chance encounters | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:11:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Days of Long Ago https://www.thesmartset.com/days-of-long-ago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=days-of-long-ago https://www.thesmartset.com/days-of-long-ago/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=64277 Dozens of young adults, most of them Scandinavian tourists, were happily chattering in the lobby of Eilat’s Hotel Snapir soon after sunset, after having spent another toasty day on the beach. The lobby was uncomfortably warm, maybe due to the heat that radiated from the tourists’ sunburned skins. Passing through the lobby, I opened the […]

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