of birthdays

November 26, 2018 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

Ah, November! The air is crisp and inviting. The leaves have taken on their autumn colors. Adventure beckons. And the world is beautiful. I am a March birthday girl. Now I’m not saying March isn’t [Read More…]

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Rollin’ on the rivah

October 19, 2018 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

Thank you, Tina Turner, for helping me with my husband Bill’s birthday present. I could hear you sing it—“rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ on the rivah”—and I can see you with those long legs and higher heeled [Read More…]

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An ooh-la-la birthday

September 26, 2018 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

Greetings, everyone! Summer has flown by in its usual hurry to usher in fall, so here we are back again to the Adventures of Syl and Bill. To refresh your memory, my husband Bill and [Read More…]

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A very grand finale!

August 21, 2018 Sylvia Weinstein Craft 0

My, my, my. How the time flies by. Summer always seems so fleeting, despite heat waves and storms, but its allure is constant. I am avoiding any despair over the passing of summer, though, because [Read More…]

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