Ann Banks

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Ann Banks is a journalist and writer living in New York. Her website Confederates in My Closet: Reckoning with Ancestors on the Wrong Side of History, explores how the past informs the present, in particular the continuing impact of slavery on this country. She has written for many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, and USA Today. Her travel writing has appeared in Conde Nast Traveler, Vogue, and GoNOMAD.com. She also has published eight books for children.

Venice on a Kayak

Kayaking the canals of Venice, seeing Murano, Burano and other islands by kayak. Ann Banks explores the famous city’s canals with a paddle.

The author and her husband Peter Petre on Lake Trasimeno. In the background is the village of San Savino, inhabited since the Etruscan period. Photo by Allison Thiel.

Le Marche, A Great Place to Paddle

Le Marche, in the northeast Adriatic side of Italy, is a wonderful place to paddle a kayak. Ann Banks shares her trip paddling and enjoying the cuisine, the history and many attractions of this unheralded region of Italy.

Carriacou, Speaking Words of Shakespeare

On Shakespeare Mas day in the small island of Carriacou, locals dress in period costume and recite the words of the bard. Shakespeare in Carriacou, West Indies

Carriacou, a One-of-a-Kind Caribbean Island

Carriacou is an island off the coast of Grenada in the Grenadines, where glitzy resorts are replaced with empty beaches and a low key lifestyle.

Mustafapasa in Cappadocia, Turkye

Turkey: Visiting Urgup, Mustafapasa & The Doll House. Ann Banks visits Cappadocia for more than the balloon rides.

Morocco Manners: Etiquette Tips in a Land of Hospitality

Ann Banks offers some tips on Ann Banks offers some tips on how to be a good guest in Morocco, a land of legendary hospitality. Good manners in Morocco.

France: A Dinner Party Tradition in Paris

The Conversation flows as freely as the wine every Sunday at Jim Haynes’ legendary Paris salon Ivan, meet Odile, Dick, this is Camilla, Roland, Diego, Giuseppe, Petre, Wolfgang (He’s a chess grandmaster, by the way), Annette, Pablo, Vladimir, Peter, Ljuba, Hassan… Mary, you’re not talking to anyone, come over here!…

Snorkeling the Galapagos

Galapagos, Ecuador where you can cruise the islands and come up close to some of nature’s most amazing animals and reptiles

New Orleans According to Treme

New Orleans According to “Treme” The new HBO Series is a perfect way to get to know the Post-Katrina Crescent City By Ann Banks It’s 7 o’clock on Tuesday night, the official start time for jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins’ regular gig at Bullet’s Sports Bar. Bullet’s is an unassuming hangout…

Morocco’s Bougmez Valley: An Unspoiled Shangri-La

Morocco: Ann Banks travels far into the Atlas Mountains of Morocco to the Bougmez Valley where she tours a local shrine and visits a local weaving cooperative.